Premiering tonight is the second season of the Epix original series Pennyworth developed by Bruno Heller and starring Jack Bannon, Ben Aldridge, Jason Flemyng, Ryan Fletcher, Emma Paetz, Dorothy Atkinson,Paloma Faith, James Purefoy, Edward Hogg, Ramon Tikaram, Jessye Romeo, Harriet Slater, Simon Manyonda and Jessica de Gouw. Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, His Dark Materials, The Lego Batman Movie, Bad Boys for Life) is scoring the show’s second season. Check out our previous news article for more details and to learn more about the drama, which will air every Sunday on Epix.
Also premiering tonight is the Paramount Network original movie Dashing in December written and directed by Jake Helgren and starring Juan Pablo Di Pace, Peter Porte, Caroline Harris and Andie MacDowell. The film’s original music is composed by Chad Rehmann (Camp Cold Brook, The Funhouse Massacre, Dream Killer). Check out our scoring assignment announcement and visit the official movie website for more information about the drama.
Premiering tomorrow, December 14, is the Netflix original series Tiny Pretty Things created by Michael MacLennan based on the book by Sona Charaipotra & Dhonielle Clayton and starring Lauren Holly, Kylie Jefferson, Casimere Jollette, Brennan Clost, Barton Cowperthwaite, Bayardo De Murguia, Damon J. Gillespie, Anna Maiche, Daniela Norman, Michael Hsu Rosen and Tory Trowbridge. James Jandrisch (Reasonable Doubt, Dangerous Lies, Houdini and Doyle, Somewhere Between, 2 Hearts) is composing the show’s original score. The drama, which is is set in the world of an elite ballet academy, will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.
Also premiering tomorrow is the Netflix original film A California Christmas directed by Shaun Paul Piccinino and starring Lauren Swickard, Josh Swickard, Ali Afshar, David Del Rio, Natalia Mann, Katelyn Epperly, Gunnar Anderson, Julie Lancaster and Amanda Detmer. The film’s original music is composed by Jamie Christopherson (American Wrestler: The Wizard, Bennett’s War, The Ride, Running Wild, Dirt). The romantic comedy, which revolves around a wealthy charmer who poses as a ranch hand to get a hardworking farmer to sell her family’s land before Christmas, will be available to stream on Netflix.
Premiering on Thursday, December 17, is the CBS All Access limited series The Stand developed by Josh Boone & Benjamin Cavell based on Stephen King’s novel of the same title and starring Alexander Skarsgård, James Marsden, Odessa Young, Jovan Adepo, Whoopi Goldberg, Amber Heard, Owen Teague, Brad William Henke, Greg Kinnear, Henry Zaga, Irene Bedard and Nat Wolff. Nathaniel Walcott & Mike Mogis (The Fault in Our Stars, Stuck in Love) have composed the show’s original music. Check out our previous article to learn more about the 9-parter, which will be available to stream exclusively on CBS All Access.
Premiering on Friday, December 18 is the Amazon limited series El Cid created by José Velasco and starring Jaime Lorente, José Luis García-Pérez, Elia Galera, Carlos Bardem, Alicia Sanz and Jaime Olías. The show’s original music is composed by Gustavo Santaolalla (Brokeback Mountain, Babel, The Motorcycle Diaries, The Book of Life, Narcos: Mexico) and Alfonso Aguilar (Klaus, Perdida, You Shall Not Sleep). Click here for more information about the drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Amazon Prime.
Also premiering on Friday is the Disney+ docu-series On Pointe directed by Larissa Bills and executive produced by Ron Howard & Brian Grazer, Sara Bernstein, Justin Wilkes and Matthew O’Neill. Jonathan Zalben (Flock of Dudes, Son of Morning, Axios) has composed the show’s original music. The 6-parter, which captures a season in the School of American Ballet (SAB) in New York City as they rehearse and perform in New York City Ballet’s holiday classic George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker onstage at Lincoln Center, will be available to stream exclusively on Disney+.
