Happy End.
From April 1 to More.tv
Webcam is a business area that is based on communicating models with clients through webcams.
Often, the dialogue turns into a private chat, where it can transform into a show with elements of eroticism.
It is in this business that the main characters of the Happy End series are immersed - 19-year-old lovers Lera and Vlad.
They will have to endure many tests on the way to a better life, and most importantly - try to preserve their feelings.
The series comes out with an age marking of 18+.
Director Yevgeny Sangadzhiev emphasizes that this project may seem frank, but in reality it is rather “subtle and very intuitive”.
Actor Denis Vlasenko, who played Vlad, agrees with the director.
“I adore such provocative things, and having met Sangadzhiev, I understood for sure that it would not be some vulgarity, something tasteless - sex for sex, webcam for webcam or something for the sake of hype,” said the artist.
The role of Lera went to Lena Tronina.
Also involved in the series are Lyubov Tolkalina, Alexander Gorchilin, Lukerya Ilyashenko, Alexey Agranovich, Alexandra Rebyonok and other actors.
"Toy for adults" (Made for love).
From April 1 to HBO Max, from April 2 to more.tv
"Toy for Adults" is a dark, cynical and sometimes absurd comedy about divorce and revenge.
The creators of the tape tried to imagine how far some people can go to keep love, while others - to destroy it.
The plot revolves around Hazel Green performed by Christine Milioti (How I Met Your Mother, Black Mirror).
She is about 30 years old, ten of which have passed in a difficult marriage with the billionaire and technical genius Byron Gogol (Billy Magnussen).
One day, the heroine runs away from her husband and soon learns that he has implanted a chip with a video camera into her brain.
The device allows you to monitor not only the location of the girl, but also her emotional state.
Hazel will try to hide from the faithful in her hometown - with her father, who, after the death of his wife, lives with a sex doll.
The performers of the main roles compare the situation in which the heroine of the series found herself in her own home, with how the communication of people has changed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
“Paradoxically, communicating via the Internet, we are increasingly moving away from each other.
Especially in a pandemic, when we are literally constantly in isolation.
It seems to me that we all crave live contact.
All of this is reflected in our history - this feeling of insecurity that you experience when you penetrate another person, as well as the resulting confusion, "- said Billy Magnussen in an interview with Deadline.
Christine Milioti also noted that the tape is about people who are desperate to find a common language.
The series is based on the novel of the same name by Alissa Nutting, the best book of 2017 according to several reputable publications.
"Kung Fu" (Kung Fu).
From April 7th on The CW
Kung Fu is a reimagining of the 1970s series of the same name starring David Carradine.
The events of the new project unfold today, and in the center of the plot is an American student of Chinese origin Niki.
To cope with a personal crisis, the girl drops out of school and goes to a secluded monastery in China, where she learns martial arts.
Back home, Nicky realizes that her native San Francisco is mired in crime.
The heroine will try to protect loved ones with the help of the skills acquired in the monastery, as well as find the one who killed her mentor.
The main role in the series was played by Olivia Liang, who previously appeared in the projects "Legacy" and "Grey's Anatomy".
In an interview with the ETOnline portal, the actress noted that she practically did not have to play anything, since the life of the heroine largely corresponds to her own experience.
“Christina (Kim. -
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) very subtly wrote all this in the script, fully reflecting what it means to be an Asian American, the daughter of first-generation immigrants.
I liked the very idea that people like me would be noticed.
I didn't really have to play anything.
It feels like this is a continuation of all the experiences and events that we (Asian Americans. -
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are already experiencing
in the real world, "says Liang.
"The Incredibles" (The Nevers).
April 11 on HBO
The fantasy drama The Incredibles takes place in London in the second half of the 1890s.
After some supernatural event, many townspeople (mostly women) show incredible abilities.
But the owners of the gift find themselves in serious danger: others are trying to either make money on unusual talents, or to exterminate the "gifted".
The heroes are defended by the inventor Penance Adair (Anne Skelly) and the widow Amalia Tru (Laura Donnelly).
The project was directed by David Semel (House Doctor), Zetna Fuentes (Shameless) and Joss Whedon (The Avengers).
The latter also co-wrote the script with Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Jane Espenson and Douglas Petrie.
“Policeman from Rublevka”.
From April 12 on TNT
"Policeman from Rublyovka" is a prequel to the films of the popular franchise "Policeman from Rublyovka" with Sergei Burunov in the title role.
The action of the new series takes place in the 1990s, when the young Volodya Yakovlev was investigating his first cases.
The main role went to Artyom Suchkov, who had already tried on the role of Yakovlev in the fourth season of the main series.
The artist presented his own vision of the character, however, when creating the image, he tried to take into account the developments of his senior colleague.
“It turned out to be quite energy-consuming to play the young Yakovlev.
He is impulsive, expressive, unbalanced.
During the filming, they laughed a lot, but most often at the situations within the script, ”Suchkov recalls.
According to the authors of the series, they strove to remember the various phenomena of those years, throwing on them "a veil of fabulousness and absurdity."
"Mediator".
From April 16 to START
Andrei Pavlov (Andrei Burkovsky) has an excellent sense of people and has an amazing ability to negotiate - he can convince anyone of anything and finds a common language even with terrorists.
This talent brings the hero a good income - many big businessmen are ready to give a lot of money for the successful outcome of a business meeting.
However, the gift has a downside - Andrei sees through and through and cannot trust anyone.
“The most difficult thing for my hero is to communicate not with terrorists, but with ordinary people who are confident in their righteousness.
In the case of a terrorist, it is clear who is bad and who is good.
The task of my hero is to understand a person, to understand where he is lying, portraying, and where is the truth, what is his inner pain, ”explains Burkovsky.
The project was directed by Artyom Aksyonenko ("The Elusive", "Friends of Friends").
According to the director, Mediator combines several different genres.
In addition, the series is interesting for its unusual approach to storytelling.
“With the help of vivid symbolic details, we lead the viewer not to the solution of the plot, but to the point of the break - the beginning of a turning point in history that destroys guesswork.
This cinematic eclecticism, dictated by an unpredictable plot, as well as contradictory images, is a vivid sign of our time, when excess leads to the devaluation of values and laws - such as family, personal life, space, ”Aksyonenko intrigues.
The series has 16 episodes.
The first ten will be released during the spring, while the rest of the audience will see it in the fall.
Mare of Easttown.
April 18 on HBO
Kate Winslet returns to television starring in the crime film Meir of Easttown.
The actress plays detective Meir Sheehan investigating a brutal murder.
In parallel with her work, Meir deals with personal traumas that have largely determined her life.
According to Winslet, this role has become one of the most difficult in her career, since the heroine does not at all look like an artist.
However, the script captivated Winslet and allowed her to immerse herself in Meir's story.
“I managed to feel not only her character, but also the world in which she lives, where she comes from.
I'm talking about the feeling of belonging to the community, when you are so strongly attached to some people that at times you forget who you are without them, ”the actress recalls.
The director of the project is Craig Zobel.
Previously, he worked on popular series such as American Gods and Westworld.
"Shadow and Bone" (Shadow and Bone).
April 23rd on Netflix
The multi-part fantasy-drama "Shadow and Bone" is based on the novel of the same name by the American writer Lee Bardugo, a bestseller according to the New York Times and Los Angeles Times.
The book is set in an alternative universe inspired by the Russian Empire - Bardugo was guided by its aesthetics, culture and political structure while working on the novel.
According to one of the users of the website of the newspaper The Guardian, this approach has created a special atmosphere, unusual for books in the genre of fantasy.
“A magical, bright and beautiful world, inspired by the tsarist Russia of the 19th century, opens up to our eyes.
This is a world full of luxurious dresses, ceremonial dances and court intrigues.
Even the image of the magnificent palace on the cover evokes immediate associations with Russia, ”the review says.
In the story, an insurmountable canyon teeming with monsters divided the once prosperous country of Ravka into two parts.
The warrior girl Alina Starkova unexpectedly discovers in herself a magical power capable of uniting the state and returning it to its former greatness.
Starkova starts training to hone her skills.
The girl will have to defeat the forces of evil and deal with a political conspiracy.
Jesse Mei Lee, Archie Reno, Freddie Carter and Ben Barnes played the central roles in the series.
The Mosquito Coast.
From April 30 to Apple TV +
Mosquito Coast is an action-adventure drama about the dangerous journey of fictional inventor Ellie Fox.
In the story, Fox is forced to hide from the American government and fled to Mexico with his family.
The series is based on the novel of the same name by the American writer Paul Theroux.
The book was already filmed in the 1980s.
Then the tape with Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren received two Golden Globe nominations.
In the new adaptation, the main role is played by the nephew of the writer Justin Theroux ("Mulholland Drive", "The Spy Who Dumped Me").