Here are all the new TV shows and movies you should binge in November 2021
Cowboy Bebop, Hawkeye and a League of Legends TV show make this a very interesting month indeed.
Note: This feature was first published on 30 October 2021.
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A lot to look forward to this month.
November is full of unmissable TV shows and movie premieres, and the strange thing is that most of them are happening on the same day: 19 November! We’re not sure what’s happened there, but it’s going to be an interesting day to mark on your calendar. Besides that, we have the debut of exciting new shows like Marvel’s Hawkeye and Netflix’s Cowboy Bebop live-action adaptation. Even gamers have something to look forward to, with the premiere of League of Legends’ Arcane.
Here’s everything new worth watching in November 2021:
Finch (5 November) - Apple TV+
Apple TV+ is ushering in another Tom Hanks movie in November. This time, Hanks stars in a sci-fi movie following a robotics engineer’s attempts to survive a post-apocalyptic Earth after the planet has been devastated by a solar flare. The engineer creates a robot called Jeff, who accompanies his adventures along with a furry companion named Goodyear. The trio will have to embark on a road trip across fallen Earth, rife with challenges and plenty of heart.
Arcane (6 November) - Netflix
Arcane is an animated series set in the universe of League of Legends, its story following the origins of two iconic League champions: Vi (Hailee Steinfeld) and Jinx (Ella Purnell). Set in the utopian region of Piltover and the oppressed underground of Zaun, two sisters encounter a power that threatens to tear them apart.
Red Notice (12 November) - Netflix
This star-studded action movie has Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot face off in a series of heists across the globe. An Interpol-issued Red Notice is a global alert to hunt and capture the world’s most wanted. But when a daring heist brings together the FBI’s top profiler (Johnson) and two rival criminals (Gadot, Reynolds), there’s no telling what will happen.
The Shrink Next Door (12 November) - Apple TV+
Paul Rudd and Will Ferrell star in this series based on a true story. Marty (Ferrell) finds a therapist in Dr. Ike (Rudd) in the interest of getting better with personal boundaries. Over the course of 30 years however, Dr. Ike turns his life around - and begins to take it over entirely. Kathryn Hahn (WandaVision) also stars in this show, so there’s plenty of star power to go around.
Cowboy Bebop (19 November) - Netflix
Based on the legendary anime of the same name, this series follows the adventures of a trio of bounty hunters as they get into scrapes across the galaxy. Spike Spiegel (John Cho), Jet Black (Mustafa Shakir), and Faye Valentine (Daniella Pineda) form a scrappy, snarky crew ready to hunt down the solar system’s most dangerous criminals — for the right price. This is the first of four exciting premieres happening on the same day, so buckle up!
Hellbound (19 November) - Netflix
Director Yeon Sang-ho (Train to Busan) returns with this new Netflix thriller. Hellbound explores a world swept by a supernatural phenomenon where executors from Hell suddenly start to condemn people to Hell, and a new religious group called the New Truth emerges amidst this chaos, while others try to uncover the truth behind the series of events. K-dramas are having a moment (which has arguably only begun to peak), so fingers crossed this turns out to be great!
The Wheel of Time (19 November) - Amazon Prime Video
From one of the most popular fantasy book series of all time comes Amazon’s new series: The Wheel of Time. Set in a world where magic exists and only certain women are allowed to access it, the story follows a member of the Aes Sedai, an incredibly powerful organisation. Named Moiraine, she embarks on a dangerous and globe-trotting journey with five young men and women, one of whom is prophesied to be the Dragon Reborn who will either save or destroy humanity. Between this and its upcoming Lord of the Rings series, Amazon has got quite a few high-fantasy stories to tell.
Tick, Tick… Boom! (19 November) - Netflix
This has been an amazing year for musical fans. Not only did it bring us cinematic adaptations of In the Heights, Dear Evan Hansen and West Side Story - but it’s also giving us the directorial debut of Lin-Manuel Miranda in Tick, Tick… Boom! This movie adapts an autobiographical musical by Jonathan Larson - the creator of Rent, a seminal classic in the theater scene. Jon (Andrew Garfield) is a young composer writing what he hopes will be the next great American musical, but finds that he’s quickly running out of time to do everything he needs to do.
Hawkeye (24 November) - Disney+
It’s been a second since Loki’s debut, but it’s finally time for another live-action Marvel series to premiere: Hawkeye. Set in a post-Blip New York City, this series follows Clint Barton AKA Hawkeye, who reluctantly teams up with Kate Bishop, a young archer who happens to be his biggest fan. The ex-Avenger just wants to get back home to his family in time for Christmas, but he and Bishop will have to beat back an onslaught of bad guys and unravel a criminal conspiracy before that can happen.
How To With John Wilson Season 2 (26 November) - HBO
This show is rather hard to describe, but its creator does the best job of it: “It’s kind of like that show Planet Earth, but if it was only in New York, and David Attenborough was forced to film everything himself.” How To With John Wilson instantly became one of my favourites when it premiered last year, following a man named John Wilson as he attempts to give viewers a guide on how to do everyday things, from making small talk to cooking the perfect risotto. The narrator often meanders from these tutorials to find himself in the most bizarre situations, and his endless supply of B-roll only heightens the absurdity of it all.
New York is a strange place and Wilson doesn’t shy away from that, but he approaches all of its oddities with a shocking amount of emotional intelligence. Season 2, hopefully, continues that journey.
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