New Shows and Movies Streaming Your Way!

With nothing new in the movie pipeline due to film set shutdowns and closed movie theaters, we are still checking out what is streaming and On Demand in May while we hang out at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

With this in mind, Kidzworld compiled a list of series and movies to check out while staying safe at home.  Some are originals and some favorite films. Warning: some titles may not be appropriate for younger kids.  

"SPACE FORCE" Official Teaser Trailer

 

Netflix

Notable New Series

Out May 29^th – "Space Force" – a wacky comedy in which a four-star general begrudgingly teams up with an eccentric scientist to get the U.S. military's newest agency Space Force ready to launch. Greg Daniels and Steve Carell of TV’s "The Office" reunite for another zany workplace comedy and funny Ben Schwartz who voiced Sonic the Hedgehog joins the cast.

Also coming…

“Riverdale” season 4 – May 14^th, “She-Ra and the Princesses of Power” season 5 – May 15, “The Flash” season 6 – May 20

Added movies

Out May 1^st - Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Back to the Future, Back to the Future 2,  Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. Arctic Dogs – May 4^th, District 9 – May 15^th, Soul Surfer – May 17^th, Norm of the North: Family Vacation – May 25^th.

Hulu

Fun New Series

"Solar Opposites" – an animated, intergalactic adventure following a family of aliens who crash-land in middle America — a predicament they're not sure they like. Looks really funny. Starts streaming May 8^th.

"The Great" – A funny, original series about Russia’s empress Catherine the Great… but wait! So NOT boring. It’s a comedy starring popular Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult. Trailer is hilarious!

Films also coming to Hulu

Aeon Flux, Batman Begins, Friday the 13^th parts 3 and 4, Megamind, Monster House, Race for your Life Charlie Brown, The Dark Knight, I Still Believe.

Amazon Prime Video

New Originals:

"Upload" - a new sci-fi comedy series set in a technologically advanced future where humans can choose to be “uploaded” into a virtual afterlife when they find themselves near death. Young app developer, Nathan Brown (Robbie Amell) winds up in the hospital following a self-driving car accident, needing to quickly decide his fate. After a chat with his shallow girlfriend Ingrid (Allegra Edwards), he chooses to be uploaded to her family’s luxurious virtual afterlife. Available in UHD and HDR. Streaming May 1^st.

Movies

The Goldfinch - follows Theodore Decker's (Ansel Elgort) life after his mother is killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He holds on to a painting as hope from that tragic day. Streaming May 8^th.

Seberg - is inspired by true events about the French New Wave star, Jean Seberg (Kristen Stewart), who in the late 1960s was targeted by the FBI because of her support of the civil rights movement. Her life and career are destroyed by (the government’s) overreaching surveillance and harassment in an effort to suppress and discredit Seberg’s activism. Available in UHD and HDR. Streaming May 15^th.

The Vast of Night - follows young switchboard operator Fay (Sierra McCormick) and charismatic radio DJ Everett (Jake Horowitz) as they discover a strange audio frequency that could change their small town, and the future, forever. Available in UHD and HDR. Streaming May 29^th.

CBS All Access

With the Coronavirus stopping production, new episodes of “Star Trek: Picard” and “Star Trek Discovery” are delayed but should still happen sometime this year.

Original Kids’ Animated Series

“Danger Mouse”, “George of the Jungle”, “Mr. Magoo”, “The Legend of Korra”, “Lassie”, “Bob the Builder”, “Danny Phantom”.

Disney+

The “Clone Wars” finale, Rise of Skywalker and The Mandalorian eight-part documentary are coming to Disney + in May along with some other fun stuff.

“Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian” (new episodes weekly a “making of” doc- May 4^th.

"Star Wars: The Clone Wars" series finale – May 4^th.

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – May 4^th.

New Series

"Prop Culture" - This new anthology series takes a unique look at beloved films, including Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Mary Poppins, The Muppet Movie, Tron, and Who Framed Roger Rabbit through the props and costumes (now modern ‘artifacts’) that made them unique. We’ll hear from the craftspeople who created them, the actors who interacted with them, and the collectors/archives who own and cherish them in the show. All 8 episodes of this new show will drop on May 1^st.

"Prop Culture" Official Trailer

 

Also in May Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and the fun classic The Princess Bride.

What Will You Watch?

What are you watching? Do you have a fave show or Digital movie? What do you think we should have listed? Let everyone know with a comment or blog it up on your profile page!

 

By: Lynn Barker