Here's 11 movies and shows you've gotta watch going into 2023
Ready to activate those stay indoors goals during the winter months? Look no further than a rundown of quality content hitting both the big screen and premium streaming platforms with the new year on deck.
Ready to activate those stay indoors goals during the winter months? Look no further than a rundown of quality content hitting both the big screen and premium streaming platforms with the new year on deck.
Peep the release dates along with artwork and teaser clips for what each project has to offer.
THE BEST MAN: THE FINAL CHAPTERS
Release Date: December 22, 2022
Peacock’s highly anticipated series, THE BEST MAN: THE FINAL CHAPTERS, premiers December 22, 2022. The iconic franchise directed by Award Winning Director, Malcolm D. Lee, returns to catch up with Harper (Taye Diggs), Robyn (Sanaa Lathan), Jordan (Nia Long), Lance (Morris Chestnut), Quentin (Terrence Howard), Shelby (Melissa De Sousa), Candace (Regina Hall), and Murch (Harold Perrineau) as relationships evolve and past grievances resurface in the unpredictable stages of midlife crisis meets midlife renaissance.
Starring: Morris Chestnut, Melissa De Sousa, Taye Diggs, Regina Hall, Terrence Howard, Sanaa Lathan, Nia Long, Harold Perrineau
Executive Producers: Dominique Telson, Sean Daniel
Directors: Malcolm D. Lee, Charles Stone III, Robert Townsend, and Stacey Muhammad
Co-Developed By, Writer, EP, Director, Co-Showrunner: Malcolm D. Lee
Co-Developed By, Writer, EP, Co-Showrunner: Dayna Lynne North
BEL-AIR SEASON TWO
Release Date: February 23, 2022
BEL-AIR’s dramatic take on the beloved 90’s sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air will continue to follow Will’s complicated journey from the streets of West Philadelphia to the gated mansions of Los Angeles, where he is now at a crossroads with new family dynamics, love interests and athletic ambitions. Season2 will premiere with three episodes on Thursday, February 23 only on Peacock.
Starring: Morgan Cooper, Anthony Sparks, Malcolm Spellman, Will Smith, Terence Carter, James Lassiter, Miguel Melendez, Benny Medina, Quincy Jones, Andy & Susan Borowitz, TJ Brady & Rasheed Newson
Executive Producers: Jabari Banks, Adrian Holmes, Cassandra Freeman, Olly Sholotan, Coco Jones, Akira Akbar, Jimmy Akingbola, Jordan L. Jones and Simone Joy Jones
HARLEM SEASON TWO
Release Date: February 03,2023
From writer Tracy Oliver (Girls Trip), in Season Two, after blowing up her career and disrupting her love life, Camille (Meagan Good) has to figure out how to put the pieces back together; Tye (Jerrie Johnson) considers her future; Quinn (Grace Byers) goes on a journey of self-discovery; and Angie’s (Shoniqua Shandai) career takes a promising turn.
Starring: Meagan Good, Jerrie Johnson, Grace Byers, Shoniqua Shandai, Tyler Lepley, Sullivan Jones
Executive Producers: Tracy Oliver, Kim Lessing, Dave becky, Britt Matt, Linda mendoza, and Mimi Valdés
RICHES
Release Date: December 02, 2022
Riches follows the exploits of the stylish, privileged, super-successful Richards family. When Stephen Richards (Hugh Quarshie) passes suddenly, the family’s world comes crashing down. As his business hangs in the balance, his different sets of children are about to collide as they vie for control.
Starring: Abby Ajayi, Nadine Marsh-Edwards, Amanda Jenks, Alison Owen, Alison Carpenter
Executive Producers: Sebastian Thiel, Abby Ajayi, Darcia Martin
JACK RYAN SEASON 3
Release Date: December 21, 2022
In the third season of the action-thriller series, Jack Ryan is working as a CIA case officer in Rome, when he is tipped off that the Sokol Project, a secret plan to restore the Soviet Empire, is being resurrected more than 50 years after it was thought to have been shut down. Jack embarks on a mission to confirm the intelligence, but things quickly go awry, and he is wrongly implicated in a larger conspiracy. Accused of treason, with a Red Notice out for his arrest, Jack is forced to run from his own government, if he has any hope of uncovering the rogue faction before it’s too late. Crisscrossing Europe as he is hunted by former allies and new enemies alike, Jack races against the clock to stop the cascade of destabilizing conflicts from leading to global catastrophe.
Starring: John Krasinski, Wendell Pierce, Michael Kelly, Nina Hoss, Betty Gabriel
Executive Producers: Andrew Form, Allyson Seeger, John Krasinski, Vaun Wilmott, Brad Fuller, Michael Bay, Tom Clancy, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Bill Bost, Mace Neufeld, Carlton Cuse
SHOTGUN WEDDING
Release Date: January 23, 2022
In Shotgun Wedding, Darcy (Jennifer Lopez) and Tom (Josh Duhamel) gather their lovable but very opinionated families for the ultimate destination wedding just as the couple begin to get cold feet. And if that wasn’t enough of a threat to the celebration, suddenly everyone’s lives are in danger when the entire party is taken hostage. “’Til Death Do Us Part” takes on a whole new meaning in this hilarious, adrenaline-fueled adventure as Darcy and Tom must save their loved ones—if they don’t kill each other first.
Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Josh Duhamel, Jennifer Coolidge, Sonia Braga, Cheech Marin, Selena Tan, D'Arcy Carden, Callie Hernandez, Desmin Borges, Steve Coulter, Lenny Kravits
Executive Producers: Todd Lieberman, David Hoberman, Jennifer Lopez, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, Benny Medina
GODFATHER OF HARLEM SEASON 3
Release Date: January 15, 2023
“Godfather of Harlem” tells a story inspired by infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson (Whitaker), who, in the early 1960s, returned from 11 years in prison to find the neighborhood he once ruled in shambles.
Season Three will find Bumpy Johnson continuing to battle for control of Harlem, with other aspirants to the throne, namely the Cuban Mafia from neighboring Spanish Harlem. Taking on the Cuban mob will put Bumpy, his loved ones, and his community in the crosshairs of not only the rival Italians, but ruthless Latin assassins and, ultimately, the CIA. Godfather of Harlem is a collision of the criminal underworld and the civil rights movement during one of the most tumultuous times in American history.
Starring: Forest Whitaker, Vincent D’Onofrio, Ilfenesh Hadera, Antoinette Crowe-Legacy, and Giancarlo Esposito, Michael Raymond-James, Joe Colombo Jason Alan Carvell, and Markuann Smith
Executive Producers: Chris Brancato, Paul Eckstein, Forest Whitaker, Nina Yang Bongiovi, James Acheson, Markuann Smith and Joe Chappelle. Swizz Beatz is executive music producer.
DISENCHANTED
Release Date: November 18, 2022
“Disenchanted,” the all-new musical comedy and sequel to “Enchanted.” The film, which reunites original cast members Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, Idina Menzel, and James Marsden and also stars Maya Rudolph, Gabriella Baldacchino, Yvette Nicole Brown, and Jayma Mays, is directed by Adam Shankman and features new songs from Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz. “Disenchanted” debuts November 18, exclusively on Disney+.
Starring: Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, Maya Rudolph, Yvette Nicole Brown, Jayma Mays, Gabriella Baldacchino, with Idina Menzel and James Marsden.
Executive Producers: Barry Josephson, Barry Sonnenfeld, and Amy Adams, with Jo Burn, Sunil Perkash, and Adam Shankman.
WU-TANG: AN AMERICAN SAGA SEASON 3
The Hulu Original series "Wu-Tang: An American Saga" returns for its third and final season with three episodes on Wednesday, February 15, 2023. New episodes will follow every Wu-Wednesday, with the finale dropping on April 5, 2023.
Off the release of their debut album and their continued rise to fame, we follow the Wu-Tang Clan over the course of their five-year plan as they face and overcome different challenges. While each of the members go on separate journeys to figure out where they fit in the music world, RZA struggles to stay on top of things in order to fulfill the promise he made to his Wu brothers. As money, fame, ego, and business threaten to tear the group apart, they must find a way to come together and cement their legacy.
STARRING: Ashton Sanders, Shameik Moore, Siddiq Saunderson, Julian Elijah Martinez, Marcus Callender, Zolee Griggs, T.J. Atoms, Dave East, Johnell Young, Uyoata Udi and Damani Sease.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Alex Tse, The RZA, Method Man and Brian Grazer.
THE 1619 PROJECT
Release Date: January 2023
Disney’s Onyx Collective will produce a documentary series based on “ The 1619 Project,” stories in The New York Times that examined the legacy of slavery in America dating from the arrival of the first slave ship from Africa. Executive produced by Oprah Winfrey, Nikole Hannah-Jones and Roger Ross Williams (Director). The docuseries connects American history with the present, by placing the contributions of Black Americans and the consequences of slavery at the very center of our country’s narrative.
Executive Producers: Oprah Winfrey, Nikole Hannah-Jones
Director: Roger Ross Williams
PLANE
Release Date: January 13, 2023
The highly anticipated movie centers on Pilot Brodie Torrance (Gerard Butler) teaming up with an accused murderer, Louis Gaspare (Mike Colter), who was being transported by the FBI to rescue the passengers that were taken hostage on the war-torn island the plane crashed on. The unlikely duo finds themselves in the battle together and during this dire situation, themes of redemption, justice and humanity start to unravel throughout the film.
STARRING: Gerard Butler, Mike Colter, Yoson An, Daniella Pineda, Paul Ben-Victor, Remi Adeleke, Joey Slotnick, Evan Dane Taylor, Claro de los Reyes, and Tony Goldwyn.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Mark Vahradian, Marc Butan, Butler and Alan Siege
DomiNque Perry is going to make sure yesterday's price is not today's price with new 'Bust Down' casting
Hollywood actress DomiNque Perry stays on the steady grind and she’s making sure her presence is felt on more powerful shows than just 'Insecure’ in 2022. The popular entertainer is taking her talent to Peacock’s ‘Bust Down’.
Hollywood actress DomiNque Perry stays on the steady grind and she’s making sure her presence is felt on more powerful shows than just 'Insecure’ in 2022. The popular entertainer is taking her talent to Peacock’s ‘Bust Down’.
Check out the full details on what’s brewing for Miss Perry as the world awaits the series’ premiere on March 10, 2022.
Peacock’s unconventional comedy series BUST DOWN, created by and starring Langston Kerman (Insecure, The Boys), Jak Knight (Big Mouth, Black-ish), Sam Jay (PAUSE with Sam Jay) and Chris Redd (SNL, Kenan) has cast DomiNque Perry (Insecure) as a guest star.
Perry will play "Nina", Sam’s longtime girlfriend and the financially stable one in the relationship. She’s loving, silly, and in over her head with Sam’s friends.
ABOUT BUST DOWN:
BUST DOWN stars Jak Knight, Langston Kerman, Sam Jay and Chris Redd as four casino employees living dead-end lives with dead-end jobs in middle America, and the massive mess they manage to make out of it.
ABOUT THE SERIES:
Director: Richie Keen
Executive Producers: Lorne Michaels, Sam Jay, Langston Kerman, Jak Knight, Chris Redd, Hilary Marx, Andrew Singer, and Richie Keen
Co-Executive Producer: Guy Stodel
Produced By: Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, in association with Broadway Video
Format: Comedy, 6 episodes X 30 minutes
Drop Cadence: All episodes
Launch Date: March 10, 2022
Filming Location: Los Angeles, CA
Starring: Sam Jay, Langston Kerman, Jak Knight, Chris Redd
And in case you’re still playing catch-up on DomiNque’s greatness, check out her run on some amazing TV shows including ‘Insecure’ and FX’s ‘Snowfall’ series.
Perry is best known for her recurring role as “Tasha” on the Golden Globe nominated HBO series INSECURE. She also appeared in the key role of “Nessa” on the uber popular BLACK JESUS for Adult Swim. Recent guest star credits include SNOWFALL for FX and REL for Fox. She also played a memorable role in Twentieth Century Fox feature GET HARD opposite Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart. It was recently announced that she’ll also be reunited with Rae in a recurring role on HBO Max’s RAP SHIT. Perry is repped by Hyperion, Aaron Bergman of Pluralist, and Del, Shaw, Moonves, Tanaka, Finkelstein & Lezcano.