TV Trailers of the Week: Star City, Anne Rice’s The Vampire Lestat, Citadel: Season 2 and More
📺 Take a peek at some of the latest trailers for upcoming TV shows.
📺 “Star City” Trailer: Apple TV’s ‘For All Mankind’ Spinoff Takes the Space Race Behind Soviet Curtain with Rhys Ifans — Premieres Fri, May 29th on Apple TV
The space race looks very different from the other side of the Iron Curtain, especially when history takes a little detour.
In Apple TV’s acclaimed alt-history series For All Mankind, the show has spent years imagining what might have happened if the Soviet Union beat the United States to the Moon, forcing America to push harder, dream bigger, and stretch its space program far beyond the history we know. And now, the story is shifting perspectives.
Star City, the upcoming spinoff series set within the For All Mankind universe and alt-history timeline, takes us back to that pivotal moment when Soviet cosmonauts took the lead in the 1960s space race, beating their American counterparts to the Moon. In this skewed version of history, the new series unfolds from behind Soviet lines, playing with the provocative thought experiment of what might have happened to Russia and its history if it had won the space race first.
Co-created by For All Mankind honcho Ronald D. Moore alongside executive producers Ben Nedivi and Matt Wolpert, the eight-episode series explores the lives of the Russian cosmonauts, engineers, and intelligence officers inside the Soviet space program as they race toward a historic lunar victory. But winning the Moon isn’t just a matter of rockets, math, and national pride. In this version of history, success comes with secrets, paranoia, political pressure, and plenty of people watching from the shadows.
It still seems to be a story about ambition and exploration, but with a sharper focus on the immense pressure that comes with every achievement being tied to state power, personal sacrifice, and the very real danger of failure.
House of the Dragon actor Rhys Ifans leads the ensemble cast, playing the Chief Designer in the ’60s-era Soviet space program. He is joined by Anna Maxwell Martin, Agnes O’Casey, Alice Englert, Solly McLeod, Adam Nagaitis, Ruby Ashbourne Serkis, Josef Davies, and Priya Kansara.
Nedivi and Wolpert serve as showrunners and executive producers alongside Moore, Maril Davis, Andrew Chambliss, and Steve Oster, with Sony Pictures Television producing for Apple TV.
Star City is scheduled to premiere globally on Apple TV with two episodes Friday, May 29th, followed by one new episode every Friday through July 10th. Houston will have a prob...ah scratch that! Moscow, we have a problem, comrade.
📺 “Anne Rice’s The Vampire Lestat” Trailer: Sam Reid Rocks Out as the Infamous Bloodsucker in AMC’s Glam Gothic Rebirth — Premieres Sun, June 7th on AMC and AMC+
People adore vampires. People also adore rock stars. And really, the overlap is hard to ignore: both stay up all night, avoid sunlight like it’s a personal attack, attract obsessive fans, and tend to treat self-destruction less like a warning sign and more like a lifestyle choice.
So, naturally, Lestat de Lioncourt, arguably one of the most theatrical vampires in literary history, was always destined to front his own rock band. Because there’s nothing more on-brand for an immortal narcissist than turning a personal grievance into a full-blown arena show.
Anne Rice’s The Vampire Lestat is AMC’s newly rebranded third season of its critically acclaimed Interview with the Vampire series. And this time, Sam Reid’s infamous bloodsucker is not just stepping back into the spotlight. He’s grabbing the mic, cranking the amps, and giving audiences the full glam-goth vampire rock opera they didn’t know they needed.
Based on Anne Rice’s novel of the same name, The Vampire Lestat picks up after the events of Interview with the Vampire, with Lestat de Lioncourt clawing his way back into public view after feeling more than a little misrepresented in Daniel Molloy’s best-selling book. His response? Naturally, he forms a band, hits the road, and decides to set the record straight in the loudest, flashiest, most gloriously dramatic way possible. It’s a full-blown glam rock spectacle, complete with screaming fans, supernatural theatrics, and the kind of rock-star swagger that only Lestat can pull off.
Of course, old wounds are bound to resurface. Jacob Anderson returns as Louis, watching from a distance as his former vampire companion rewrites their shared history in real time, while Eric Bogosian’s Daniel Molloy continues pressing for the truth. Assad Zaman also returns as Armand, with Jennifer Ehle joining as Lestat’s mother Gabrielle, Christopher Heyerdahl as Marius, Damien Atkins as Magnus, and Ella Ballentine as Baby Jenks.
Showrunner Rolin Jones and executive producer Mark Johnson continue steering AMC’s expanding Anne Rice Immortal Universe, which also includes Mayfair Witches and the upcoming Talamasca: The Secret Order. Composer Daniel Hart also returns, now fusing the show’s lush romantic melancholy with a harder rock edge.
Anne Rice’s The Vampire Lestat is slated to premiere Sunday, June 7th on AMC and AMC+.
📺 “Citadel: Season 2” Trailer: Stanley Tucci Takes Center Stage as Amazon’s Big-Budget Spy Thriller Returns with Richard Madden, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Jack Reynor, and Matt Berry — Premieres Wed, May 6th on Prime Video
The thing about being in the spy game is that it isn’t just about the secrets you must hold. It’s also about the secrets being kept from you. Which begs the question: can you really trust anyone with your life when you can’t even trust your own team to have your back?
Amazon’s big-budget espionage series Citadel returns for its second season, with Stanley Tucci tapping into his inner John Wick as veteran Citadel spymaster Bernard Orlick, who is forced back into action after a major shakeup leaves his international spy organization completely exposed and vulnerable to dangerous enemies. Now unable to trust anyone outside his inner circle, he must figure out a way to pick up the pieces and rebuild his team before rival spy agency Manticore finishes what it started.
Irish actor Jack Reynor, fresh off starring in Lee Cronin’s horror flick The Mummy, joins Tucci as Hutch, a brash Citadel agent who literally rides in to offer Orlick a helping hand, becoming his unlikely partner. First on Orlick’s list is calling in the cavalry in the form of top-ranked Citadel spies Nadia Sinh and Mason Kane, again played by Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Game of Thrones’ Richard Madden, former partners with a long history both on and off the battlefield.
This new season looks to expand the show’s already massive spy-game playground, which already includes two international spinoff series: Italy’s Citadel: Diana and India’s Citadel: Honey Bunny.
Co-created by Josh Appelbaum (Netflix’s Cowboy Bebop), Bryan Oh (Zoo), and David Weil (Amazon’s Hunters), and executive produced by Joe and Anthony Russo and Angela Russo-Otstot under their production banner AGBO, the series has been set up as the flagship title for an ambitious international action franchise for Prime Video. But after lackluster reviews for the show’s first season, which was released back in 2023, it seems Season 2 has something to prove beyond just going bigger.
With more focus on Tucci’s character, this new season seems to be giving the series a clearer center of gravity, leaning into Bernard Orlick’s experience, history, and dry sense of humor while pushing the action into a slightly more playful, darkly comic direction as British comedian Matt Berry joins the cast as Franke Sharpe, a new operative who brings his own offbeat energy to this spy game drama.
Returning cast members include Lesley Manville and Ashleigh Cummings, while Merle Dandridge, Lina El Arabi, Gabriel Leone, and Rayna Vallandingham round out the ensemble.
With Joe Russo and Greg Yaitanes directing episodes this season, Citadel: Season 2 is set to premiere Wednesday, May 6th, exclusively worldwide on Prime Video.
📺 “Spider-Noir” Villains Reveal: Nicolas Cage’s Web-Slinging Gumshoe Faces Silvermane, Sandman, Tombstone, and Megawatt in Amazon’s 1930s Pulp Superhero Series — Debuts Mon, May 25th on MGM+ and Wed, May 27th on Prime Video
Nicolas Cage’s hard-boiled “The Spider” (Spider-Man) is about to have his hands full. Set in 1933 New York City, this Spider-Verse-related series reimagines Marvel heroes and villains as Prohibition-era gumshoes, gangsters, and shadowy underworld players. With Brendan Gleeson as mob boss Silvermane, Jack Huston as Sandman, Abraham Popoola as Tombstone, and Andrew Lewis Caldwell as Megawatt, this behind-the-scenes reveal suggests the city’s criminal web is only getting stickier.
📺 “The Terror: Devil in Silver” Opening Scene: Dan Stevens Gets Trapped Inside a Nightmarish Psychiatric Hospital in AMC’s Ridley Scott-Produced Supernatural Horror Series — Premiering Thurs, May 7th on AMC+ and Shudder
Dan Stevens stars as a hot-tempered working-class man wrongfully committed to New Hyde Psychiatric Hospital, where crooked systems, suspicious staff, and terrified patients make escape feel nearly impossible. Based on Victor LaValle’s horror novel and developed by Chris Cantwell and LaValle, with Karyn Kusama directing the first two episodes, this third installment of the Ridley Scott-produced horror anthology looks like a claustrophobic descent into madness. Watch the opening scene before the new season premieres in a few weeks.
📺 “Silo: Season 3” Trailer: Rebecca Ferguson Searches for the Truth Beneath the Lies in Apple TV’s Dystopian Sci-Fi Drama — Begins Fri, July 3rd on Apple TV
The truth may finally surface, but that doesn’t mean anyone is ready for what comes with it. Based on Hugh Howey’s bestselling Silo novels and created by Graham Yost, Apple TV’s dystopian sci-fi drama stars Rebecca Ferguson as Juliette Nichols, a silo engineer whose search for answers pulls her deeper into the secrets buried inside humanity’s mile-deep underground home. As the mysteries behind the silo’s origins grow harder to contain, Season 3 looks ready to prove that the outside world isn’t the only thing capable of killing you.
📺 “The Legend of Vox Machina: Season 4” Trailer: The Critical Role Heroes Reunite for a New Realm-Shaking Threat — Streams Wed, June 3rd on Prime Video
The party may be scattered, but adventure has terrible timing. Set one year after the Chroma Conclave, Season 4 finds Vox Machina chasing love, family, and purpose before a long-slumbering evil wakes up and drags them back into the fight. From Critical Role and Titmouse, this animated fantasy series brings back the voice cast of Laura Bailey, Taliesin Jaffe, Ashley Johnson, Liam O’Brien, Matthew Mercer, Marisha Ray, Sam Riegel, and Travis Willingham for another round of magic, monsters, and emotionally messy heroics.
📺 “Worst Ex Ever: Season 2” Trailer: Netflix’s True-Crime Docuseries Returns With Another Batch of Chilling Betrayals, Twisty Murder Plots, and Relationships Gone Horribly Wrong — Arrives Wed, May 6th on Netflix
Love can hurt, but this true-crime docuseries takes that idea to nightmare levels. Through eyewitness accounts, bodycam footage, and animated reenactments, Season 2 digs into harrowing stories of betrayal, violence, and deceit from relationships that went from toxic to terrifying. Consider it a chilling reminder that sometimes the scariest person in your life is the one you used to date.
📺 “Off Campus” Trailer: Ella Bright & Belmont Cameli Strike a Deal That Turns Complicated in Amazon’s Ice Hockey-Centric College Romance Based on Elle Kennedy’s Best-Sellers — Debuting Wed, May 13th on Prime Video
College is messy enough before you add hockey players, heartbreak, and one very inconvenient spark. Based on Elle Kennedy’s bestselling romance books, this Amazon original series follows music major Hannah Wells (Ella Bright), a sharp-tongued hockey hater, and Garrett Graham (Belmont Cameli), Briar University’s confident ice hockey star, as their simple deal starts sliding into something much harder to ignore. Created by Louisa Levy, with Levy and Gina Fattore serving as co-showrunners, this looks like a sexy, soapy college drama where the ice is cold, but the complications are anything but.
📺 “Devil May Cry: Season 2” Trailer: Dante and Vergil Head Straight to Hell in Netflix’s Stylish Animated Video Game Adaptation — Premieres Tues, May 12th on Netflix
Demon hunting is apparently a family business, and business is looking hellishly complicated. Based on Capcom’s hit video game franchise, this Netflix animated series from Adi Shankar and Studio Mir follows Dante, a wisecracking demon-hunter-for-hire caught between the human world and the demon realm. With Vergil entering the fray and sinister forces threatening to tear open the gates of Hell, Season 2 looks ready to turn sibling rivalry into an apocalyptic blood feud.
📺 “Summerwater” U.S. Trailer: Hidden Tensions Rise Among Holidaymakers in This Scottish Loch-Side Drama Starring Dougray Scott & Shirley Henderson — Available to Stream Mon, May 25th on Acorn TV in U.S.
A quiet vacation can still make plenty of noise. Adapted from Sarah Moss’ novel, this British ensemble drama follows several families staying at a remote Scottish cabin park, where private struggles, simmering resentments, and fleeting moments of joy unfold against the misty beauty of the loch. With Dougray Scott, Shirley Henderson, Valene Kane, Arnas Fedaravičius, Anna Próchniak, and Daniel Rigby leading the cast, this looks like a slow-burn getaway where everyone brought more baggage than they packed.
📺 “The Roast of Kevin Hart” Trailer: Shane Gillis Hosts Netflix’s Live Comedy Event as Kevin Hart Takes the Hot Seat — Launching Sun, May 10th at 5PM PT Live on Netflix
Kevin Hart has built a career on laughing loud, talking fast, and taking shots at everybody else, so now it’s his turn to sit still and take the heat. Hosted by comedian Shane Gillis, Netflix’s live roast follows the streamer’s blockbuster Tom Brady roast with another celebrity pile-on, this time filmed at the Kia Forum during the final night of Netflix Is a Joke Fest. The lineup is still under wraps, but Hart’s comedy circle runs deep, so expect a long night of brutal jokes, bruised egos, and one very small target with a very big mouth.
📺 “On The Roam: Season 2” Trailer: Jason Momoa Hits the Road Again for More Art, Adventure, and Craftsmanship — Available to Stream Thurs, May 14th on HBO Max
Jason Momoa is back on the road, chasing the kind of stories that don’t fit neatly on a postcard. Created and executive produced by Momoa, Season 2 of this cinematic docuseries follows him across the country as he connects with artists, makers, and friends through craftsmanship, adventure, and a deep love for hands-on creativity. Consider it part travel show, part hangout session, and part ode to the people who still make cool things the hard way.
📺 “We’ll Be Fine” Trailer: A Turkish Drama-Romance Turns Uncontrollable Love Into a Turbulent Emotional Journey — Now Streaming on Hulu/Disney+
This Turkish drama-romance follows Aktan and Lal, two people from different worlds who fall into an impossible, irresistible connection they can’t explain and can’t escape. As their bond grows more passionate and painful, this looks like the kind of romantic drama where love doesn’t fix everything... it reveals every hidden crack underneath.
📺 “The Great American Baking Show: Season 4” Trailer: Hosts Casey Wilson & Andrew Rannells Welcome a New Batch of Bakers to the Tent — Begins Streaming Mon, May 11th on The Roku Channel
Flour, frosting, and fragile egos are heading back into the tent. Hosted by Casey Wilson and Andrew Rannells, this American spin on The Great British Bake Off brings eight aspiring bakers before judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith for another season of sweet victories, soggy bottoms, and dessert-fueled drama. Consider it comfort viewing with a timer, a handshake, and just enough pastry panic to keep things interesting.
