Happy Hulu-versary! Starting March 1st, the streamer will celebrate its 15th anniversary with 15 premieres and finales from across TV and film. The month-long rollout of “buzzworthy premieres and finales” includes the streaming premiere of Ruben Östlund’s Palme d’Or-winning class warfare comedy, Triangle of Sadness; the complete first season of the British comedy horror Wreck, acquired from Fremantle; and the two-episode premiere of the new sketch comedy series History of the World, Part II, the 40-years later follow-up to Mel Brooks’ 1981 film History of the World, Part I. Below, see the full list of 15 premieres and finales streaming throughout the month of March on Hulu:
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Wreck: Complete Season 1 (Streaming Wednesday, March 1st)
Synopsis: Fremantle’s UK series “Wreck” is a tense thriller, mixingcomedy with a slice of slasher, set aboard The MS Sacramentum cruiseship. The series follows 19-year-old new recruit, Jamie, as heinfiltrates the 1000-strong crew in a desperate race to find his missingsister. She was working aboard the same vessel on a previous tour andvanished mid-charter. Jamie is initiated into cruise life and gets acrash course on the tribes within the staff: the theatre kids, themafias and the low-paid workers. For this overworked and underpaid crew,life below deck can be an odyssey of partying and excess…and theyremain oblivious to the bloodthirsty murders taking place on board.Jamie is forced to turn detective and uncover the sinister truth.
Cast: The series stars Oscar Kennedy (“Ladhood”) as Jamie,Thaddea Graham (“The Irregulars”) as Vivian, Jack Rowan (“Noughts +Crosses”) as Danny, Harriet Webb (“I May Destroy You”) as Karen, JodieTyack (“The Window”) as Pippa with new faces Louis Boyer as Sam, AnthonyRickman as Olly, Amber Grappy as Lauren, Diego Andres as Jerome, PeterClaffey as Cormac, Miya Ocego as Rosie, Warren James Dunning as Beaker,Ramanique Ahluwalia as Lily and Alice Nokes as Sophia.
Credits: Created and written by Ryan J. Brown, “Wreck” isproduced by Chris Martin for Euston Films, part of Fremantle withsupport from Northern Ireland Screen. It is executive produced by NoemiSpanos for Euston Films and Tommy Bulfin for the BBC. Chris Baugh (“Boysfrom County Hell”) directs and executive produces all six episodes.
Triangle of Sadness (Streaming Friday, March 3rd)
Synopsis: In Ruben Östlund’s wickedly funny Palme d’Or winner, socialhierarchy is turned upside down, revealing the tawdry relationshipbetween power and beauty. Celebrity model couple, Carl (HarrisDickinson) and Yaya (Charlbi Dean), are invited on a luxury cruise forthe uber-rich, helmed by an unhinged boat captain (Woody Harrelson).What first appeared instagrammable ends catastrophically, leaving thesurvivors stranded on a desert island and fighting for survival.
The film has received three nominations at the 95th AcademyAwards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best OriginalScreenplay.
Cast: Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean, Dolly De Leon, Zlatko Burić, Henrik Dorsin, Vicki Berlin and Woody Harrelson
Credits: Directed by Ruben Östlund.
Gulmohar (Streaming Friday, March 3rd)
Synopsis: “Gulmohar” revolves around the multi-generation Batrafamily who are all set to move out of their 34-year-old family home, andhow this shift in their lives is a re-discovery of the bonds that haveheld them together as a family with personal secrets and insecurities.
Cast: Suraj Sharma (“How I Met Your Father”), Sharmila Tagore(“Mississippi Masala”), Manoj Bajpayee, Amol Palekar, Simran, KaveriSeth (“A Suitable Boy”) and Utsavi Jha
Credits: Directed by Rahul V. Chittella. Produced by StarStudios, Vikesh Bhutani, Shujaat Saudagar and Rahul V. Chitella. Writtenby Arpita Mukherjee and Rahul V. Chittella.
History of the World, Part II (Streaming Monday, March 6th)
Synopsis: After waiting over 40 years there is finally a sequel tothe seminal Mel Brooks film, “History of the World, Part I,” with eachepisode featuring a variety of sketches that take us through differentperiods of human history.
Cast: The series stars Mel Brooks, Wanda Sykes, Nick Kroll, and Ike Barinholtz.
Credits: Mel Brooks is a writer and executive producer on theseries along with Nick Kroll, Wanda Sykes, Ike Barinholtz, and DavidStassen. Kevin Salter and Christie Smith are executive producers. AliceMathias, David Stassen, Nick Kroll and Lance Bangs directed the8-episode season. “History of the World, Part II” is a production ofSearchlight Television and 20th Television.
UnPrisoned: Complete Season 1 (Streaming Friday, March 10th)
Synopsis: Inspired by Tracy McMillan’s life, “UnPrisoned” is ahalf-hour comedy about a messy but perfectionist relationship therapistand single mom (Kerry Washington) whose life is turned right-side-upwhen her dad (Delroy Lindo) gets out of prison and moves in with her andher teenage son.
Cast: Kerry Washington (“Paige Alexander”), Delroy Lindo (“EdwinAlexander”), Marque Richardson (“Mal Kennedy”), Faly Rakotohavana (“FinnAlexander”), Jordyn McIntosh (“Little Paige”)
Credits: The series is executive produced by Tracy McMillan,Yvette Lee Bowser, who also serves as showrunner, Kerry Washingtonalongside Pilar Savone through their Simpson Street production company,and Delroy Lindo. Joy Gorman Wettels and Jen Braeden also executiveproduce. The series hails from Onyx Collective on Hulu and is producedby ABC Signature.
Sin Eater: The Crimes of Anthony Pellicano (Streaming Friday, March 10th)
Synopsis: If you were famous and had a problem in the 1990s, AnthonyPellicano was the man you hired to make it go away. Hollywood’s dirtiestprivate investigator didn’t operate within the law to hide the sins ofthe rich and powerful. Pellicano’s victims accused him of harassing andintimidating them–in some cases ruining their lives forever.Ultimately, Pellicano went to prison for wiretapping and racketeeringbut now he’s out, and he’s talking. The Times obtained nearly the entireFBI case file, including audio recordings of Hollywood stars andpowerbrokers that have never aired publicly. Using these tapes andconfidential documents, “Sin Eater” investigates how the rich andpowerful in Hollywood got an edge over the legal system and faced fewconsequences when Pellicano was exposed.
Credits: “Sin Eater: The Crimes of Anthony Pellicano” is from Producer and Director John Pappas.
Boston Strangler (Streaming Friday, March 17th)
Synopsis: Based on the infamous Boston Strangler murders, this is thetrue story of Loretta McLaughlin, the first reporter to connect themurders and break the story of the Strangler. She and fellow reporterJean Cole challenged the sexism of the early 1960s to report on thecity’s most notorious serial killer and worked tirelessly to keep womeninformed.
Cast: “Boston Strangler” stars two-time Oscar(R) nominee KeiraKnightley (“The Imitation Game,” “Pride & Prejudice”), Emmy(R)nominee Carrie Coon (“Fargo,” “The Gilded Age”), Alessandro Nivola(“Amsterdam”), David Dastmalchian (“Dune”), Morgan Spector (“Homeland”),Bill Camp (“Joker”), and Academy Award(R) winner Chris Cooper(“Adaptation”).
Credits: Written and directed by Matt Ruskin (“Crown Heights”),the film is produced by Ridley Scott (“The Martian”), Kevin J. Walsh(“House of Gucci”), Michael Pruss (“American Woman”), Josey McNamara(“Promising Young Woman”), and Tom Ackerley (“I, Tonya”), with MichaelFottrell (“The Fate of the Furious”) and Sam Roston serving as executiveproducers. Sam Roston is overseeing for Scott Free and Bronte Payne forLuckyChap.
Rūrangi: Complete Season 2 (The Yellow Affair) (Streaming Wednesday, March 22nd)
Synopsis: With Caz torn over the predicament facing rural rainbowyouth, and Anahera unmasking the macron bomber, Rūrangi’s culture warintensifies between the transgender activists, farmers, and local Māori –all while ancestors from the past reach out to the living withunfinished business.
Cast: Elz Carrad, Āwhina Rose Henare Ashby, Ramon Te Wake, ArohaRawson, Renee Lyons, Renée Sheridan, Cohen Holloway and Liam Coleman
Credits: “Rūrangi” showrunners are Max Currie (“Rūrangi”) andBriar Grace-Smith (“Waru,” “Cousins”). Series Writer is Cole Meyers andlead producer is Craig Gainsborough for Autonomouse. Co-producers areTweedie Waititi, Graham Tipene, Lucean Lunare and Melissa Nickerson.
The Lesson Is Murder (Streaming Thursday, March 23rd)
Synopsis: “The Lesson Is Murder” follows psychological criminologistand ex-FBI special agent Dr. Bryanna Fox and her class of graduatestudents as they study convicted murderers, evaluating their personalitytraits and developing psychological profiles. In each episode, theyinterview witnesses, police, families of victims, and the murderer,analyzing violent serial offenders and probing their minds to understandwhy does a killer kill?
Credits: Executive produced by for ABC News Studios by Lisa Q.Wolfinger, Shawn Cuddy, Rushmore DeNooyer, Beth Hoppe. Produced by KathyMinton, William Kerr.
Call Jane (Streaming Thursday, March 23rd)
Synopsis: In 1968 Chicago, with the city and the nation amid thepolitical and civil upheaval, Joy (Elizabeth Banks), a conservativehousewife and mother, is faced with a devastating diagnosis when hersecond pregnancy leads to a life-threatening heart condition. Followingan all-male hospital board’s decision to deny an exemption for anabortion, which is, by law, illegal, Joy’s search for a solution leadsher to a clandestine group of women. Led by Virginia (Sigourney Weaver),an independent visionary fiercely committed to women’s health, and Gwen(Wunmi Mosaku), an activist who envisions a day when all women willhave access to safe, affordable abortions, this community of womenignites an awakening in Joy. Inspired by their compassion andcommitment, Joy joins them, putting every aspect of her life on theline.
Cast: Elizabeth Banks, Sigourney Weaver, Chris Messina, Kate Mara, Wunmi Mosaku, Cory Michael Smith
Credits: Directed by Phyllis Nagy. Written by Haley Schore & Roshan Sethi
Up Here: Complete Season 1 (Streaming Friday, March 24th)
Synopsis: A musical romantic comedy set in New York City in thewaning days of 1999, following the extraordinary story of one ordinarycouple, as they fall in love – and discover that the single greatestobstacle to finding happiness together might just be themselves – andthe treacherous world of memories, obsessions, fears, and fantasies thatlive inside their heads.
Cast: Mae Whitman, Carlos Valdes, Katie Finneran, Sophia Hammons, Emilia Suárez, Andréa Burns, John Hodgman, Scott Porter
Credits: “Up Here” is written by Steven Levenson (“tick,tick…BOOM!”, “Dear Evan Hansen”) and Danielle Sanchez-Witzel (“TheCarmichael Show”) with songwriting duo Kristen Anderson-Lopez and RobertLopez (“Frozen,” “WandaVision”) writing original songs. “Hamilton’s”Thomas Kail directs and executive produces the series alongsideLevenson, Sanchez-Witzel, Anderson-Lopez, Lopez, and Jennifer Todd. 20thTelevision serves as the production company alongside Kail’s Old 320Sycamore Productions.
FX’s Great Expectations (Streaming Sunday, March 26th)
Synopsis: “Great Expectations” is the coming-of-age story of Pip, anorphan who yearns for a greater lot in life, until a twist of fate andthe evil machinations of the mysterious and eccentric Miss Havishamshows him a dark world of possibilities. Under the great expectationsplaced upon him, Pip will have to work out the true cost of this newworld and whether it will truly make him the man he wishes to be. Adamning critique of the class system, Dickens’ novel was published in1861 after first releasing it in a series of weekly chapters beginningin December 1860.
Cast: Fionn Whitehead stars as “Pip,” leading a stellar castfeaturing Olivia Colman as “Miss Havisham,” Shalom Brune-Franklin,Ashley Thomas, Johnny Harris, Hayley Squires, Owen McDonnell, TrystanGravelle,Laurie Ogden, Rudi Dharmalingam, Matt Berry, Tom Sweet andChloe Lea.
Credits: Steven Knight serves as writer, and also executiveproducer alongside Tom Hardy, Ridley Scott, Dean Baker, David W. Zuckerand Kate Crowe. Brady Hood and Samira Radsi serve as directors. GreatExpectations is produced by FX Productions in association with the BBC,Scott Free and Hardy Son & Baker.
Love Island UK: Season 9 Finale (Streaming Sunday, March 26th)
Synopsis: Returning to South Africa, lovestruck singletons will beguided through the twists and turns of coupling up in a jaw-droppingVilla, by brand new host Maya Jama.
Voiced by famed comedian and narrator Iain Stirling, viewers willonce again be glued to screens as more singletons desire, date and dumppotential suitors from the Island.
As the couples attempt to steal hearts and win over the nation,one pair will ultimately be victorious and be crowned the “Love Island”winners.
Credits: “Love Island” is co-owned by ITV Studios and MotionContent Group Ltd and is distributed internationally by ITV Studios.
RapCaviar Presents: Complete Season 1 (Streaming Thursday, March 30th)
Synopsis: “RapCaviar Presents” is a compelling new documentary seriesthat tackles some of today’s most provocative issues through thestories of hip-hop visionaries and emerging stars currently ruling thecharts and influencing our culture, from City Girls to Tyler, TheCreator, Jack Harlow, Polo G, Roddy Ricch, Coi Leray and more. Based onthe influential Spotify playlist, launched in 2015, this seven-partseries is a deep dive into current events that untangles importantsubjects and offers a view of the world from an artist’s perspective.
Credits: The series will be Executive Produced by Karam Gill, whowill also serve as Creative Director; Steve Rivo, who will also serveas showrunner; Carl Chery and Liz Gateley, who are overseeing creativeon the show for Spotify; and Eli Holzman and Aaron Saidman on behalf ofThe Intellectual Property Corporation (IPC), a part of Sony PicturesTelevision. Av Accius, Jeremiah Murphy and Marcus A. Clarke serve asCo-EPs. Karam Gill, Quan Lateef-Hill, Peter J. Scalettar, Wendy J.N.Lee, Farah X and Mandon Lovett will also serve as episodic Directors.
Rye Lane (Streaming Friday, March 31st)
Synopsis: From director Raine Allen-Miller, “Rye Lane” is a romanticcomedy that stars David Jonsson (“Industry,” “Deep State”) and VivianOparah (“Class,” “The Rebel”), as Dom and Yas, two twenty-somethingsboth reeling from bad break-ups, who connect over the course of aneventful day in South London – helping each other deal with theirnightmare exes, and potentially restoring their faith in romance.
Cast: David Jonsson, Vivian Oparah, Karene Peter, BenjaminSarpong-Broni, Malcolm Atobrah, Alice Hewkin, Simon Manyonda, PoppyAllen-Quarmby.
Credits: Searchlight Pictures, BBC Film, and BFI present “RyeLane,” a DJ Films and Turnover Films production. Written by Nathan Bryon& Tom Melia, and directed by Raine Allen-Miller, the film isproduced by Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo and Damian Jones.