Premiering in the U.S. on Tuesday, August 26, is the British limited series Playing Nice developed by Grace Ofori-Attah based on JP Delaney’s bestselling novel and starring James Norton, Niamh Algar, Jessica Brown Findlay and James McArdle. The show’s original music is composed by Clint Mansell (Black Swan, Requiem for a Dream, Moon, The Fountain, Noah, The Wrestler, Peacemaker, Loving Vincent, Doom Patrol). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the 4-part psychological thriller, which premiered in the UK earlier this year on ITV and is making its U.S. debut on BritBox.
Premiering on Wednesday, August 27, is the Prime Video original series The Terminal List: Dark Wolf created by Jack Carr & David DiGilio and starring Chris Pratt, Taylor Kitsch, Luke Hemsworth, Tom Hopper, Dar Salim, Shiraz Tzarfati, Rona-Lee Shimon, Robert Wisdom and Jared Shaw. Ruth Barrett (Bodyguard, The Decameron, The Old Guard 2, Victoria, Harry Brown, Collateral, Law & Order: Organized Crime, Sanditon) who previously scored the original The Terminal List series has composed the show’s original music. Click here for more information about the prequel, which will be available to stream exclusively on Prime Video.
Also premiering on Wednesday is the Netflix original documentary series Katrina: Come Hell and High Water directed by Geeta Gandbhir, Samantha Knowles & Spike Lee, produced by Alisa Payne and executive produced by Lee Gandbhir & Sam Pollard about the. The show’s original music is composed by Terence Blanchard (Malcolm X, BlacKkKlansman, Inside Man, 25th Hour, The Woman King, Da 5 Bloods, Perry Mason, Red Tails). Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the 3-parter, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.
Premiering in the U.S. on Thursday, August 28, is the British limited series Kidnapped: The Chloe Ayling Story written by Georgia Lester, directed by Al Mackay and starring Nadia Parkes. Andrea Balency-Béarn (Dance of the 41, The Head of Joaquín Murrieta) and CJ Mirra (A Banquet, Rescue: HI-Surf, Make or Break, Nascondino) have composed the show’s original music. The 6-part crime thriller, which centers on British model Chloe Ayling’s kidnapping in Milan, Italy and explores the aftermath in which Ayling is accused of faking her own abduction as a publicity stunt, premiered in the UK last summer on BBC Three and is making its U.S. debut on AMC+.
