“Acapulco” Lands Season 4 Renewal
Pack your bags to return to Las Colinas. Apple TV+ has ordered its hit bilingual comedy series “Acapulco” for a fourth season. The Spanish and English-language series, inspired by 2017’s “How to Be a Latin Lover,” follows Máximo Gallardo, whose dream comes true when he gets the job of a lifetime at Acapulco’s hottest resort but soon realizes that working there will be more complicated than he could’ve ever imagined.
Watch the trailer for “Acapulco” Season 3 below:
In Season 3, present-day Máximo (played by Eugenio Derbez) returned to an unrecognizable Las Colinas, while younger Máximo (Enrique Arrizon) continued “climbing up the ladder of success while potentially jeopardizing all the relationships he’s worked so hard to build.”
The cast also stars Fernando Carsa, Alcázar, Perez, Bauche, Reynoso, Raphael Alejandro, Jessica Collins, Chord Overstreet, Rafael Cebrián, Regina Orozco, Carlos Corona, Jaime Camil, Cristo Fernández, and others. “Acapulco” Season 4 will premiere on Apple TV+ in 2025 with the date to be announced later.
HBO’s “Somebody Somewhere” Returns in October For Final Season
Pour yourself a teeny ‘tini: in a good news-bad news situation, HBO has announced the premiere date for the third season of its Peabody Award-winning Original comedy series “Somebody Somewhere,” returning this October. However, Season 3 of the acclaimed comedy-drama series will be its last, the cabler announced this week.
Bridgett Everett returns to lead the series home as Sam, who moves back to her Kansas hometown and eventually finds her people in a community of outsiders “who don’t fit in but don’t give up.” According to the official Season 3 logline, the series’ beloved characters will “see growth against all odds.”
Watch the teaser for “Somebody Somewhere” Season 3 below:
Jeff Hiller co-stars opposite Everett with Mary Catherine Garrison, Tim Bagley, Murray Hill, Jennifer Mudge, Mercedes White, and Meighan Gerachis. Joining Season 3 is Ólafur Darri Ólafsson. Season 3 of “Somebody Somewhere” will premiere on Sunday, Oct. 27 at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT on HBO and will be available to stream on Max.
“The Legend Of Vox Machina” Season 3 Trailer Out Now
Prime Video has released the trailer for Season 3 of its hit adult animated fantasy-adventure series, “The Legend of Vox Machina,” and this season, everything is at stake.
From Amazon MGM Studios, Critical Role, and Titmouse, “The Legend of Vox Machina” follows the title group of unlikely heroes who find themselves on a quest to save the realm of Exandria from dark magical forces. In the third season, as the Chroma Conclave’s path of destruction spreads like wildfire and the Cinder King hunts down Vox Machina, the beloved band of misfits must travel to hell and back—literally—to save their loved ones, Tal’Dorei, and all of Exandria.
Watch the trailer for “The Legend Of Vox Machina” Season 3 below:
The series stars Critical Role founders and cast members Laura Bailey, Taliesin Jaffe, Ashley Johnson, Liam O’Brien, Matthew Mercer, Marisha Ray, Sam Riegel, and Travis Willingham. The 12-episode third season of “The Legend of Vox Machina” will premiere on Prime Video on Thursday, Oct. 3, with three episodes premiering every week.
Max Original Film “Sweethearts” Sets November Debut
It’s a date for Max’s upcoming Original film “Sweethearts.” The streamer has announced the comedy feature, starring Kiernan Shipka and Nico Hiraga, will premiere this Thanksgiving. Co-written by Dan Brier and Jordan Weiss (“Dollface”) and directed by Weiss in her directorial debut, “Sweethearts” follows two college freshmen who make a pact to break up with their high school sweethearts over Thanksgiving break, leading them on a chaotic night out in their hometown that puts their codependent friendship to the test.
The cast also includes Caleb Hearon, Tramell Tillman, Ava Demary, Charlie Hall, Joel Kim Booster, and Christine Taylor, among others. “Sweethearts” will be available exclusively on Max on Thursday, Nov. 28.
Disney+ Sets “Elton John: Never Too Late” Streaming Date
A week ahead of its world premiere, the highly anticipated music documentary “Elton John: Never Too Late” has set its Disney+ streaming premiere for Friday, Dec. 13.
Co-directed by R.J. Cutler (“Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry”) and David Furnish, the new documentary centers on John as he looks back on his life and 50-year career and forward to a climactic farewell show at Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium, providing a firsthand account amongst other candid interviews and newly revealed archival footage. According to the official synopsis, the “emotionally charged, intimate, and uplifting full-circle” doc recounts “the extraordinary highs and heartbreaking lows of his early years and how he overcame adversity, abuse, and addiction to become the icon he is today.”
“Elton John: Never Too Late” will have its world premiere next week at TIFF on Sept. 6. After TIFF, the new music documentary will then move to the BFI London Film Festival on Oct. 10 before a limited theatrical run in the United States and the United Kingdom on Nov. 15.
Hallmark+ Gives Straight-To-Series Order to “Ripple”
As Hallmark Media prepares to rebrand and relaunch its Hallmark Movies Now streamer in September under the new banner Hallmark+, the streamer is already going ahead with a straight-to-series order for the drama series “Ripple.”
From Lionsgate TV and created by Michele Giannusa, “Ripple” is set in New York City and follows Nate, Kris, Walter, and Aria, whose paths cross regularly, yet have never met. Through seemingly small decisions made in the series pilot, the core four, all dealing with life’s challenges, are finally led to each other, proving we are never really alone. Joni Lefkowitz will serve as the project’s showrunner. Production is set to begin in September with a premiere date to be announced later.
Hallmark+ will launch in September with the original series “The Chicken Sisters,” based on KJ Dell’Antonia’s bestseller, and the new, unscripted series “Celebrations with Lacey Chabert.” Also premiering throughout the month are three new installments of “The Jane Mysteries” and the “Love on the Danube” movie trilogy.