TV Trailers of the Week: Fallout: S2, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters: S2, Blossoms Shanghai and More!
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đș âFallout: Season 2â Trailer: Walton Gogginsâ Ghoul and Ella Purnellâs Lucy Head to Las Vegas for Revenge, Monsters, and Mayhem in Amazonâs Wild, Retro-Futurist Post-Apocalyptic Series â Premieres Wed, December 17th on Prime Video
The talk these days has been about how video game franchises have become a prime source for movies, turning popular games into big-screen blockbusters. But whatâs mentioned far less is how the medium has already made its strongest breakthroughs on television. The Last of Us, The Witcher, Arcane, Twisted Metal, and Halo are all great examples of how video game adaptations have been reshaping the TV landscape in recent years.
But for our money, the most successful of the bunch might be Amazonâs hit series Fallout. It takes the tone and world of the gameâa post-apocalyptic, retro-futurist blend of western grit, irradiated monsters, sci-fi weirdness, and anime-inspired techâand turns it into a bleak, darkly funny, and frequently horrifying story of perseverance in the face of relentless chaos.
Executive produced by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, the married duo behind Westworld, and created by showrunners Graham Wagner and Geneva Robertson-Dworet, Fallout returns for its sophomore season next month. And if you thought this genre-bending series would be easing off the gas, youâd be sorely mistaken. Things are about to get even more intense, chaotic, and gloriously unhinged. Expect fiendish new monsters (keep your eye out for a gang of Elvis-looking zombies), plenty of â50s-style Americana, nuclear-age conspiracies, radioactive landscapes, and a heavy dose of Western gritâonly these cowboys are a bit more on the undead side. Itâs less True Grit and more True Rot.
Walton Goggins, arguably delivering a career-best, returns as Cooper Howardânow known as âThe Ghoul.â Once a faded Hollywood actor who shilled for Vault-Tec before the bombs fell, Cooper now roams the wasteland as a half-gunslinger, half-ghost of Americaâs past. Heâs haunted, hardened, and hunting for both his lost family and some long-overdue revenge.
Season 1 saw Gogginsâ Ghoul reluctantly team up with Ella Purnellâs Lucy MacLean, a bright-eyed Vault 33 Dweller forced to escape her underground dwelling after a brutal massacre left her home in ruins. Her father, Hank MacLean (Kyle MacLachlan), was taken and went missingâonly to later be revealed as one of the architects behind the bombings that destroyed the world. Heâs also the man The Ghoulâs been looking to settle the score with.
Season 2 finds The Ghoul and Lucy still locked in their uneasy alliance as they now themselves trekking through the blistering Las Vegas desert. Lucy is determined to bring her father to justice, while The Ghoul has no interest in forgiveness.
Alongside Purnell and Goggins, returning cast members include Aaron Moten, Moisés Arias, Johnny Pemberton, Zach Cherry, and Xelia Mendes-Jones, with newcomer Justin Theroux joining the chaos as enigmatic mogul Robert Edwin House. Other guest stars include Macaulay Culkin and Kumail Nanjiani.
Shaping up to be bigger, sharper, and stranger, Fallout: Season 2 promises to dig even deeper into the irradiated heart of the wasteland. The series hits Prime Video on Wednesday, December 17th.
đș âMonarch: Legacy of Monsters: Season 2â Teaser: Kurt Russell, Wyatt Russell, and Anna Sawai Return as King Kong Joins the Titan-Sized Chaos in Appleâs Epic Monsterverse Series â Premieres Fri, February 27th, 2026 on Apple TV
Some say the problem with TV is that most people still see it as a small mediumâsomething that could never match the heights of its big-screen counterpart. After all, to make TV, one must think small.
Well, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters is here to shatter all those assumptions, because this is a show that can only be described as big in every sense of the wordâand that includes its cast. Sure, Kurt Russell is a big name, but in Season 2, viewers might do a double take when they realize the series has secured a true giant for its lineup... none other than King Kong himself.
Set in the Monsterverseâthe same world where Godzilla and King Kong not only exist but sometimes share the same battlefieldâthis Apple original series dives even deeper into the chaos these Titans leave behind. With its sweeping, three-generation storytelling, the series continues to unearth buried secrets, fractured loyalties, and the world-shaking consequences of living in a reality where monsters rule the Earth.
The highly anticipated second season brings back an all-star ensemble including father-son duo Kurt Russell and Wyatt Russell (playing the same character, U.S. Army Colonel Lee Shaw), along with Emmy-winner Anna Sawai (Shogun), Kiersey Clemons (The Flash), Ren Watabe, Mari Yamamoto (Rental Family), Joe Tippett (Mare of Easttown), and comedian Anders Holm.
Season 1 followed two half-sister-brother siblings (Sawai and Watabe) as they unravel their familyâs mysterious ties to the covert organization Monarchâa journey that spanned the 1950s and the present day, ultimately leading to Army officer Lee Shaw, portrayed in dual timelines by both Russells. As Monarchâs past came into focus, its future became far more uncertain.
Season 2 pushes that uncertainty to the brink. The fate of Monarchâand the worldânow hangs in the balance as old sins resurface, reunions turn volatile, and the ripple effects of long-buried choices collide with the present. Our heroes (and a few well-placed antagonists) are drawn back to Kongâs Skull Island and a strange new village where a mythical Titan rises from the sea, setting off a chain reaction that blurs the line between ally and enemy.
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters returns to Apple TV on February 27, 2026.
đș âBlossoms Shanghaiâ Trailer: âIn the Mood for Loveâ Director Wong Kar Wai Makes His TV Debut With a Sweeping 30-Episode Tale of Ambition and Desire in a Rapidly Changing Shanghai â Streaming Mon, November 24th on The Criterion Channel
Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar Wai is considered one of the most influential directors working today... and for good reason. Films like Chungking Express and In the Mood for Love have become touchstones for younger filmmakers and cinephiles, who study his work as a blueprint for mood, tone, style, and emotionally rich storytelling. His unmistakable sense of lyrical cinematic poetry has been echoed, borrowed, and reinterpreted countless times, proving his lasting influence across generations of artists. Thereâs no doubt: Wong Kar Wai is a master filmmaker.
But hereâs an intriguing question: what happens when one of cinemaâs most poetic minds trades the big screen for the small one? In other words, how would Wong Kar Wai tackle a longer format, one where his story unfolds across 30 episodes? Thatâs something worth getting excited about.
With Blossoms Shanghai, the Shanghai-born filmmaker steps into television for the first time in his career. And, fittingly, he does it with a sweeping tale of desire, ambition, and reinvention set in a city racing to outgrow itself. Even more fittingly, the series will premiere on the Criterion Channel in the U.S. later this month.
Adapted from Jin Yuchengâs celebrated novel, Blossoms Shanghai unfolds in 1990s Shanghai, as Chinaâs financial hub surges into a new era. At its center is Ah Bao (played by Hu Ge), an unremarkable young man who slowlyâand not always cleanlyâclimbs his way into the upper tiers of the cityâs booming business world. Along the way, heâs shaped, tempted, and haunted by the powerful figures who draw him into their orbit, each relationship blurring the line between opportunity and betrayal.
Spanning decades, fortunes, and skylines, Blossoms Shanghai marks a kind of homecoming for Wong. After reshaping modern Hong Kong cinema, he turns his lens back to his birthplace, using the long-form canvas of television to explore how a cityâand the people within itâreinvent themselves amid the pressures of rapid change.
Blossoms Shanghai premieres exclusively in the U.S. on The Criterion Channel on Monday, November 24th, with three new episodes dropping every Monday night through the end of Januaryâ30 episodes in all!
So, clear your queue, flick on those neon lights, grab a smoke and shades, and settle in... this just might be appointment viewing.
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đș âMan vs Babyâ Trailer: Rowan Atkinson Trades Housesitting Chaos for a Holiday Penthouse... and an Unexpected Nativity Stowaway â Premieres Thurs, December 11th on Netflix
Trevor Bingley (Rowan Atkinson) has sworn off chaotic housesitting, until one last, too-good-to-pass-up Christmas job pulls him back in. Now working as a school caretaker, he suddenly ends up juggling a luxury London penthouse and the unexpected arrival of the Baby Jesus from the school nativity, who was never picked up. With a fragile infant, a high-end flat, and holiday mayhem closing in fast, Trevorâs plan for a peaceful Christmas doesnât stand a snowballâs chance.
đș âItâs Florida, Man: Season 2â Trailer: The Sunshine Stateâs Most Bizarre Tales Get an All-Star Reenactment Treatment in This Danny McBride-produced Anthology Series Featuring Adam DeVine, Haley Joel Osment, Taika Waititi, Jeremy Renner & More â Premieres Fri, November 28th on HBO MAX
Come here on vacation, stay on probation! The worldâs strangest state returns with another batch of unbelievable-but-true tales. Produced by the Rough House trio (Danny McBride, Jody Hill, David Gordon Green), this comedy anthology brings real Florida headlines to life with reenactments so bizarre theyâd feel fake anywhere else. With a fresh lineup of guest stars (Adam DeVine, Edi Patterson, Haley Joel Osment, Taika Waititi, Rita Ora, Jeremy Renner and more), Season 2 ramps up the chaos, the laughs, and the âthereâs no way that actually happenedâ insanity.
đș âWondLa: Season 3â Trailer: The Journey Ends as Eva Faces War, Destiny, and the Fight to Unite Two Worlds in This Final Season of Appleâs Animated Sci-fi Adventure â Premieres Wed, November 26th on Apple TV
One last journey and one final fight! This animated epic reaches its breathtaking conclusion, powered by an all-star voice cast led by Jeanine Mason, Brad Garrett, and Gary Anthony Williams. As war erupts between humans and aliens, Eva (Mason) races to reclaim the stolen Heart of the Forest before her world collapses. With old allies returning and new bonds forming, she fights to unite two divided civilizations and prove the storyâs enduring truth: there is no âthem,â only us.
đș âLittle Disastersâ Trailer: Diane Kruger & Jo Joyner Face an Unthinkable Rift Between Friends in This Limited Series Based on Sarah Vaughanâs Thriller Novel â Premieres Thurs, December 11th on Paramount+
Based on Sarah Vaughanâs novel, this emotional thriller series starring Diane Kruger and Jo Joyner digs into the razor-thin line between trust, fear, and the choices that can devastate the people we love most. When Jess (Kruger) brings her injured baby into the ER, her longtime friend Liz (Joyner) is the doctor on duty â and the only one who senses something isnât right. One call to social services unleashes a chain of consequences that twists loyalty into suspicion and turns their lifelong friendship into a psychological battleground.
đș âMissing: Dead or Alive?: Season 2â Trailer: Netflixâs New True-Crime Docuseries Dives Into Disturbing New Mysteries of People Who Seem to Disappear Into Thin Air â Premieres Mon, November 24th on Netflix
A young woman disappears without a trace in the dead of night. A man vanishes, leaving behind the belongings heâd never willingly abandon. As police confront these unsettling cases and more, this chilling true-crime docuseries digs into mysteries where every clue raises darker questions... and every answer comes at a cost.
đș âThe Promised Landâ Trailer: A Biblical Exodus Gets a Hilarious Modern Twist in This Documentary-Style Comedy About Moses and His Wandering âStartupâ â Now Streaming on Angel.com
This documentary-style comedy with a Biblical twist follows Moses and the Hebrews fresh out of Egypt, stumbling into freedom like a chaotic new start-up. With miracles behind them and decades of wandering ahead, every day brings doubt, bickering, and absurd problems. Alongside Miriam, Aaron, and Joshua, Moses discovers the wilderness feels a lot like office life: impossible tasks, quirky coworkers, and flashes of unexpected grace.
đș âTaylor Swift: The End of an Eraâ Trailer: A Six-Episode Deep Dive Into Taylorâs Life On and Off the Worldâs Biggest Tour â Premieres December 12th on Disney+
Taylor Swiftâs 6-episode docuseries offers an intimate look at her life as the tour made headlines and captivated fans around the world. Featuring Gracie Abrams, Sabrina Carpenter, Travis Kelce, Ed Sheeran, and Florence Welchâalong with her band, dancers, crew, and familyâthe series delivers never-before-seen insight into what it took to build a global phenomenon.
