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T8 WHATS UP! March 5 - 11, 2023 BY RAYE SMITH TV Media WHAT'S NEW ON HBO MAX "Rain Dogs" - Season 1 New writer Cash Carraway bounds into the TV world with the new BBC/HBO co-produc- tion "Rain Dogs," which makes its premiere Monday, March 6, on HBO Max (and on HBO's premium cable network). The eight-episode series is an uncon- ventional love story between a working-class single mom (Dai- sy May Cooper, "This Coun- try"), her 10-year-old daughter (new talent Fleur Tashjiian) and a privileged gay man (Jack Far- thing, "Poldark"). A tale of a mother's love and deep-rooted friendships, the series follows this dysfunctional family and their friends as they try to go straight in a crooked world. Di- rected by Richard Laxton ("Him & Her") and Jennifer Perrott ("The Midwich Cuckoos"), "Rain Dogs" also stars Ronke Adekoluejo ("Christopher Rob- in," 201, Adrian Edmondson ("A Spy Among Friends"), Stephen Wright ("I May Destroy You"), Emily Fairn ("The Responder"), Joshua Parris ("A Confession"), Reid Anderson ("The War of the Worlds"), Deana Taheri ("Piss Party"), Tobias Jowett ("On a Roll," 2020), James Ashton ("Da Vinci's Demons") and Daniel Phung ("Everybody's Talking About Jamie," 2021). Cash, "Kill- ing Eve's" Sally Woodward Gen- tle and Lee Morris, Jo McClellan ("The Tunnel") are executive producers. WHAT'S NEW ON NETFLIX "Luther: The Fallen Sun" (2023) Idris Elba ("Beasts of No Na- tion," 2015) returns to his role as a brilliant but disgraced detec- tive in the new crime drama "Lu- ther: The Fallen Sun," which premieres Friday, March 10, on Netflix. A continuation of the award-winning British televi- sion series "Luther," this film rei- magining of the story picks up with Det. John Luther (Elba) sit- ting behind bars as a serial killer (Andy Serkis, "Black Panther," 2018) blazes a gruesome, terrify- ing trail through London. Haunt- ed by his failure to catch the psy- chopath who is now taunting him, Luther breaks out of prison to finish the job once and for all — and by any means necessary. Written by Neil Cross ("The Mosquito Coast"), the creator of the original BBC series, "The Fallen Sun" is directed by Jamie Payne ("Outlander"). Series reg- ular Dermot Crowley ("The Death of Stalin," 2017) returns for the film, alongside Cynthia Erivo ("Harriet," 2019), Thomas Coombes ("Save Me"), Hattie Morahan ("Beauty and the Beast," 2017), Jess Liaudin ("Irma Vep"), Henry Hereford ("Crossbones"), Lauryn Ajufo ("Boiling Point," 2021), Vincent Regan ("300," 2006), Dan Li ("Andor"), Edward Hogg ("Pen- nyworth"), Einar Kuusk ("The Capture"), Tom McCall ("Black Mirror: Bandersnatch," 2018), Carl Spencer ("Rocketman," 2019) and Natasha Patel ("The Witcher: Blood Origin"). WHAT'S NEW ON HULU "History of the World, Part II" Hulu is setting out to make his- tory with the new series sequel to legendary director, writer, producer and actor Mel Brooks' 1981 comedy film, "History of the World, Part I," when the eight-episode special, "History of the World, Part II," premieres on the streamer Monday, March 6. Set up with a similar antholo- gy of sketches set during key pe- riods throughout human history, the series explores some of hu- manity's greatest triumphs, ad- vancements and failures through an outlandishly come- dic lens. Brooks, now 96 years old, writes and executive pro- duces the series, alongside Da- vid Stassen ("The Mindy Proj- ect"), Nick Kroll ("Big Mouth"), Wanda Sykes ("The Upshaws") and Ike Barinholtz ("The Mindy Project"). The series' all-star cast features appearances from Stassen, Kroll, Sykes and Barin- holtz, as well as Johnny Knox- ville ("Jackass: The Movie," 2002), Zazie Beetz ("Atlanta"), Taika Waititi ("Our Flag Means Death"), Dove Cameron ("Schmigadoon!"), David Duch- ovny ("The X-Files"), Tyler James Williams ("Abbott Ele- mentary"), Seth Rogen ("Super- bad," 2007), Danny DeVito ("It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia"), Sarah Silverman ("Don't Look Up," 2021), Kumail Nanjiani ("The Big Sick," 2017), Jason Mantzoukas ("Brooklyn Nine- Nine"), Zahn McClarnon ("Dark Winds"), Josh Gad ("Avenue 5"), Andrew Rannells ("A Simple Fa- vor," 2018), Sam Richardson ("Veep"), Richard Kind ("East New York") Jillian Bell ("The Drop," 2022), Ronny Chieng ("Crazy Rich Asians," 2018), Jack McBrayer ("30 Rock"), Rob Corddry ("Childrens Hospital"), Kimiko Glen ("Orange is the New Black"), Joe Lo Truglio ("Brooklyn Nine-Nine"), Nick Robinson ("Jurassic World," 2015), Lauren Lapkus ("Crash- ing"), Pamela Adlon ("Better Things"), Jake Johnson ("New Girl"), Jay Ellis ("Insecure") and Emily Ratajkowski ("Gone Girl," 2014). "UnPrisoned" The saga of a family's journey back to balance plays out in the new comedy series "UnPris- oned," premiering Friday, March 10, on Hulu. Inspired by creator Tracy McMillan's ("Good Girls Revolt") own life, the series fol- lows Paige Alexander (Kerry Washington, "Scandal"), a mar- riage and family therapist and single mom to 16-year-old Finn (Faly Rakotohavana, "Secret So- ciety of Second Born Royals," 2020). Messy, but a perfectionist, Paige does what she can to make everything in her life work. When her dad, Edwin (Delroy Lindo, "The Good Fight"), is re- leased from prison and comes to live with Paige and Finn, she finds her life being flipped right side up. Written by McMillan, the eight-episode series is di- rected by Numa Perrier ("Jezeb- el," 2019), Shiri Appleby ("Ro- swell") and Kevin Bray ("Inse- cure"). "UnPrisoned" also stars Jee Young Han ("Perry Mason"), Jordyn McIntosh ("The First Lady"), Marque Richardson ("True Blood"), Edwin Lee Gib- son ("The Bear"), Kelvin With- erspoon ("Your Honor") and Evan Allen-Gessesse ("Snow- fall"). WHAT'S NEW ON PARA- MOUNT+ "School Spirits" - Season 1 The spirits are out and looking for answers in the new young adult drama series "School Spir- its," which premieres its first three episodes Thursday, March 9, on Paramount+. Episodes stream weekly on Thursdays thereafter. Based on the upcom- ing graphic novel by Nate Trin- rud, Megan Trinrud and Maria Nguyen, "School Spirits" stars Peyton List ("Cobra Kai") as Maddie Nears, a newly deceased 16-year-old girl who has found herself trapped in afterlife limbo — in her own high school. Teaming up with a group of oth- er students stuck in the afterlife in their high school, Maddie, dis- covering that she is the only one who can still communicate with the living, investigates the mys- terious circumstances sur- rounding her own death. Star- ring alongside List in the series are Maria Dizzia ("The Stair- case"), Milo Manheim ("Z-O-M- B-I-E-S," 2018), Josh Zuckerman ("The Offer"), Sarah Yarkin ("Motherland: Fort Salem"), Spencer Macpherson ("Reign"), Rainbow Wedell ("The Bureau of Magical Things"), Kristian Flores ("Reboot"), Nick Pugliese ("Dramarama," 2020) and Kiara Pichardo ("The Society"). Han- nah Macpherson ("T@gged"), Brian Dannelly ("In the Dark"), Oran Zegman ("Honor Society," 2022) and Max Winkler ("Flow- er," 2017) direct. Fleur Tashjian, Daisy May Cooper and Jack Farthing star in "Rain Dogs" Cats and 'Dogs': HBO Max premieres new BBC co-production 'Rain Dogs' STREAMING Idris Elba stars in "Luther: The Fallen Sun" Nick Kroll, Wanda Sykes and Ike Barinholtz in "History of the World, Part II"