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On June 17, the 4-part limited series You Don’t Know Me will debut online on Netflix.
When all the evidence points towards his guilt, a man named Hero (Samuel Adewunmi) on trial for murder uses his closing argument to recount his love affair with a mysterious woman (newcomer Sophie Wilde).
Here is a trailer for You Don’t Know Me:
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The futuristic movie I Am Mortal will debut online on AMC+ on June 17.
Set 200 years in the future, a small band of rebels face off against the status quo where humans have achieved immortality through genetic engineering.
The leads include relative newcomers Abraham Lewis (the mini-series Guerrilla) and Eloise Smyth (Harlots) along with Sean Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy franchise) and John Harlan Kim (9-1-1 and The Librarians).
Here is a trailer for I Am Mortal:
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On June 17, the Netflix original film Spiderhead will debut online.
In the near future, convicts are offered the chance to volunteer as medical subjects to shorten their sentence. One such subject for a new drug capable of generating feelings of love begins questioning the reality of his emotions.
The film stars Chris Hemsworth, Miles Teller and Jurnee Smollett.
Here is a trailer for Spiderhead:
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The new drama The Summer I Turned Pretty will also debut online on Amazon on June 17.
Based on the book by Jenna Han, this is a multi-generational drama that hinges on a love triangle between one girl Belly Conklin (newcomer Lola Tung) and two brothers (Conrad and Jeremiah Fisher, played by newcomer Christopher Briney and Walker alum Gavin Casalegno respectively).
The cast includes Colin Ferguson (Eureka), Rachel Blanchard (You Me Her) and Tom Everett Scott (That Thing You Do).
Here is a trailer for The Summer I Turned Pretty:
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The latest adaptation of Father of the Bride will debut online on HBO Max on June 16.
This version stars Andy Garcia as a father who has to come to grips with his daughter’s upcoming wedding seen through the prism of multiple relationships within a big, sprawling Cuban-American clan.
The cast includes Adria Arjona (Good Omens and the Netflix movie 6 Underground), Isabela Merced (Dora and the Lost City of Gold), Diego Boneta (Pretty Little Liars and Scream Queens), Enrique Murciano (Without a Trace), Laura Harring (NCIS: Los Angeles) and singer Gloria Estefan.
Here is a trailer for Father of the Bride:
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On June 16, the new FX drama The Old Man will debut at 10 PM.
Based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Thomas Perry, the series stars Jeff Bridges as Dan Chase, who absconded from the CIA decades ago and has been living off the grid since. When an assassin arrives and tries to take Chase out, the old operative learns that to ensure his future he now must reconcile his past.
The cast includes John Lithgow, Amy Brenneman (Judging Amy) and Alia Shawkat (Search Party).
Here is a trailer for The Old Man:
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On June 12, the UPtv movie The Engagement Backup will debut at 7 PM.
When historian Luna (Elise Gatien from the Hallmark Channel movie Moonlight in Vermont and Colony) is entrusted with the legacy of her late father’s nautical museum, she pretends that she’s engaged to Jackson (Preston Vanderslice from the Mystery 101 franchise), the infamous son of a tech mogul, in order to save it. As she discovers that there’s actually more to Jackson, will she broaden her romantic horizons as well as her professional ones?
Here is a trailer for The Engagement Backup:
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On June 12, the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries original movie Color My World with Love will debut at 9 PM.
Kendall (Lily D. Moore from Never Have I Ever) is a talented artist with Down Syndrome who, thanks to the support of her mother, Emma (Erica Durance from Smallville and Supergirl), and grandmother, Bev, is happy and thriving. Her life takes an exciting turn when she meets Brad (David DeSanctis from the box office movie Where Hope Grows) in a cooking class at the local center for diverse learners and romance blooms.
Emma has spent the last 22 years trying to protect her daughter and has reservations about this new relationship, especially when it quickly moves in a serious direction. With the help of Nic (Benjamin Ayres from The Chronicles Mysteries franchise), a longtime family friend of Brad’s, Emma slowly accepts that Kendall is ready to – and should – live her own life.
Here is a trailer for Color My World with Love:
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On June 12, the new drama Becoming Elizabeth will debut on Starz at 9:04 PM.
Long before she ascended the throne, young Elizabeth Tudor (German actress Alicia von Rittberg from Genius: Einstein) was an orphaned teenager who became embroiled in the political and sexual politics of the English court.
Jessica Raine (Call the Midwife and Partners in Crime), Romola Garai (The Hour and Emma) and Tom Cullen (Downton Abbey and Knightfall) co-star.
Here is a trailer for Becoming Elizabeth:
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The new drama Dark Winds will debut on AMC at 9 PM as well as online on AMC+ on June 12.
Set in 1971 on a remote outpost of the Navajo Nation near Monument Valley, the series follows Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn (Zahn McClarnon from Westworld and Fargo) of the Tribal Police as he is besieged by a series of seemingly unrelated crimes. The closer he digs to the truth, the more he exposes the wounds of his past. He is joined on this journey by his new deputy, Jim Chee (Kiowa Gordon from Roswell, New Mexico).
Jessica Matten (Burden of Truth and Frontier), Noah Emmerich (The Americans) and Rainn Wilson (The Office) co-star.
Here is a trailer for Dark Winds:
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