Premiering today is the Peacock original series The ‘Burbs created by Celeste Hughey inspired by Joe Dante’s 1989 movie of the same name and starring Keke Palmer, Jack Whitehall, Julia Duffy, Paula Pell, Mark Proksch and Kapil Talwalkar. The show’s original music is composed by Michael Abels (Get Out, Nope, Us,Star Wars: The Acolyte, Landscape with Invisible Hand, The Burial, Sirens, I See You Yesterday, Breaking) & Robert Wallace. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score this past Friday. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the comedy, which will be available to stream exclusively on Peacock.
Premiering on Wednesday, February 11, is the Polish Netflix limited series Lead Children (Olowiane dzieci) directed by Maciej Pieprzyca and starring Joanna Kulig, Kinga Preis, Michał Żurawski, Marian Dziędziel, Agata Kulesza, Kinga Preis and Sebastian Pawlak. Antoni Komasa-Łazarkiewicz (Quo Vadis, Aida?, Copying Beethoven, In Darkness, Frantz, Rosemary’s Baby, In the Rearview) and Mary Komasa (Treasure, Cracow Monsters, Charlatan) have composed the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article for more information about the drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.
Premiering Thursday, February 12, is the Irish Netflix original series How to Get to Heaven from Belfast created by Lisa McGee and starring Roísín Gallagher, Sinéad Keenan, Caoilfhionn Dunne, Darragh Hand, Bronagh Gallagher, Natasha O’Keeffe, Michelle Fairley, Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Emmett J. Scanlan and Josh Finan. The show’s original music is composed by Sion Trefor (Say Nothing, Toxic Town, Death Valley). The crime comedy, which follows three lifelong pals who embark on a chaotic quest to solve the mystery of their old friend’s suspicious death, will also be available to stream on Netflix.
Also premiering in the U.S. on Thursday is the British comedy series Can You Keep a Secret? created by Simon Mayhew-Archer and starring Dawn French, Mark Heap, Craig Roberts and Mandip Gill. The show’s original music is composed by Oli Julian (Sex Education, The Twits, Fackham Hall, Breeders, The Full Monty, Renegade Nell, Catastrophe, How to Build a Girl). The Big Talk Studios, Mayhay Studios & CBS Studios production, which follows a domineering granny who fakes her husband’s death for the insurance money, only for her family to discover that the biggest threat isn’t the law, but her, premiered in the UK last month on BBC One (and on the BBCiPlayer) and will make its U.S. debut on Paramount+.
Premiering on Friday, February 13, is the Netflix original film Tyler Perry’s Joe’s College Road Trip written and directed by Perry and starring Perry himself, Jermaine Harris, Bethany Anne Lind, Amber Reign Smith, Millie Jackson, Jeremy Gimenez, DeEtta West, Wil Deusner, Ms. Pat and Ben Swilley. The movie’s original music is composed by Dara Taylor (Ironheart, Strays, Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar, The Invitation, The Tender Bar, Echo Boomers, Relationship Goals, The Noel Diary, Meet Me Next Christmas) . Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the comedy, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.
