June Shows and Movies Streaming Your Way!

With cinemas still shut and most of us still chillin’ at home during COVID-19, Kidzworld continues checking out what is new streaming and On Demand in June.

Disney’s Artemis Fowl Official Trailer

 

Netflix

Notable New Series

Starting June 10^th  "Curon" – supernatural series. When their mother mysteriously vanishes shortly after they all arrive in her hometown, teen twins discover secrets behind the village’s tranquil façade, including some about their mom’s past.

Also coming in June….

Final seasons of “Fuller House” and the teen mystery series “13 Reasons Why” and D.C.’s “Legends of Tomorrow”- Season 5, “Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts”: Season 2 -- Netflix Family, “Pokémon Journeys: The Series” -- Netflix Family, “Alexa & Katie” Part 4 -- Netflix Family.

Added movies

All Dogs Go to Heaven, Bratz: the Movie, Bad News Bears, Casper, Clueless, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Dark Skies. Netflix film- Feel the Beat - After failing to make it on Broadway, April returns to her hometown and reluctantly begins training a misfit group of young dancers for a competition.

 

And on June 26^th the original Netflix comedy film Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga -Two small-town singers seize a chance to fulfill their dream of competing in the world's biggest song contest. Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams star in the comedy. Looks hilarious!

Disney+

New Series

"Into the Unknown:  Making of Frozen 2" – June 26^th- A  6-part documentary series. With the clock ticking and less than a year until the world premiere of Frozen 2, the filmmakers, artists, songwriters and cast open their doors to cameras for a six-part documentary series to reveal the hard work, heart, and collaboration it takes to create one of the most highly-anticipated films in Walt Disney Animation Studios’ near-century of moviemaking. For the first time, cameras were there to capture an eye-opening – and at times jaw-dropping – view of the challenges and the breakthroughs, the artistry, creativity and the complexity of creating the #1 animated feature of all time.

 

New Film – Artemis Fowl –June 12^th - Artemis Fowl is a 12-year-old genius and descendant of a long line of criminal masterminds. He soon finds himself in an epic battle against a race of powerful underground fairies who may be behind his father's disappearance.

Movies and series also coming - Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, Tarzan, Tarzan II, 101 Dalmatians: Season 1, Muppet Babies Play Date: Season 1 , Schoolhouse Rock: Season 1.

Amazon Prime Video

New Original Series

"Lost in Oz" (Prime Original series), Season 1, Part 2 — June 8^th Fans of this Emmy-winning animated series can finally exhale, as the second batch of season 1 episodes arrives. “Lost in Oz” follows the exploits of Dorothy Gale, a modern girl who gets swept away to a very 21st century land of Oz. As Dorothy tries to get back to Kansas, she learns about her secret family history. (TV-Y7)

Movies

Wonder Wheel - June 1^st - Coney Island in the 1950s serves as a backdrop for this drama about a love triangle among three people with unrealized dreams. Justin Timberlake plays a lifeguard who hopes to be a playwright. His affair with an older woman (Kate Winslet) who is married to a middle-aged carousel operator (Jim Belushi), is roiled by the arrival of her stepdaughter (Juno Temple). (2017, PG-13)

Transformers: The Last Knight — June 16^th - If you like your action movies loud and explosive, it is hard to beat the Transformers franchise, where you're never very far from something blowing up. In the latest installment, the robot wars span from the days of King Arthur to the present. (2017, PG-13)

Films also coming to Amazon Prime Video – Leprechaun – films 1 through 6, Space Jam (1996), The Care Bears Movie (1985), Stargate (1994).

Hulu

New Series

Love Victor – Starting June, 19^th. The original series focuses on Victor, a new student at Creekwood High School. The series follows his journey of self-discovery: facing challenges at home and struggling with his sexual orientation. He reaches out to gay friend Simon when it seems too difficult for him to navigate through high school. A spin-off of the 2018 film Love, Simon.

Films also coming to Hulu - October Sky, The X-Files (1998), Charlie’s Angels (2019). Dirty Dancing and Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, I Am Legend (2007), I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009), I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998), My Girl, My Girl 2, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019), Pan (2015),

On the CW – now – "Stargirl" -  Brec Bassinger (47 Meters Down: Uncaged) as Courtney Whitmore, a high-schooler who is whisked away from California to the unbearably small town of Blue Valley, Nebraska. Courtney can’t connect to her mother’s (Amy Smart) new husband Pat Dugan (Luke Wilson), until she discovers Pat was once “Stripesy”, side-kick to the Justice Society of America’s Starman (Joel McHale). Courtney cracks open a crate in the basement containing the Cosmic Staff, a mystical club with a mind of its own. The Staff hasn’t worked for anyone other than Starman until Courtney touches it, and the resulting glow is bright enough to track the surviving members of the Injustice Society of America, a crew of forgotten supervillains.

On Nickelodeon - For Spongebob fans – "The Stars of Spongebob: Fan Favorites Special" –June 5^th - the voices behind the major characters (Tom Kenny (SpongeBob), Bill Fagerbakke (Patrick), Rodger Bumpass (Squidward), Carolyn Lawrence (Sandy), Clancy Brown (Mr. Krabs) and Mr. Lawrence (Plankton) come together to bring to life classic Spongebob scenes you loved. Fun!

Will You Be Watching?

Have you bottomed out on watching TV altogether or is it your lifeline to “normal”? What are you watching? Are you aware of a cool streaming show that we missed? Talk it up with a comment and/or on your Kidzworld profile page!

 

By: Lynn Barker