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The BBC has released the first trailer for Honey, Emma Moran’s darkly comic Cold War spy thriller starring Ann Skelly, which launches on BBC iPlayer and BBC One on Saturday 14 November.
Amazon MGM Studios has released the second trailer for I Play Rocky, Peter Farrelly’s true story of how Sylvester Stallone won the lead in Rocky. It reaches UK and Irish cinemas in November.
Sony Pictures Classics has released the trailer for Bunker, Florian Zeller’s psychological thriller starring Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz. A UK release date has not yet been confirmed.
Glee returns at Disney+ and Hulu, the BBC scraps The Catch Up, Fincher trims Tarantino’s Cliff Booth script, plus Vigilant, The Experiment, Big Brother and more.
MUBI has released the official trailer for Coward, Lukas Dhont’s First World War love story and the Close director’s new film. It opens in UK and Irish cinemas on Friday 1 January 2027.
Winter reaches episode four on ITV1 tonight, The World’s End plays on Film4, and Varada Sethu’s Doctor Who debut is on BBC iPlayer.
GKIDS has released the official trailer for Look Back, Hirokazu Koreeda’s live-action film of Tatsuki Fujimoto’s manga. It opens in North America from 30 December; GKIDS also holds UK rights, date TBC.
Netflix has released the official trailer for In Waves, Phuong Mai Nguyen’s animated true love story from AJ Dungo’s graphic memoir, voiced by Will Sharpe and Stephanie Hsu. It streams from 11 December.
Blue Lights reaches episode four on BBC One tonight, Midnight Run follows late on Film4, and The X-Files’ “The List” turns 31 on Disney+.
BBC Three closes as a TV channel again, This City Is Ours gets series three, plus Jumanji, Lizard Music, You Can See Everything, Jon Stewart and Christiane Amanpour.
Update: Netflix has released the official trailer for The Hunting Wives season 2, with Brittany Snow and Malin Åkerman back in Maple Brook. All eight episodes arrive on Netflix UK on Thursday 26 November.
Prime Video UK & Ireland has released the official trailer for Tony, Matt Johnson’s A24 biopic with Dominic Sessa as a 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain. It streams from Monday 26 October.
Luke Evans’ The Party ends on ITV1 tonight, Big Trouble in Little China follows late on Film4, and Star Trek’s most hopeful classic is on Paramount+.
Varada Sethu joins Slow Horses, Apu speaks again on The Simpsons, plus The Young Team, Ofcom’s Power probe, La Bola Negra’s record, Eisenberg, Musk and the Oscars.
Prime Video has released the official trailer for Drive – The Pretenders, a racing romance in which a mechanic fakes an engagement to a scandal-hit champion. It streams from 28 October.
