{"id":18707,"date":"2023-05-22T10:49:33","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T14:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/skyshowtime-unveils-ten-new-original-series\/"},"modified":"2023-05-22T10:49:33","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T14:49:33","slug":"skyshowtime-unveils-ten-new-original-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/skyshowtime-unveils-ten-new-original-series\/","title":{"rendered":"SkyShowtime Unveils Ten New Original Series"},"content":{"rendered":"
Eight months after its fall launch in Europe, SkyShowtime has unveiled a slate of ten original, exclusive series set to come this year.<\/p>\n
The upcoming slate includes Codename: Annika<\/em>, a Finnish-Swedish crime drama revolving around a Finnish art-fraud investigator who goes undercover to infiltrate an auction house in Stockholm to investigate its connection with a notorious money launderer. It will begin streaming in the Nordics later this year.<\/p>\n The Spanish SkyShowtime original\u00a0Las Invisibles\u00a0<\/em>(The Invisible Ladies<\/em>), meanwhile, is slated to premiere in Spain on June 5. It centers on a group of strong women characters who, as maids working at a luxury hotel in the Mediterranean, work to restructure their own lives that are juxtaposed against those of the wealthy visitors at the resort.<\/p>\n Previously announced SkyShowtime originals includes the Polish drama Warszawianka<\/em>, becoming\u00a0available to audiences on June 19; the Czech and Slovakian comedy The Winner<\/em>, coming later this year; and the Spanish original Mentiras Pasajeras<\/em>\u00a0(Fleeting Lies<\/em>), also coming later this year. Additional Spanish originals such as Bos\u00e9<\/em>\u00a0and Los Enviados<\/em> (The Envoys<\/em>) are already available for audiences, with season two of Por H o por B<\/em> beginning to stream on May 26 and season two of Los Enviados<\/em> debuting later this year.<\/p>\n Other new series coming to the streamer throughout the year are Poker Face<\/em>, starring Natasha Lyonne (Russian Doll<\/em>, Orange Is the New Black<\/em>), and Django<\/em>, a Western-style series that reimagines the famous 1866 film.<\/p>\n Later on in the year, SkyShowtime will premiere The Curse<\/em>, an original starring Emma Stone, Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie that explores how an alleged curse disturbs the relationship of a newly married couple. The platform will also exclusively premiere the latest Taylor Sheridan series, Special Ops: Lioness<\/em>, starring series lead and executive producer Zoe Salda\u00f1a, executive producer Nicole Kidman, Laysla De Oliveira and Morgan Freeman.<\/p>\n Season five of Yellowstone<\/em> will stream exclusively across SkyShowtime markets later this year, as will the second seasons of 1923<\/em>, Tulsa King<\/em> and Halo<\/em>. Hit movies such as Babylon<\/em>, Bros<\/em>, M3GAN<\/em> and She Said<\/em> will debut on the platform in most markets, joining blockbuster films Top Gun: Maverick<\/em>, Jurassic World Dominion<\/em> and Minions: The Rise of Gru<\/em>.<\/p>\n \u201cSkyShowtime is dedicated to Europe and we are proud to be launching original programming across our markets,\u201d said Monty Sarhan, CEO of SkyShowtime. \u201cPremiering such a robust and impressive slate of 10 original series in our first year is virtually unheard of for a new streaming service. As home to some of the most compelling exclusive programming\u2014representing the best of Hollywood and the region\u2014and an exceptional line-up of movies, SkyShowtime is dedicated to bringing customers across Europe a premium content offering at a great price.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Eight months after its fall launch in Europe, SkyShowtime has unveiled a slate of ten original, exclusive series set to come this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":18708,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[6740,6246],"class_list":["post-18707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-monty-sarhan","tag-skyshowtime","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n