Several new and returning series and films are arriving on streaming services in November, spanning fantasy, crime, comedy, documentaries, and sports. Among the month’s most anticipated releases are the third season of The Rings of Power, the final season of Yellowjackets, and the first live-action television extension of the Blade Runner franchise.
Netflix’s The Body premieres November 11. Set in 2004 at a Catholic school, the satirical drama follows a cheerleading squad after an accident involving one of its members. The fallout takes on cult-like dimensions, while the series leaves open whether supernatural forces are involved.
Also arriving November 11 is season three of Prime Video’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. The new episodes include Sauron forging the One Ring, Gandalf confronting a Dark Wizard, and the introduction of Jamie Campbell Bower as Celeborn. Simon Pegg joins the cast as the voice of the Balrog.
Apple TV’s 12 12 12 premieres November 13. The thriller follows a Swiss bank heist across three timeframes: the 12 months spent planning it, the 12 hours it takes to carry out, and the 12 days in which the thieves might be caught. Jamie Dornan plays the reluctant mastermind Paul Galvin, pursued by FBI agent Jack Strickland, played by Anthony Mackie.
Madden arrives on Prime Video November 18, a week after its theatrical release. Nicolas Cage plays football coach and broadcaster John Madden in the film directed by David O. Russell. Christian Bale, Kathryn Hahn, Shane Gillis, Sienna Miller, and John Mulaney also star.
Netflix’s The Altruists premieres November 19. The docudrama, created by Graham Moore, portrays the relationship and imprisonment of FTX figures Sam Bankman-Fried and Caroline Ellison. Anthony Boyle and Julia Garner play the pair.
The third season of Percy Jackson and the Olympians arrives on Disney+ November 20. Based on Rick Riordan’s The Titan’s Curse, the eight-episode season follows Percy and his friends as they search for the captured Annabeth. Tamara Smart joins the main cast as Thalia, with guest appearances from Hubert Smielecki, Jennifer Beals, Kate McKinnon, and Ming-Na Wen.
Yellowjackets returns to Paramount+ for its fourth and final season on November 20. The series follows the aftermath of a girls’ soccer team’s plane crash and the survivors’ lives after their rescue, alongside events in the present. The ending is expected to resolve a story originally planned to run for five seasons.
Peacock’s 10-episode comedy Dig premieres November 23. Amy Poehler plays the leader of an archaeological excavation whose team uncovers something that draws them into an international conspiracy. The series is co-created by Poehler and Mike Schur and also stars Hugh Laurie and Geraldine Viswanathan.
Blade Runner 2099 arrives November 25, extending the franchise 50 years beyond Blade Runner 2049. Hunter Schafer plays Cora, a human posing as a Replicant, while Michelle Yeoh plays Olwen, her Replicant partner. Their case leads into a larger conspiracy in a world where Replicants hold power and humans struggle to survive.
Also premiering November 25 is Netflix’s The Mosquito Bowl, based on real events recounted in Buzz Bissinger’s 2022 book. Directed by Peter Berg, the film tells the story of a football game played between two groups of Marines near the end of World War II. Nicholas Galitzine, Bill Skarsgård, and Ray Nicholson are among its cast. Netflix is giving the film a month-long theatrical release.
Sources: IGN.