Premiering today is the first installment of the Showtime anthology series Super Pumped, entitled The Battle for Uber, based on the book of the same title by Mike Isaac and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kyle Chandler, Uma Thurman, Elisabeth Shue, Jon Bass, Kerry Bishé, Bridget Gao Hollitt and Babak Tafti. The show’s original music is composed by Brendan Angelides (aka ESKMO) (13 Reasons Why, Billions, Naked Singularity, The Master Cleanse). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the drama, which will air every Sunday on Showtime.
Premiering on Wednesday, March 2, is the Netflix original film Against the Ice directed by Peter Flinth and starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Joe Cole, Heida Reed, Charles Dance, Gísli Örn Garðarsson, Sam Redford, Diarmaid Murtagh, Edward Speleers, Frankie Wilson and Nick Jameson. Volker Bertelmann (aka Hauschka) (Lion, Hotel Mumbai, Adrift, The Old Guard, Ammonite, Patrick Melrose, The Art of Racing in the Rain) has composed the movie’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.
Premiering on Thursday, March 3, is the Hulu limited series series The Dropout based on ABC News’ podcast of the same name and starring Amanda Seyfried, Naveen Andrews, Utkarsh Ambudkar, LisaGay Hamilton, Kate Burton, William H. Macy, Elizabeth Marvel, Michel Gill, Dylan Minnette, Laurie Metcalf, Sam Waterston, Alan Ruck, and Michaela Watkins. The show’s original music is composed by Anne Nikitin (American Animals, Mrs. Wilson, Fate: The Winx Saga, Lost Girls, The Pale Horse, Calibre, This Beautiful Fantastic). Click here to learn more about the 6-part drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Hulu.
Also premiering on Thursday is the HBO Max original series Our Flag Means Death created by David Jenkins and starring Rhys Darby, Taika Waititi, Nathan Foad, Ewen Bremner, Samson Kayo, Vico Ortiz, Kristian Nairn, Joel Fry, Matthew Maher, David Fane, Con O’Neill, Guz Khan, Nat Faxon, Rory Kinnear, Samba Schutte, Fred Armisen and Leslie Jones. Mark Mothersbaugh (Thor: Ragnarok, The LEGO Movie, The Royal Tenenbaums, 21/22 Jump Street, otel Transylvania, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article for more information about the comedy, which will be available to stream on HBO Max.
Premiering in the U.S. on Thursday is the limited series The Tourist created by Harry & Jack Williams and starring Jamie Dornan, Danielle Macdonald, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Alex Dimitriades, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson and Damon Herriman. The show’s original music is composed by Dominik Scherrer (The Serpent, The Missing, Ripper Street, Baptiste, The Widow, Primeval, Requiem). A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score is in the works. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the 6-part thriller, which premiered in the UK in January on BBC One and is making its U.S. debut on HBO Max.
Premiering on Friday, March 4, is the Netflix original series Pieces of Her developed by Charlotte Stoudt based on Karin Slaughter’s novel of the same title and starring Toni Collette, Bella Heathcote, Jessica Barden, Joe Dempsie, Omari Hardwick, David Wenham, Jacob Scipio, Gil Birmingham and Aaron Jeffery. Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Ozark, Boy Erased, Enemy, The Gift, The White Tiger, The Devil All the Time) are composing the show’s original music. Click here to learn more about the thriller, which will be available to stream on Netflix.
Also premiering on Friday is the documentary Lucy and Desi directed by Amy Poehler about the personal and professional partnership between comedian Lucille Ball and her husband Desi Arnaz. The film’s original music is composed by David Schwartz (Arrested Development, The Good Place, Northern Exposure, Veep, Lady Dynamite). Check out our previous article to learn more about the documentary, which premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and will be available to stream exclusively on Amazon Prime Video.
