Premiering today is the Netflix original film Christmas on the Square directed by Debbie Allen and starring Dolly Parton, Christine Baranski, Treat Williams, Jeanine Mason, Josh Segarra, Mary Lane Haskell and Jenifer Lewis. The film’s original music is composed by Dolly Parton (who wrote 14 original songs for the project) and conducted by Larry Blank. The holiday musical, which follows a small town “Scrooge” as she’s visited by a rhinestone-bedazzled angel who guides her on a musical journey of redemption, is now available to stream exclusively on Netflix.
Premiering tomorrow, November 23, is the FX and BBC limited series Black Narcissus developed by Amanda Coe based on the novel of the same title by Rumer Godden and starring Gemma Arterton, Alessandro Nivola, Diana Rigg, Aisling Franciosi, Jim Broadbent, Rosie Cavaliero, Patsy Ferran, Karen Bryson, Nila Aalia, Kulvinder Ghir, Chaneil Kular, Gina McKee, Soumil Malla, Dipika Kunwar,and Gianni Gonsalves. The show’s original music is composed by Anne Dudley (The Full Monty, American History X, The Crying Game, Poldark, The Hustle). Check out our previous article to learn more about the drama, which will air on Monday on FX and will also be available the following day on FX on Hulu.
Premiering on Wednesday, November 25 is the Peacock original series Saved by the Bell developed by Tracey Wigfield inspired by the 80s/90s sitcom of the same title and starring Dexter Darden, Josie Totah, Haskiri Velazquez, Elizabeth Berkley, Mario Lopez, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Mitchell Hoog, Alycia Pascual-Pena, Belmont Cameli, John Michael Higgins and Tiffani Thiessen. Jeff Cardoni (Silicon Valley, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, The Kominsky Method, CSI Miami, Just Friends) is composing the show’s original score. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the reboot, which will be available to stream exclusively on Peacock.
Also premiering on Wednesday is the romantic comedy Happiest Season co-written and directed by Clea DuVall and starring Kristen Stewart, Mackenzie Davis, Alison Brie, Aubrey Plaza, Daniel Levy, Victor Garber and Mary Steenburgen. The film’s original score is composed by Amie Doherty (Undone, The High Note, Battle at Big Rock, Here and Now). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score (click here for the full album details) and Warner Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the movie (click here for more information), which will be available to stream exclusively on Hulu.
Also premiering on Wednesday is the drama Uncle Frank written and directed by Alan Ball and starring Paul Bettany, Sophia Lillis, Peter Macdissi, Steve Zahn, Judy Greer and Margo Martindale. Nathan Barr (The House with a Clock in Its Walls, True Blood, The Americans, Hostel, Hollywood, The Great, Cabin Fever) has composed the film’s original music. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the movie, which premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and will be available to stream exclusively on Amazon Prime.
Premiering on Thursday, November 26 is the HBO Max limited series The Flight Attendant developed by Steve Yockey based on Chris Bohjalian’s novel of the same title and starring Kaley Cuoco, Michiel Huisman, Rosie Perez, Zosia Mamet, Colin Woodell, Merle Dandridge, Michelle Gomez and Griffin Matthews. The show’s original music is composed by Blake Neely (Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, Everwood, Greyhound, The Pacific, Riverdale). Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the comedic thriller, which will be available to stream exclusively on HBO Max.
Also premiering on Thursday is the comedy Superintelligence directed by Ben Falcone and starring Melissa McCarthy, Bobby Cannavale, James Corden, Brian Tyree Henry, Sam Richardson, Jean Smart and Octavia Spencer. Fil Eisler (Revenge, UnReal, Life of the Party, How to Be Single, CHiPs, To the Bone) has composed the film’s original music. Check out our previous article to learn more about the movie, which was originally scheduled to be released in theaters last year by Warner Bros. Pictures and is now premiering exclusively on HBO Max.
Another movie premiering on Thursday is the thriller Mosul written and directed by Matthew Michael Carnahan and starring Suhail Dabbach, Adam Bessa and Is’Haq Elias. The film’s original music is composed by Henry Jackman (Captain America: The Winter Soldier & Civil War, Wreck-It-Ralph, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, X-Men: First Class, Kong: Skull Island). Click here for more information about the movie, which premiered at last year’s Venice Film Festival, and will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.
Premiering on Friday, November 27, is the family drama Black Beauty written and directed by Ashley Avis and starring Mackenzie Foy, Iain Glen, Claire Forlani and Kate Winslet. Guillaume Roussel (3 Days to Kill, Happy!, The Man with the Iron Heart, The Spy, Primal, Ransom) has composed the film’s original music. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the movie, which will be available to stream exclusively on Disney+.
Missing from last week’s TV music roundup was the new ABC drama Big Sky created by David E. Kelley based on C.J. Box’s book series and starring Katheryn Winnick, Kylie Bunbury, Brian Geraghty, John Carroll Lynch, Ryan Phillippe, Dedee Pfeiffer, Natalie Alyn Lind, Jesse James Keitel, Jade Pettyjohn and Valerie Mahaffey. The show’s original music is composed by Trevor Morris (Vikings, Immortals, The Borgias, The Tudors, Olympus/London Has Fallen). Click here for more information about the series, which premiered on November 17 and will air Tuesday nights on ABC.
