Apple TV’s official Cape Fear trailer captures the terrifying vibe of a couple who have every right to be scared for their lives. The 10-episode limited series premieres on June 5, 2026, and new episodes will stream on Fridays.
The series stars Oscar winner Javier Bardem, Oscar nominee Amy Adams, Emmy nominee Patrick Wilson, Joe Anders, Lily Collias, and Malia Pyles. The supporting cast includes CCH Pounder, Jamie Hector, and Anna Baryshnikov.
Javier Bardem and Amy Adams in ‘Cape Fear’ (Photo Credit: Apple TV)
Apple TV offers this synopsis:
“Inspired by the 1991 remake directed by Martin Scorsese and produced by Steven Spielberg, a storm is coming for happily married attorneys Anna (Adams) and Tom Bowden (Wilson) when Max Cady (Bardem), the notorious killer they are responsible for putting behind bars, is let out of prison — and he wants vengeance.”
Nick Antosca created the series and serves as showrunner and executive producer. Oscar winner Martin Scorsese, Oscar winner Steven Spielberg, Adams, and Bardem executive produce. Additional executive producers include Alex Hedlund, Darryl Frank, and Justin Falvey.
The limited series is based on John D. MacDonald’s The Executioners and Scorsese’s 1991 film.
The team deals with terrorists plotting an attack on CBS’s FBI season eight, episode 21. Directed by Carlos Bernard, episode eight – “Long Shot” – will air on Monday, May 11, 2026 at 9pm ET/PT.
“Long Shot” Plot: Following the assassination of a major corporate executive, the team races to find leaders of a dormant terrorist organization that has reemerged. Meanwhile, OA is temporarily reassigned after refusing to follow orders but is paired up with a familiar face.
Missy Peregrym stars as Special Agent Maggie Bell, Zeeko Zaki plays Special Agent Omar Adom “OA” Zidan, Jeremy Sisto returns as Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine, Alana De La Garza is Special Agent in Charge Isobel Castille, John Boyd stars as Special Agent Stuart Scola, and Juliana Aidén Martinez plays Eva Ramos.
FBI is a fast-paced drama about the inner workings of the New York office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. This elite unit brings to bear all their talents, intellect, and technical expertise on major cases in order to keep New York and the country safe. Born into a multigenerational law enforcement family, Special Agent Maggie Bell commits deeply to the people she works with as well as those she protects.
Her partner is Special Agent Omar Adom “OA” Zidan, a West Point graduate via Bushwick who spent two years undercover for the DEA before being cherry-picked by the FBI. Overseeing them is Special Agent in Charge Isobel Castille, who operates under intense pressure and has undeniable command authority.
The team also includes Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine, the nerve center of the office, whose ability to easily relate to and engage with both superiors and subordinates makes him a master motivator, as well as Special Agent Stuart Scola, an Ivy League-educated Wall Streeter-turned-FBI agent. These first-class agents tenaciously investigate cases of tremendous magnitude, including terrorism, organized crime, and counterintelligence.
Hootie & the Blowfish will return to the American Music Awards as performers 30 years after winning the AMAs‘ Pop/Rock New Artist award. The band’s expected to perform some of their hits from back in the ’90s during the awards show airing live on CBS on May 25, 2026 at 5pm PT/8pm ET.
Dick Clark Productions and CBS confirmed Katseye will be celebrating their first AMA nomination with a performance of “Pinky Up.” Keith Urban will take the stage to perform a song from Flow State, his yacht rock album dropping on June 12. Twenty One Pilots is confirmed to perform “Drag Path,” and Riley Green, currently seen in a guest-starring role on Marshals, will hit the AMAs stage for the very first time.
SOMBR, up for seven awards, will make his debut on the AMAs, and Teddy Swims is set to sing “Mr. Know It All.” Maluma rounds out the list of just-announced performers and is expected to perform a song from Loco x Volver, dropping on May 15.
Queen Latifah is hosting the 52nd American Music Awards live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Taylor Swift leads this year’s list of nominees with eight nominations. Morgan Wallen, Olivia Dean, Sabrina Carpenter, and SOMBR each received seven nominations. Fans can vote for their favorites at VoteAMAs.com through Friday, May 8, at 11:59:59am PT.
Earthrealm needs saving and only a handful of warriors – and a washed-up actor – might possibly pull it off in Mortal Kombat II, the sequel to the 2021 movie adaptation of the popular video game.
The action thriller opens with little Kitana being forced to watch her father die a horrible death fighting the emperor of Outworld, Shao Kahn (Martyn Ford), an enormous warrior with almost God-like strength (think Darkside from the DC universe but with an animal skull mask). “You’re my daughter now,” growls Kahn as he takes over Kitana’s realm and people.
Leap ahead to the introduction of Johnny Cage (Karl Urban), a washed-up action movie star from the ‘90s who gets recruited by Sonya Blade (Jessica McNamee) and Lord Raiden (Tadanobu Asano), the God of Thunder, to join in their fight. Cage just hopes to return to Earth and can’t wrap his head around the idea that they believe he’s a great warrior. Lord Raiden insists Cage’s going to be integral to deciding the fate of his world.
Reluctantly, Cage teams up with Blade, Raiden, Australian arms dealer/fighter Kano (Josh Lawson), and Kitana, who is spying on Kahn and reporting everything she learns to Lord Raiden in the hopes of stopping Kahn from winning the epic Mortal Kombat tournament.
Mortal Kombat II suffers from what most films adapted from a video game series suffer from—one-dimensional characters, poor acting, and a paper-thin plot that’s nothing more than an excuse for mindless action. It’s a loud and empty movie with terrible special effects, unimpressive fight sequences, and an uneven tone. When the film focuses on Shao Kahn and Kitana, its tone is dark and deadly serious, with simple, almost laughable dialogue. When it doesn’t, the tone’s all over the place.
The ridiculous and chaotic fight scenes fail to create any real suspense or tension and are over-the-top with gore. Although it’s a popcorn film, the gore may cause audiences to lose their appetite for snacks.
Mortal Kombat II is entertaining when it’s more tongue-in-cheek and focuses on Cage being way over his head during fights. A perfect example of this humor is a scene of Cage insulting and taunting a nomadic mutant warrior named Baraka (CJ Bloomfield), whose face and mouth are loaded with overly large animalistic teeth, into a fight with their champion so that if he loses, Baraka will help him and his comrades in their fight against Kahn. When Baraka agrees to fight but insists it must be against Cage, Blade and the other warriors immediately react with, “Oh no, Johnny Cage is going to die!”
Karl Urban’s performance as Johnny Cage is the best part of Mortal Kombat II, portraying the has-been actor as a well-meaning, once-talented martial arts fighter in films who has been thrown into this fight-to-the-death nightmare.
Josh Lawson delivers a fun performance, returning as the wise-cracking arms dealer Kano, who is not a fan of Shao Kahn and teams up with Cage to help his team win. Lawson captures Kano’s crass and vulgar personality and adds much-needed lightheartedness to the film. But even with entertaining performances by Urban and Lawson, Mortal Kombat II doesn’t pack enough fun to save it from the dreaded sequelitis.
GRADE: C-
Rating: R for strong bloody violence and gore, and language
Runtime: 1 hour 56 minutes
Release Date: May 8, 2026
Directed By: Simon McQuoid
Studio: New Line Cinema
Sam Worthington swears he’s going to find his son, who’s presumed to be dead, in Netflix’s teaser for I Will Find You. The series, the latest in a long string of adaptations of Harlan Coben’s novels, will premiere on June 18, 2026.
In addition to Worthington (the Avatar franchise), the eight-episode season stars Britt Lower (Severance), Milo Ventimiglia (This Is Us), Logan Browning (Dear White People), Erin Richards (The Crown), Chi McBride (Hawaii Five-0), and Jonathan Tucker. Guest stars include Madeleine Stowe, Clancy Brown, Hugh Thompson, Peter Outerbridge, Christopher Redman, Eric Johnson, Greg Bryk, Kate Vernon, Tara Rosling, Darrin Baker, Aaron Ashmore, Nicola Correia-Damude, Rachel Wilson, and Billy MacLellan.
“An innocent father serving life for the murder of his own son receives evidence that his child may still be alive—and must break out of prison to find out the truth,” reads Netflix’s synopsis.
Sam Worthington as David Burroughs, a father serving a life sentence for the murder of his own son—a crime he didn’t commit, yet a tragedy he punishes himself for every day.
Britt Lower as Rachel Mills, David’s ex-sister-in-law and a former decorated reporter whose life fell apart after she was fired. When she discovers evidence suggesting an incredible secret, Rachel views it as a once-in-a-lifetime story that could be her ticket back to journalism.
Milo Ventimiglia as Hayden, Rachel’s ex-boyfriend, who remains her close friend and confidant. He is from a prominent Boston family and finds purpose in working for his family’s philanthropic foundations.
Logan Browning as Sarah Greer, a member of the FBI’s Fugitive Task Force in Boston alongside legendary agent Max Williams. Together they have become a valuable duo for the bureau, catching some of the country’s most notorious fugitives—until the Burroughs case threatens to upend everything they’ve worked for.
Erin Richards as Cheryl Dreason, David’s ex-wife and a talented and compassionate pediatric surgeon. Cheryl still grieves the loss of her son but has worked hard to rebuild her life. When her ex-husband, David, breaks out of prison, long-buried secrets threaten to unravel everything she’s built.
Jonathan Tucker as police Sgt. Adam Mackenzie. As David’s best friend, he’s willing to risk everything to help him escape prison.
Chi McBride as Max Williams. Max is a legend in the FBI’s Fugitive Task Force, who will doggedly pursue David no matter how much it rips his personal life apart.
Madeleine Stowe as Gertrude Payne, a wealthy heiress who is harboring a dark secret.
Clancy Brown as Nicky Fisher, a semi-retired, old-school mobster who has a startling personal connection to the Burroughs family that threatens to expose long-buried secrets.
Robert Hull, Bryan Wynbrandt, Steven Lilien, and Heather Mitchell adapted Coben’s 2023 novel for the series. Hull created the series and serves as showrunner and executive producer. Additional executive producers include Coben, Bryan Wynbrandt, Steven Lilien, John Weber, and Brad Anderson.
Emmy nominee Oscar Isaac (Scenes from a Marriage) is continuing his creative partnership with Netflix with a starring role in Martin Scorsese’s untitled Vegas series. Isaac recently starred in the streamer’s Beef season two, which premiered on April 16, 2026, and has committed to taking on both a lead role and executive producing the new drama from Billions‘ Brian Koppelman and David Levien.
Netflix offers this description of the eight-episode drama:
“The hourlong drama is set in the high-stakes, sharp-elbowed present-day Las Vegas casino business, which is a modernized but still dangerous version of the legendary city. At the center of it all stands Robert ‘Bobby Red’ Redman (Isaac), president of the hottest hotel casino in town, who has to make some long odds moves to try and secure his position and take more ground.”
Koppelman and Levien, returning to the gambling world after writing Rounders and Ocean’s Thirteen, created the series and will serve as showrunners, executive producers, and writers. Oscar winner Martin Scorsese and Sikelia Productions; Julie Yorn and Rick Yorn for Expanded Media; Paul Schiff; and Beth Schacter are also involved as executive producers. J.C. Chandor (A Most Violent Year) is attached to direct the first two episodes and executive produce.
Prime Video’s Elle teaser introduces a teenage version of Reese Witherspoon’sLegally Blonde character, picking up her story as Elle makes a life-jarring move to Seattle. The minute-and-a-half teaser arrived along with a couple of stills from the upcoming first season.
Lexi Minetree stars as Elle Woods, June Diane Raphael plays Elle’s mother Eva, and Tom Everett Scott is her father Wyatt. Jacob Moskovitz, Gabrielle Policano, Chandler Kinney, Zac Looker, and Amy Pietz also star.
Jessica Belkin, Danielle Chand, Matt Oberg, Chloe Wepper, Logan Shroyer, Sharon Taylor, David Burtka, Brad Harder, Kayla Maisonet, Lisa Yamada, and James Van Der Beek appear in recurring roles.
Lexi Minetree in ‘ELLE’ (Photo Credit: Jessica Brooks/Prime Video)
“Season one of Elle follows Elle Woods before she was a fish-out-of-water at Harvard. We meet her in 1995 as a fish in the tumultuous waters of high school where she encounters tricky friendships, forbidden romance, and questionable fashion choices,” reads Prime Video’s synopsis. “Through it all, Elle uses her family as a touchstone and forms an even tighter bond to her mother, proving that they can get through anything life throws their way as long as they have each other. With each challenge she faces, Elle grows closer to the Elle Woods we know and love today.”
Legally Blonde opened in theaters in July 2001, followed by Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde in July 2003. Elle will premiere on July 1, 2026 on Prime Video. The streamer’s already announced the series has been renewed for season two.
Laura Kittrell (Insecure) created the prequel and is a co-showrunner with Caroline Dries. Executive producers include Kittrell, Dries, Reese Witherspoon, Lauren Neustadter, Amanda Brown, Marc Platt, and Jason Moore. Moore directs the first two episodes, and Bryan J. Raber and Asmita Paranjape are the producers.
Two-time Oscar nominee John Travolta makes his directorial debut with Propeller One-Way Night Coach, based on his 1977 children’s book. Travolta, a lifelong aviation enthusiast, adapted his book and narrates the film, which features his daughter Ella Bleu as a flight attendant.
The family-friendly film also stars newcomer Clark Shotwell, Kelly Eviston-Quinnett, and Olga Hoffmann. Travolta, Jason Berger, and Amy Laslett are the producers.
Apple Original Films offers this synopsis:
“Set in the golden age of aviation, a young airplane enthusiast, Jeff (Shotwell), and his mother (Eviston-Quinnett) set off on a one-way cross-country odyssey to Hollywood, which transforms a simple flight into the trip of a lifetime. Between airline meals, charming flight attendants (Ella Bleu Travolta and Hoffmann), unexpected stopovers, larger-than-life passengers, and a thrilling glimpse at first class, the journey unfolds in moments both magical and unexpected, charting the course for the boy’s future.”
Travolta’s directorial debut will premiere at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, followed by a streaming release on Apple TV on May 29, 2026.
Poster for ‘Propeller One-Way Night Coach’ (Photo Credit: Apple Original Films)
The fifth and final season of The Bear will premiere on June 25, 2026 on FX and Hulu. The network announced the premiere date and confirmed all eight episodes will be available for streaming on Thursday, June 25 at 6pm PT/9pm ET on Hulu. Two episodes will drop on FX on June 25, followed by one episode a week through August.
Jeremy Allen White stars as Carmy, Ebon Moss-Bachrach returns as Richie, Ayo Edebiri stars as Sydney, and Abby Elliott is back as Natalie. The final season also stars Lionel Boyce as Marcus, Liza Colón-Zayas as Tina, and Matty Matheson as Neil. Ricky Staffieri, Oliver Platt, Will Poulter, and Jamie Lee Curtis return in recurring roles.
The release date news and confirmation that season five is the final season come after a special episode titled “Gary” dropped, focusing on Richie and Mikey (Jon Bernthal). Moss-Bachrach and Bernthal wrote the surprise episode, which finds the duo heading to Gary, Indiana.
FX offers this description of the upcoming season:
“The fifth and final season of FX’s The Bear picks up the morning after Sydney (Edebiri), Richie and Natalie ‘Sugar’ (Elliott) discover that Carmy (White) has quit the food industry, leaving the restaurant to them. With no money, the threat of a sale and a torrential storm in their way, the new partners must band together with the rest of the team to achieve one last service, hoping they’ll finally earn a Michelin star. Ultimately, they learn that what makes a restaurant ‘perfect’ might not be the food but the people.”
The series, created by Christopher Storer, has earned 21 Emmys. Executive producers include Storer, Josh Senior, Cooper Wehde, Tyson Bidner, Matty Matheson, Hiro Murai, and Rene Gube.
Series star steps behind the camera to direct CBS’s Fire Country season four, episode 18. “Best Man,” which takes the action away from Edgewater, will air on Friday, May 8, 2026 at 9pm ET/PT.
“Best Man” Plot: When Bode’s past resurfaces far from Edgewater, a volatile chain of events leads to a perilous off-duty rescue that forces him to confront guilt, accountability and what it truly means to step up when lives – and friendships – are on the line.
Max Thieriot stars as Bode, Kevin Alejandro is Manny, Diane Farr is Sharon, Jordan Calloway plays Jake, and Jules Latimer stars as Eve.
Fire Country stars Max Thieriot (SEAL TEAM) as Bode Leone, a young convict who sought redemption and a shortened prison sentence by joining a prison release firefighting program in Northern California, where he and other inmates were partnered with elite firefighters to extinguish massive, unpredictable wildfires across the region. It’s a high-risk, high-reward assignment, and the heat is turned up when Bode was assigned to the program in his rural hometown, where he was once a golden all-American son until his troubles began.
