CNN+ launch day / "Shining Girls" trailer / "Backwards in Heels" to Amazon / Gillian Anderson Netflix deal

Plus today's calendar, Gregg joins "Snowpiercer," Netflix's "Choose or Die," Disney+ international launch, and more

Inside.com Part of   Network March 29, 2022

Presented by

The CNN+ streaming service launched on Tuesday. According to The Washington Post, the new service represents CNN's largest investment in new programming and formats since its founding in 1980. More: The service will stream up to a dozen live shows per day, and will archive its content for later on-demand viewing. CNN+ will also feature an extensive archive of CNN shows and original films, including a library of travel and food shows from the late Anthony Bourdain. CNN has reportedly invested around $100 million in the new service so far. A CNN+ subscription runs $5.99 per month, or $59.99 per year; the service has launched with a special deal allowing early subscribers to lock in a $2.99/month rate. WASHINGTON POST

Apple released a trailer for the upcoming dark thriller series "Shining Girls." Elisabeth Moss stars as a Chicago newspaper archivist who survives a brutal assault, then begins investigating other attacks that she believes may be linked to her own. More: The series is based on the best-selling novel by Lauren Beukes. The cast also includes Amy Brenneman, Wagner Moura, Phillipa Soo, and Jamie Bell. The series hits Apple TV+ on April 29. SLASHFILM

A message from PIPE The world’s first trading platform for recurring revenue—turn revenue streams into up-front capital Growing a business takes hard work, planning, great instincts, and capital—lots of capital. If you’re scaling any business with recurring revenue, you can now tap into alternative financing designed with your business model in mind. Why? Because: Debt and equity can take months to line up Covenants and warrants can limit your agility Dilution gets more expensive as your business grows Whether your business is bootstrapped, equity-backed, or beyond, Pipe makes it easy for founders to finance growth on their terms—without restrictive loans or dilution. Trade your recurring revenue streams on Pipe to access fast, flexible capital for growth.  Get Started

DAILY CALENDAR TUESDAY, MARCH 29 THE GIRL FROM PLAINVILLE: Scripted drama series from co-creators Liz Hannah ("The Dropout") and Patrick Macmanus ("Dr. Death"), based on the 2014 death by suicide of teen Conrad Roy and the subsequent allegations against his teenage girlfriend, Michelle Carter. (Carter, who had repeatedly encouraged Roy to take his own life via text message, was ultimately convicted of involuntary manslaughter.) Elle Fanning, Colton Ryan, and Chloë Sevigny co-star; the first three episodes hit Hulu today. [Hulu] DEATH ON THE NILE: 2022 mystery drama from director Kenneth Branagh, based on the classic novel by Agatha Christie. This is the second Christie adaptation that Branagh has directed, and in which he stars as the author's iconic detective, Hercule Poirot, following 2017's "Murder on the Orient Express." The cast also includes Annette Bening, Russell Brand, Dawn French, Gal Gadot, Ali Fazal, Rose Leslie, Emma Mackey, Sophie Okonedo, Jennifer Saunders, Letitia Wright, and Armie Hammer. [Hulu and HBO Max] HOW TO SURVIVE A PANDEMIC: Original documentary from filmmaker David France ("Welcome to Chechnya") tracking the international race to develop and roll out the various COVID-19 vaccines. France began shooting the film in early 2020 and chronicled the vaccine's development in real time over the course of 18 months. [HBO Max] MIKE EPPS: INDIANA MIKE: The actor and comedian returns to his hometown of Indianapolis for his latest special, which features material looking back on his parents, childhood and early career. This is Epps' third special for Netflix, following 2015's "Don't Take It Personal" and 2019's "Only One Mike." He also stars on the sitcom "The Upshaws" for the streamer. [Netflix] MIGHTY EXPRESS: The animated Netflix Jr. series comes from "Paw Patrol" creator Keith Chapman, and takes place in a friendly town called Tracksville, where human kids work alongside talking trains. Season 6 hits Netflix today. [Netflix] JOHNNY HALLYDAY: BEYOND ROCK: Docuseries from France, using archival interviews and other footage to look back on the singer-songwriter's life and career from his own perspective. [Netflix] NEW YORK HOMICIDE: True crime series from cable's Oxygen network examining infamous murders from throughout New York history. Season 1 debuted on TV earlier this year and comes to Peacock today. [Peacock]

According to Deadline, Amazon grabbed the rights to the upcoming period drama series "Backwards in Heels" from producer Jennifer Lopez. Richard LaGravenese, who was Oscar-nominated for his "The Fisher King" script, will write and direct the series. More: Amazon reportedly picked up the project following a bidding war with other networks and streamers. The series is set in post-WWII New York City, and centers on the lives of a group of glamorous women living at the (real-life) Barbizon Hotel. The Barbizon is located at 140 East 63rd St. in Manhattan and for many years served as a residential hotel for single women. Lopez will produce through her Nuyorican Productions banner, alongside Skydance TV. DEADLINE

A message from LOHIKA Lohika partners with growth-stage technology companies to help them engineer the next Big Thing. We collaborate closely with our clients’ engineering organizations to transform them from bottlenecks to growth drivers.  Some of the best-known names in tech place their trust in us: PagerDuty, Twilio, Zendesk, Asana, Palo Alto Networks, and more. Need to scale your engineering organization? We’re here for you. See our approach

Actor and producer Gillian Anderson signed a first-look deal to develop TV projects for Netflix. The deal has an initial term of two years. More: Anderson co-starred as Margaret Thatcher on Season 4 of "The Crown," and won an Emmy, among several other awards, for her performance. Anderson also appears on the Netflix comedy-drama series "Sex Education," which returns later this year for a fourth season. She'll also be seen in the upcoming Showtime series "The First Lady," in which she portrays Eleanor Roosevelt; that show debuts in April. VARIETY

Clark Gregg "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." vet Paul Zbyszewski will take over as showrunner on the TNT sci-fi drama series "Snowpiercer," replacing Graeme Manson and Aubrey Nealon. As well, "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." actor Clark Gregg will join the "Snowpiercer" ensemble for its upcoming fourth season. More: Michael Aranov ("The Americans") will also join the cast for the new episodes. The Season 3 finale aired on TV on Monday, and hits Netflix today. The series is set among the last human survivors of a disaster that turned the Earth's surface into a frozen wasteland; they live on a gigantic train that constantly circles the globe. TV LINE

Netflix released a trailer for the upcoming horror film "Choose or Die." Iola Evans ("Carnival Row") stars as a young coder who stumbles upon a cursed retro text-based video game, titled "CURS>R." More: Asa Butterfield ("Sex Education") co-stars. "Bite Size Horror" vet Toby Meakins makes his feature directorial debut with the film. "Choose or Die" hits Netflix on April 15. POLYGON

Disney+'s "The Mandalorian" Disney+ will launch in 42 additional countries and 11 territories this summer. This includes expansions of the service into South Africa, Turkey, Poland, Hungary, and the Middle East. More: The service will arrive on May 18 in South Africa and June 16 in Israel; all other countries will get access to the service on June 8 or June 14. Pricing info was also released on a by-country basis; Disney+ will cost $8.10 a month, for example, in South Africa. Internationally, Disney+ offers both the service's traditional content, along with shows and films for mature viewers that stream on Hulu in the US. HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

A trailer for WIT Studio's "Vampire in the Garden" debuted at the AnimeJapan 2022 convention. The series' first full season hits Netflix on May 16. More: WIT Studio is best known in the US for animating the first three seasons of "Attack on Titan." "Vampire in the Garden" is an original story set in a world that has been entirely overtaken by vampires, save for a small colony of human survivors. POLYGON

QUICK HITS Netflix posted a trailer for the second half of the fourth and final season of "Ozark," arriving on April 29. Mick Jagger composed his first-ever TV theme song for the upcoming Apple spy series "Slow Horses." Netflix plans to open a new headquarters in the Polish city of Warsaw later on this year, which will serve as a hub for the streamer's Central and Eastern European productions. The romantic comedy "Five Blind Dates," the first Amazon Prime Video original film from Australia, enters production next month. TikTok announced the members of its #TikTokShortFilm jury, which will select a contest winner during the upcoming Cannes Film Festival; the panel includes Sudanese creative Basma Khalifa, "Bachi-Bouzouk" filmmaker Camille Ducellier, screenwriter and producer Angele Diabang, and Senegalese-born TikToker Khaby Lame. DeVaughn Nixon discussed portraying his father -- former NBA great "Stormin'" Norm Nixon -- on the HBO series "Winning Time" with GQ. "Doom Patrol" vet Anna Lore joined the cast of The CW's "Gotham Knights" pilot; she'll play DC Comics character Stephanie Brown. Give your recruiting team an unfair advantage with Trinsly. Start your 21 day free trial.* *This is sponsored content

Lon Harris is the writer and editor of Inside Streaming and was the very first person to ever write an Inside newsletter. He lives in Los Angeles, California, and also writes about TV and film for Fandom, Screen Junkies, Rotten Tomatoes, Gamma Ray and others. Plus he has a Game of Thrones podcast called "Casterly Talk" and competes on The Movie Trivia Schmoedown as "The Professor." Editor Jonathan Harris is a writer and editor who lives in Los Angeles.

Pipe is the world's first trading platform for recurring revenue.

Lohika helps high-growth companies engineer the next Big Thing.

Click to Share ➞

767 Bryant St. #203, San Francisco, CA 94107 Copyright © 2022 Inside.com

Did someone forward this email to you? Head over to inside.com to get your very own free subscription! You received this email because you subscribed to Inside Streaming. Click here to unsubscribe from Inside Streaming list or manage your subscriptions.