While the primetime schedule on Broadcast may be winding down for the summer, the streamers are still busily working away on any number of new film and TV projects. This month Apple TV+ debuts The Long Way Home, a new docu-series from Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman, sci-fi comedy series Murderbot, starring Alexander Skarsgård as a reluctant killer robot with a passion for soaps, and an Apple TV+ original family movie, Fountain of Youth, from director Guy Ritchie, and starring John Krasinski and Natalie Portman.
Catch details, air dates, and trailers for Apple TV+’s May slate below.
LONG WAY HOME
(May 9)
Those familiar with the Long Way… documentary series will know what to expect here. The latest instalment finds the boys (Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman) riding through 17 European countries (including Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Switzerland, and France, and more) on cranky 50 year old vintage bikes they have restored for the purpose.
MURDERBOT
(May 16)
Based on Martha Wells’ bestselling Hugo and Nebula Award-winning book series, Murderbot is a sci-fi thriller/comedy about a self-hacking security construct who is horrified by human emotion yet drawn to its vulnerable clients.
Starring and executive produced by Alexander Skarsgård and hailing from Chris and Paul Weitz, this 10-episode sci-fi comedy sees Murderbot faced with the prospect of hiding its free will to complete a dangerous assignment when all it really wants is to be left alone to watch futuristic soap operas and figure out its place in the universe.
Also starring are Noma Dumezweni, David Dastmalchian, Sabrina Wu, Akshay Khanna, Tattiawna Jones, and Tamara Podemski.
FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH
(May 23)
An Apple TV original directed by Guy Ritchie, Fountain of Youth follows two estranged siblings (John Krasinski and Natalie Portman) who partner on a global heist to find the mythological Fountain of Youth. They must use their knowledge of history to follow clues on an epic adventure that will change their lives … and possibly lead to immortality.
Also starring are Eiza González, Domhnall Gleeson, Arian Moayed, Laz Alonso, Carmen Ejogo and Stanley Tucci.