It’s been several years since Michaela Coel released the HBO series, “I May Destroy You.” And in the time since, we’ve seen rumblings of possible follow-up series coming from Coel. However, nothing materialized until now, with the upcoming “First Day on Earth.”

According to HBO and BBC, Michaela Coel is returning to TV with a new series titled “First Day on Earth.” The series tells the story of a down-on-her-luck novelist who finds herself taking a job in Ghana, where she might be able to reconnect with her estranged father.

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I talked about this in my write-up for “Peter Pan & Wendy,” the upcoming live-action remake from Disney, but David Lowery is the King of the “one for them, one for me” creative model. Almost like clockwork, the filmmaker will follow up an indie film with a big-budget film before coming back to another indie drama. A couple of years ago, we saw him release “The Green Knight,” which is being followed up by “Peter Pan & Wendy.” And as we could have predicted, after he’s done playing with Disney, he’s going back to his indie playground with a new film from A24 titled “Mother Mary.”

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According to A24, David Lowery will write and direct a musical film, titled “Mother Mary.” The film is also set to star none other than Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel.

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While it’s a bummer that Phoebe Waller-Bridge walked away from the upcoming series adaptation of “Mr. and Mrs. Smith,” Donald Glover is still starring, and Maya Erskine (“Pen15”) signed on to replace Waller-Bridge. And now, it appears the Amazon Prime series is adding even more star power to the cast.

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The 2021 Primetime Emmy Awards was a “Crown” -ing achievement for Netflix. The streaming service won Best Drama Series (“The Crown”) and Limited Series or Anthology Series (“The Queen’s Gambit”) for the first time in their history. During this telecast alone, Peter Morgan’s generational drama series took seven Emmys, and “Queen’s Gambit” added another two to its formidable haul following the Creative Arts Emmy Awards last weekend.

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The Television Critics Association announced the 2021 winners of the 37th Annual TCA Awards and, as expected, “Ted Lasso” ruled the proceedings. The Apple TV+ series not only took the prestigious Program of the Year honor but Outstanding Achievement in Comedy and Outstanding New Program. It’s perhaps a good omen for “Lasso” which is up for a slew of awards at the Primetime Emmys this Sunday.

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It was a banner result for HBO and HBO Max which saw Michaela Coel take the Individual Achievement in Drama for “I May Destroy You,” Jean Smart win the Individual Achievement in Comedy for “Hacks,” “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver win the Variety, Talk or Sketch category, and “Mare of Easttown” win the incredibly competitive Movies, Miniseries or Specials honor.

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Michaela Coel is one of the most talented actors and writers working today, but for many in the US, she’s still not a household name. Even after the recent BBC series, “I May Destroy You,” debuted on HBO and has gone on to earn a ton of critical acclaim and awards recognition, Coel still seems to be relatively under the radar when you consider the A-listers that typically make headlines.

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Truth be told, no Emmy category includes more memorable performances of the past year in any medium than Lead Actress in a Limited Series or TV movie. It’s historically rich in incredible work. There’s SAG Award winner Anya Taylor-Joy (“The Queen’s Gambit”), Pennsylvania accent champion Kate Winslet (“Mare of Easttown”), Elisabeth Olsen (“WandaVision”), and Michaela Coel (“I May Destroy You”) just to start.

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Career triple threat Michaela Coel’s new series, “I May Destroy You,” benefits from the elasticity of its title. “I May Destroy You”: I have authority to destroy you. “I May Destroy You”: If there’s room on my calendar, I might get around to destroying you. “I May Destroy You”: Mind that if you get too close to me, there’s a remote possibility that I’ll destroy you.

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All it takes is one event to alter the course of someone’s life in a way that seems irreparable. And in the new dramedy series, “I May Destroy You,” that idea is explored as a young, carefree writer is sexually assaulted and left to figure out what happened and how she can move on with her life.

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And though that’s a heavy premise for a TV series, creator-writer-director-star Michaela Coel is still able to explore a timely, important subject and inject it with a bit of much-needed levity.

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The idea of consent is something that has been discussed more and more in recent years. Of course, it’s always been an issue that should have been taken very seriously, but the idea of explaining consent and understanding what it really means is something that has spawned from the #MeToo movement. And now, that idea is given the full dissection in the upcoming series “I May Destroy You.”

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The series, which is written, created, and produced by Michaela Coel, features the story of a woman (also played by Coel) who finds herself the victim of a date-rape drugging.

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There’s no easy way to describe the new Netflix series “Black Earth Rising.” The subject matter isn’t fun to talk about, and the new trailer only hints at what the larger mystery might be that lies underneath the tragic tale. But one thing is for sure, this is a limited series that everyone should be prepared to watch.

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The trailer gives viewers the basics – there’s a young woman, who is attempting to find out the truth about her past.

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Is there anything that Michaela Coel can’t do at this point? The writer and actress came to people’s attention a few years back when her stage show “Chewing Gum” became a British comedy series, picking her up a BAFTA and fans in the U.S thanks to a growing cult following on Netflix. Since then, Coel’s continued to impress as she’s moved into more dramatic territory — first with a couple of roles in “Black Mirror,” then more recently in Hugo Blick’s excellent BBC miniseries “Black Earth Rising” alongside John Goodman (which will also head to Netflix globally in the new year).

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October is a time for chills, thrills, and slashers. However, over at Netflix, late-October is also the time for lovely British musical romance films, such as the delightful “Been So Long.”

In the new trailer for the film, which hits the streaming service right in the heart of the Halloween season, we meet a young single mother, played by Michaela Coel (“Chewing Gum”), who is just trying to raise her daughter right and avoid any sort of romance.

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We’ve reached the point where there’s just so much content coming to Netflix that some real quality stuff falls between the cracks. That seems to be the case here, with this new collaboration between BBC and the streaming service. BBC and Netflix have a new political thriller on the horizon that combines the incredible acting talents of John Goodman and Michaela Coel, titled “Black Earth Rising.”

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And in the first trailer for the series, we can see how the two actors are going to lead what is sure to be a series that people will want to check out.

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The turkey carcass is nearly bare and extremely unappetizing by now. The tinsel has gone limp and the dog has chewed off all the low-hanging tree baubles. It can only mean the year is ending, and so what better time to look at some of the new starts it’s given us? Over the last twelve months, while most of us have been having, let’s be honest, a pretty terrible time of it, a lucky few have had their big breaks and will look back on 2017 with a fondness the rest of us can only dimly relate to.

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Netflix has been playing a coy game with the upcoming fourth season of Charlie Brooker‘s anxiety-inducing “Black Mirror,” releasing trailer after trailer and posters for each episode and yet hiding the release date. The holiday flavored strategy has been called the 13 Days of Black Mirror, which is now wrapping up and the star of David on top is that final reveal: the Emmy-winning series launches on Friday, December 29th and they’ve delivered a final trailer teasing all the episodes in one big supercut-y mash-up.

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Paramount is probably wondering where all this “Star Trek” love was when “Star Trek: Beyond” was released last year. Not only is Quentin Tarantino developing his own “Star Trek” movie, but “Black Mirror” is offering its skewed take on the beloved sci-fi series with “U.S.S. Callister.”

Directed by Toby Haynes, and starring Jesse Plemons, Cristin Milioti, Jimmi Simpson and Michaela Coel, the episode looks and feels like a bubblegum flavored romp through a very specific era of “Star Trek,” however, creator and writer Charlie Brooker says there are even more influences on the episode, but he can’t talk about the just yet.

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If you feel that your Peak TV viewing has been a little too safe, a new season of “Black Mirror” is on the way to break your brain. Charlie Brooker‘s anthology show has become increasingly popular, largely thanks to Netflix becoming the new home for the show, and bigger and bigger stars are joining in on the bleak, futuristic fun.

Season four will be no different, offering up a new batch of twisted stories, but the difference this time around, is that there will be even more familiar faces in front of the camera, and some big names behind the camera too.

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About once a year, we take stock of all the exciting movies we’ve seen, and all the tantalizing announcements we’ve covered, and picked out the names that we’re most excited about in a variety of fields for a series we call On The Rise.

Covering actors, filmmakers, composers, cinematographers, screenwriters and more, we’ve been ahead of the curve on names including David Oyelowo, Joel Edgerton, Emma Stone, Dane DeHaan, Daniel Kaluuya (back in 2012!), Brie Larson, Alicia Vikander, Colin Trevorrow, Benh Zeitlin, Dee Rees, Graham Moore, Bradford Young, Rachel Morrison, Steven Price, Jack Thorne, Pilou Asbaek, Emory Cohen, Will Poulter, Ruth Negga, Maika Monroe, Ryan Coogler, Sean Baker, Ava DuVernay, Natasha Braier, Mica Levi, Johan Johansson, Andre Holland, Jack O’Connell, Lisa Joy, Tessa Thompson, Katherine Waterston, LaKeith Stanfield, Damien Chazelle, Yann Demange, Taylor Sheridan, Bel Powley, Sterling K.

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