Fall TV Watch List: Sly Stallone and Mickey Mouse!

Fall TV Watch List: Sly Stallone and Mickey Mouse! No images? [Click here]( [- - -] [TheWrap - SUMMER TV WATCH LIST] Week of November 12 – 18 It’s almost Thanksgiving, but we already have plenty to be thankful for – namely, that Sylvester Stallone has decided to finally do a television show. (It’s called “Tulsa King” and it’s terrific.) But besides Sly, there’s plenty more to enjoy this week, from a new season of “Yellowstone,” a new series from the creators of “Dark” (“1899”), a documentary about Mickey Mouse and a Florence Pugh movie that is mysterious and captivating (“The Wonder”). Plus a sequel to “Enchanted,” Tim Allen’s “The Santa Clauses” (a spinoff of the popular film franchise) and Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell in a new version of “A Christmas Carol” called “Spirited.” It’s a full week and if you don’t get to everything, then at least there’s a holiday around the corner. On with the television! [Premiere of the week] “Tulsa King”Sunday, November 13, Paramount+ [sylvester stallone tulsa king] Photo: Paramount+ Sylvester Stallone makes his prestige-TV debut in “Tulsa King,” the latest series from “Yellowstone” kingpin Taylor Sheridan (see below). The conceit behind the show is delicious – Stallone plays a mid-level gangster named Dwight “The General” Manfredi who, after serving a prison stint for 25 years, is assigned an entirely new beat: Tulsa, Oklahoma. Now Dwight is doubly out of his element – instead of New York City he’s (ostensibly) in the middle of nowhere and also has to acclimate to the modern world (his confusion over apps is priceless). Created by Sheridan but overseen by Terence Howard, a veteran of mob stories like “Boardwalk Empire” and “The Sopranos,” “Tulsa King” is lighter and funnier than you’re probably expecting, with a game supporting cast that includes Garrett Hedlund (as a sympathetic barkeeper), Andrea Savage as a one-night-stand gone wrong and Martin Starr as a local weed dealer. Unexpectedly compelling and delightful, Stallone clearly waited for the right material to join the ranks of big-screen stars on the small screen. [[TRAILER](] ID=167008;size=300x250;setID=492280;uid={EMAIL}7171056; [- - -] [Premiere of the week] “American Horror Story: NYC”Wednesday, November 16 at 10 p.m., FX [American Horror Story] Photo: FX So this season was actually pretty good, huh? There was virtually no information before the 11th cycle of the Ryan Murphy-produced favorite debuted in October. But quickly the season came into focus: It was mostly set in New York City in the early 1980s, where a series of murders plagued the bustling city’s gay population. (There’s a bulky leather man dubbed Big Daddy and a nebbish serial killer known as the Mai Tai Killer.) In a parallel storyline, a devastating virus also threatened the same marginalized group. Borrowing heavily from William Friedkin’s 1980 cult classic “Cruising,” the show stayed mostly in the scary-realism state of the underappreciated “Cult” season, even if the virus subplot bordered on bad taste (is the show suggesting AIDS was some kind of supernatural creation?) Still, this season proved that there is plenty of gas in the “American Horror Story” tank, even if folks are flocking to other Murphy monstrosities like “Dahmer” and “The Watcher.” Hard to mess with the OG. [[FINALE TRAILER](] [- - -] [Premiere of the week] “The Wonder”Wednesday, November 16, Netflix [Florence Pugh in The Wonder Feature Film Trailer (Netflix)] Photo: Netflix One of the year’s very best films is being quietly released on Netflix this week. Do not miss it. Based on the novel by Emma Donoghue, whose earlier book “Room” became the Oscar-winning Brie Larson vehicle, “The Wonder” is set in a rural Irish village in 1862. It’s there that a young girl has not eaten for months – supposedly surviving on her spirituality alone. Nurse Lib Wright (Florence Pugh) is summoned from England to investigate the phenomenon like an old-timey Dana Scully. While in town, Lib is met with indifference and interference from the elders (among them: a doctor played by Toby Jones and a priest played by Ciarán Hinds). And that’s about all you need to know! Suspenseful and unsettling, the latest film by the great Chilean filmmaker Sebastián Lelio (“A Fantastic Woman,” “Gloria Bell”) is unforgettable, with a haunting score by Lelio’s regular collaborator, British electronic artist Matthew Herbert, and an Oscar-worthy performance by Pugh. You’ll want to put this on your end-of-year watch list even if it doesn’t pull down any nominations. [[REVIEW](] [- - -] [Premiere of the week] “Mickey: The Story of a Mouse”Friday, November 18, Disney+ [mickey-the-story-of-a-mouse] Photo: Disney A Disney-sanctioned documentary feature that doesn’t shy away from the, um, stickier aspects of the character’s history, “Mickey: The Story of a Mouse” charts how the Disney icon was born out of frustration (after Walt Disney’s earlier creation, Oswald, was taken away from him) and became a beloved favorite, one that would push technology forward (with 1928’s landmark “Steamboat Willie”) and turn Disney from a filmmaker into a mogul. In the years since, Mickey’s personality would be obscured and he would become a smoother, inoffensive corporate symbol (before once again getting his chutzpah back). Delving into some of the more problematic aspects of Mickey’s career, including a short that featured the character wearing blackface, “Mickey: The Story of a Mouse” feels more honest and authentic. And as an added bonus, traditional animators at current Walt Disney Animation (like Eric Goldberg and Mark Henn) create a new short celebrating the various eras of Mickey Mouse. Oh, boy! [[INTERVIEW](] ID=167008;size=300x250;setID=492280;uid={EMAIL}7171056; [- - -] [Premiere of the week] “Enchanted”Disney+ [Enchanted] Photo: Disney With “Disenchanted,” the long-awaited sequel to “Enchanted” finally coming to Disney+ this week (on Nov. 18, to be precise), why not revisit the original? It’ll remind you why people have been clamoring for a sequel even after 15 years. “Enchanted,” charmingly directed by Kevin Lima (“A Goofy Movie,” “102 Dalmatians”), centers on Giselle (Amy Adams), a princess from a fairy tale – and very animated – world, who gets transported to the real, live-action New York City. With tongue placed firmly in cheek, Giselle navigates the big city, falls in love with a human businessman (Patrick Dempsey) and evades an evil sorceress (Susan Sarandon, chewing every available piece of scenery). With terrific songs and music from Disney Legend Alan Menken and winning performances from the entire cast (also including James Marsden and Idina Menzel), it was a rare Disney live-action movie from that period that felt strikingly original and also deeply tied to classic Disney storytelling. Hopefully the follow-up will have the same storybook power. [[WATCH](] [- - -] [Premiere of the week] “Yellowstone”Sunday, November 13 at 8 p.m., Paramount NetworkThe most popular show on television returns! Taylor Sheridan’s “Yellowstone,” which details the lives of the Dutton clan, a powerful, morally ambiguous family of Montana ranchers, returns for its fifth season as patriarch John Dutton III (Kevin Costner) becomes a powerful senator. Shouldn’t be a problem, right? Ha! This should be another explosive season. At the very least, you’ll have something to talk to your dad about on your next Zoom call. [[TRAILER](] “The Santa Clauses”Wednesday, November 16, Disney+What, was Disney not going to revive the beloved Tim Allen franchise “The Santa Clause” as a six-episode limited series? Didn’t think so. Allen is back as Kris Kringle, who at 65 is looking for a replacement to fill his shoes, before some other doofus knocks him off a roof. Fair warning: Some of Allen’s right-wing political leanings make their way into the otherwise inoffensive family series. [[TRAILER](] “1899”Thursday, November 17, NetflixJantje Friese and Baran bo Odar, creators of Netflix’s German-language cult series “Dark,” are back with another slice of tantalizing weirdness. In “1899,” a passenger ship of European migrants headed for America encounter another ship adrift on the ocean — and their journey becomes stranger and more hellish than they could have ever imagined. Something tells us that the less you know about “1899,” the better — so we’ll just stop here. [[TRAILER](] “Fleishman Is in Trouble”Thursday, November 17, HuluHulu’s latest prestige miniseries was created by Taffy Brodesser-Akner, who adapts her own 2019 novel of the same name. Toby Fleischman (Jesse Eisenberg) is a 40-something divorced man whose ex-wife (Claire Danes) has recently gone missing. As you can imagine, that disappearance leads him into deeper existential dread. This new comedic drama also features Lizzy Caplan, Adam Brody, Christian Slater and Josh Radnor, with episodes directed by married-couple directing teams Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton (“Little Miss Sunshine”) and Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini (“American Splendor”). Complicated! [[TRAILER](] “Spirited”Friday, November 18, Apple TV+There are so many new movies streaming this week that we didn’t even mention “Slumberland,” starring Jason Momoa as a weird dream pirate – you heard us! – on Netflix. But one of the bigger movies is “Spirited,” a modern-day musical retelling of “A Christmas Carol,” this time starring Ryan Reynolds as Scrooge stand-in Clint Briggs and Will Ferrell as the ghost of Christmas Present. (This version of the story is told from the point of view of the ghosts.) “Spirited” features new songs written by “La La Land” and “Dear Evan Hansen” duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, so chances are even if you hate it, you’ll probably be humming along. 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