New to Netflix UK: May 2022
From the interdimensional return of Stranger Things to Rebel Wilson being a 37-year-old high-school student in Senior Year, Netflix in May provides a pulpy selection
UK Netflix release date: Friday 27 May
The wonderful and terrifying horror/sci-fi series returns! The lovely Hawkins fellowship has broken following the Battle of Starcourt Mall, scattering our heroes. Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown), Jonathan (Charlie Heaton), Will (Noah Schnapp) and Joyce (Winona Ryder) have moved to sunny California, leaving the rest of the gang in Hawkins. And then there's Hopper (David Harbour), who's presumed dead but has somehow teleported to a frosty Russian prison.
The fourth season takes place six months after the events of Stranger Things 3, showing these teenagers struggling to adjust to their new situation. As well as enduring the trials of high school, a new threat rears its ugly head – one resembling the Mind Flayer, but in a more humanoid form.
The Pentaverate
UK Netflix release date: Thursday 5 May
It’s been a while since we’ve seen Mike Myers go full Mike Myers, his last all-encompassing project being The Love Guru from 2008. Now, he’s back in his classic niche: performing several characters at once in a bizarre comedy.
For The Pentaverate, Myers transfers from film to TV. This
six-part series follows an Illuminati-style secret society that has been
influencing world events since the Black Plague of 1347. Canadian journalist Ken
Scarborough, one of eight roles played by Myers, aims to uncover the truth
about this ‘Pentaverate’ and save the world. Also stars Jeremy Irons, Jennifer
Saunders, Lydia West and Keegan-Michael Key.
Senior Year
UK Netflix release date: Friday 13 May
As high-school movies evolve, they also get crazier – and the plot for Senior Year is about as crazy as they come.
Rebel Wilson stars as former cheer
captain Steph, who fell off a pyramid and was comatose for 20 years. She
wakes up in this whole new world, in which most of her formative moments never
happened. Despite now being 37 years old, she wants to return to high school
and become the prom queen she’d always wanted to be. What could possibly go
wrong? Alicia Silverstone also stars.
The Lincoln Lawyer
UK Netflix release date: Friday 13 May
Less than a month after David E Kelley provided Netflix with Anatomy of a Scandal, he returns to create and exec-produce the new courtroom drama The Lincoln Lawyer.
Developed by The Good Wife writer Ted Humphrey, the series
is based on the bestselling novels by Michael Connelly. It follows the low-status
defence attorney Mickey Haller (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo), who uses his car as an
office and drives to courtrooms across Los Angeles for cases big and small. But
when he inherits the caseload of a recently murdered lawyer, Mickey’s
career suddenly improves.
The Takedown
UK Netflix release date: Friday 6 May
In the 10 years between the French buddy-cop film On the Other Side of the Tracks and its upcoming sequel The Takedown, Omar Sy’s fame has advanced considerably. Following the global success of Lupin, Sy is best known for playing the modern gentleman thief heisting through Paris.
But here,
Sy is playing a cop from the projects – paired with a more well-to-do
detective. Ousmane (Sy) and François (Laurent Lafitte) are back
for another adventure: this time for a seemingly simple drug deal that turns
into an epic criminal case.
The full Netflix in May slate:
Wednesday 4 May
The Circle, season 4
El Marginal
Summertime
Thursday 5
May
Clark
The
Pentaverate
Friday 6
May
Along
for the Ride
Marmaduke
The Sound of Magic
The
Takedown
Wednesday 11
May
42
Days of Darkness
Our
Father
Thursday 12 May
Savage Beauty
Friday 13
May
Bling
Empire, season 2
The
Lincoln Lawyer
Senior
Year
Monday 16
May
Vampire
in the Garden
Tuesday 17
May
The
Future Diary, season 2
Wednesday 18 May
Cyber Hell: Exposing an Internet Horror
Thursday 19
May
A
Perfect Pairing
The
Photographer: Murder in Pinamar
Friday 20 May
Love, Death & Robots Vol. 3
Monday 23
May
Ghost
in the Shell: SAC_2045, season 2
Wednesday 25
May
Somebody
Feed Phil, season 5
Friday 27
May
Stranger
Things 4, Vol. 1
