A selection of the new movies and TV releases you won’t want to miss this month.

STAR WARS:
THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU

Director: Jon Favreau
Cast (voices): Pedro Pascal, Sigourney Weaver, Jeremy Allen White

Set in the aftermath of the Empire’s collapse, Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu follows the lone bounty hunter Din Djarin and his Force-sensitive companion as they navigate a galaxy still fraught with danger. Tasked by the New Republic with a high-stakes mission involving the Hutts, the pair find themselves entangled in a wider conflict against lingering Imperial forces. The film blends space adventure with character-driven storytelling.

DEEP WATER

Director: Renny Harlin
Cast: Aaron Eckhart, Ben Kingsley, Angus Sampson, Madeleine West

Set aboard an international flight from Los Angeles to Shanghai, Deep Water follows a diverse group of passengers whose journey takes a catastrophic turn when their aircraft is forced into an emergency landing in the open ocean. Stranded amidst wreckage in shark-infested waters, the survivors must quickly overcome panic and cultural divides as they attempt to organise a fragile plan for survival.

ANIMAL FARM

Director: Andy Serkis
Cast (voices): Jim Parsons, Iman Vellani, Andy Serkis

Set on a rural English farm, Animal Farm follows a group of mistreated animals who overthrow their human owner in the hope of creating a fair and equal society. Under the leadership of the pigs, the farm is reorganised around the principle that all animals are equal. However, as time passes, the pigs begin to consolidate power, gradually altering the rules to suit their own interests.

Netflix
LEGENDS

Creator: Neil Forsyth
Cast: Tom Burke, Steve Coogan, Hayley Squires, Tom Hughes, Charlotte Ritchie

Premiering on May 7, Legends is a six-part British crime drama inspired by a real-life undercover operation carried out by UK customs officers in the 1990s. Rather than seasoned spies, the series follows a group of ordinary individuals recruited and trained to assume fabricated identities, known as ‘legends’, in order to infiltrate dangerous drug networks. As the operation deepens, the line between performance and reality begins to blur.

APPLE TV+
STAR CITY

Creators: Ronald D. Moore, Matt Wolpert, Ben Nedivi
Cast: Rhys Ifans. Anna Maxwell Martin, Agnes O’Casey

Set within the alternate-history world of For All Mankind, Star City shifts the focus to the Soviet side of the space race. The series follows cosmonauts, engineers and political figures working under strict state control, as they attempt to secure technological and ideological superiority over the United States, while navigating internal pressure, secrecy and the personal cost of ambition.