What to Watch in May: 23 Notable TV Shows & Streaming Movies
The month ahead will bring the returns of Stranger Things and Hacks, the latest Star Wars and Star Trek series, Danny Boyle's dramatization of the rise and fall of the Sex Pistols, an adaptation of another Sally Rooney novel from the team behind Normal People, a fictionalized remake of one of TV's best true-crime docuseries, and more. In the gallery on this page, our editors have selected the most interesting TV and movie titles debuting at home in the next month, listed in order by premiere date.
Miniseries debuts May 13 on Apple TV+
Adapted from the book of the same name by Sarah Perry, Victorian-era drama The Essex Serpent stars Claire Danes (a replacement for the originally cast Keira Knightley) as a widow who moves from London to a small village in Essex that is said to be home to a mythical creature. Tom Hiddleston, Frank Dillane, Hayley Squires, and Clémence Poésy also star. Clio Barnard (The Selfish Giant) directs the six-episode series, which will stream weekly following a two-episode debut.
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