Streaming Movie
Premieres October 1 on Prime Video

Mark Wahlberg, LaKeith Stanfield, Rosa Salazar, and Keegan-Michael Key star in a straight-to-streaming heist thriller adapted from Donald E. Westlake'sParker novels and directed (and co-written) by Shane Black (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang,The Nice Guys). In Black's first film in seven years, Wahlberg plays Parker, a thief who stumbles into the biggest score of his life—but only if he and his crew can outsmart the New York mob, the world's richest man, and a dictator.

Streaming Movie
Premieres October 3 on Apple TV+

Paul Greengrass (United 93,The Bourne Ultimatum) directs a based-on-a-true story look at Northern California's deadly Camp Fire in 2018. The film follows a school bus driver (Matthew McConaughey), who teams with a teacher (America Ferrera) as they battle to save 22 children from the flames. Greengrass and Brad Ingelsby (Mare of Easttown) penned the screenplay, which is adapted from a nonfiction book (Paradise) by Lizzie Johnson.

Limited Drama Series
Premieres October 3 on Netflix

The third installment in Netflix's "Monster" anthology series from Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan (following previous seasons examiningJeffrey Dahmer andthe Menendez brothers) centers on the infamous murderer and grave robber Ed Gein, whose gruesome crimes in Wisconsin in the 1940s and '50s—among other things, he liked to make furniture and keepsakes out of body parts—inspired a surprisingly large percentage of horror films to come out of Hollywood since the 1970s. (And Hollywood's obsession with Gein is one of the storylines explored in this show.) Charlie Hunnam plays Gein in a cast that also features Vicky Krieps, Suzanna Son, Tom Hollander, Olivia Williams, Lesley Manville, and Laurie Metcalf.

New Drama Series
Premieres October 9 on Netflix

The final project from legendary TV producer Norman Lear (who was working on the then-titledThe Corps at the time of his death in 2023) is a 1990s-set LGBTQ coming-of-age drama about a bullied high school student who enlists in the Marines while remaining closeted. The adaptation of Greg Cope White's memoirThe Pink Marine by Andy Parker (Tales of the City) stars Miles Heizer, Liam Oh, Vera Farmiga, Joy Osmanski, and Angus O'Brien. Eight episodes stream at launch.

New Drama Series
Premieres October 10 on Apple TV+

This 10-episode drama fromThe Blacklist creator Jon Bokenkamp stars Jason Clarke as a partnerless US Marshal whose beat includes the most remote areas of Alaska. Things get much harder for him when a transport plane crashes in the wilderness, freeing dozens of violent prisoners who then threaten a nearby town. To make maters worse: The crash may not have been an accident, but merely the first step in a greater plan. Haley Bennett, Alfre Woodard, and Dominic Cooper also star in the miniseries, which begins with its first two episodes on launch day and continues weekly through December 5.

New Comedy Series
Premieres October 12 on HBO and HBO Max

The new series from SNL vets Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin, the team behind the Netflix hitI Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson, promises more uncomfortable comedy, but it's not another sketch show—instead, it's a narrative series like the duo's gone-too-soonDetroiters.The Chair Company stars Robinson as William Ronald Trosper, a man who begins investigating what he believes to be a far-reaching conspiracy after suffering a humiliating incident at work. (Seems pretty on-brand so far.) Lake Bell, Sophia Lillis, and Lou Diamond Phillips also star, while Andrew DeYoung, who directed Robinson in the recent filmFriendship, directs the opener and produces.

New Animated Drama Series
Premieres October 14 on Netflix

Liev Schreiber voices American black ops agent Sam Fisher in an animated adaptation of Ubisoft'sTom Clancy's Splinter Cell video game series. The TV series comes fromJohn Wick screenwriter Derek Kolstad and also stars Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Janet Varney, and Joel Oulette. Eight episodes stream on day one, and the series has already been renewed for a second season.

Limited Drama Series
Premieres October 15 on Hulu

One of the most-publicized true-crime stories in recent memory gets the miniseries dramatization treatment in this Hulu eight-parter from Michael D. Fuller (Rectify) and Erin Lee Carr (Britney vs Spears) which they adapt from the popularMurdaugh MurdersPodcast. The name of that podcast tells you that the seemingly perfect lives of a privileged South Carolina family led by Alex and Maggie Murdaugh (Jason Clarke and Patricia Arquette) are not so perfect after all. Another tipoff: Four years ago Maggie and her adult son Paul (Johnny Berchtold) were found murdered ... and Alex was later convicted of their killings. (And that's not anywhere close to the end of the story.) Brittany Snow, J. Smith-Cameron, Will Harrison, Gerald McRaney, Kathleen Wilhoite, and Noah Emmerich also star. The first three episodes stream at launch followed by weekly installments.

Limited Drama Series
Premieres October 16 on Peacock

Michael Chernus (Severance) plays notorious 1970s serial killer John Wayne Gacy in this true-crime drama from Patrick Macmanus (Dr. Death). Gabriel Luna, James Badge Dale, Marin ireland, and Michael Angarano also star in the miniseries, which focuses on Gacy's actions, the lives of some of his 33 victims, and the law enforcement efforts to identify and capture Gacy. All eight episodes will be available to binge at launch.

Limited Documentary Series
Premieres October 17 on Apple TV+

Rebecca Miller (Maggie's Plan) directs a five-part look at one of the planet's most famous Scorseses,LarryHarpo Martin. The series traces the life and career of the legendary filmmaker through extensive interviews not just with Scorsese but also with collaborators and colleagues including Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio, Steven Spielberg, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cate Blanchett, Jodie Foster, Paul Schrader, and many more familiar names as well as non-famous friends and family members.

New Dramedy Series
Premieres October 19 on MUBI

Cha Cha Real Smooth writer, director, and actor Cooper Raiff self-financed this eight-episode series centering on codependent adult siblings played by Raiff and Lili Reinhart—with those actors also playing,PEN15 style, the elementary school versions of their characters in recurring flashbacks about their shared childhood trauma. Mark Ruffalo also stars as their father. Critics enjoyed the series when it debuted at Sundance early this year.

Limited Drama Series
Premieres October 22 on Prime Video

Sam Claflin and Bill Nighy head the cast for a six-episode thriller created by author Harlan Coben and TV writer Danny Brocklehurst (Brassic)—though it's not based on any existing Coben book. Claflin plays a forensic psychologist who, while still reeling from his father's (Nighy) suicide and plagued by his sister's murder decades earlier, becomes entangled in a series of cold-case murders. Alexandra Roach also stars.

Returning Comedy Series
Premieres October 23 on Netflix

It turns out that everyone wanted Netflix's rom-com series starring Kristen Bell and Adam Brody as a podcaster and a rabbi who begin an unlikely relationship: It was a hit for the streamer, and earned Emmy nominations for both stars as well as for Outstanding Comedy Series. when it debuted last year. Now it returns for a second season that picks up just days following last year's finale and features Seth Rogen, Leighton Meester, Arian Moayed, Kate Berlant, and Alex Karpovsky in guest roles. Also new this season are co-showrunners Jenni Konner and Bruce Eric Kaplan, both veterans ofGirls.

Streaming Movie
Premieres October 24 on Netflix

Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow's first feature in eight years is a terrific ticking-clock thriller that finds a group of White House officials scrambling to deal with an incoming missile attack on a major U.S. city from an unknown source. The script comes from former NBC News chief turned screenwriter Noah Oppenheim (Jackie,Zero Day), and the cast is loaded with recognizable names, including Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Anthony Ramos, Jared Harris, Greta Lee, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Jason Clarke, Kaitlyn Dever, Tracy Letts, Gabriel Basso, and Moses Ingram. Critics were riveted when the film made its festival debut in Venice a month ago.

New Horror Series
Premieres October 26 on HBO and HBO Max

This series prequel to the recentItfeaturefilms (in turn based on Stephen King's novel) returns Bill Skarsgård as the pefectly normal, not at all terrifying clown Pennywise. The series comes from Andy Muschietti and Barbara Muschietti (both returning from the films) along with writer Jason Fuchs (Argylle,Wonder Woman) and also stars Taylour Paige, Jovan Adepo, James Remar, Madeleine Stowe, and Rudy Mancuso. The first of nine episodes airs/streams at launch.

New Drama Series
Premieres October 26 on AMC

AMC's Anne Rice Immortal Universe continues to expand with its latest spinoff fromInterview With the Vampire andMayfair Witches.Talamasca centers on a secret organization charged with tracking and containing witches and other supernatural beings around the globe. Nicholas Denton and Elizabeth McGovern head a cast that also includes William Fichtner, Jason Schwartzman, and Maisie Richardson-Sellers, while Eric Bogosian will also appear asInterview character Daniel Molloy.

Limited Drama Series
Premieres October 29 on Apple TV+

Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson star in an eight-episode thriller adapted from Mick Herron's 2003 debut novel of the same name. The adaptation comes from Morwenna Banks, who has also written for Apple's other Mick Herron adaptation,Slow Horses. Thompson plays private investigator Zoë Boehm, who is hired to investigate the disappearance of a young girl after her house explodes in a quiet Oxford suburb. That investigation, naturally, points to a deeper conspiracy. The first two episodes stream at launch, and if all goes well, there are three more books in Herron's Zoë Boehm series just waiting to be adapted.

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