Here’s a look at everything that’s dropping on Hulu this week.
AVAILABLE JULY 24
FUTURAMA: SEASON 11 PREMIERE (HULU ORIGINAL)
After a brief ten-year hiatus, Futurama has crawled triumphantly from the cryogenic tube, its full original cast and satirical spirit intact. The ten all-new episodes of season eight have something for everyone. New viewers will be able to pick up the series from here, while long-time fans will recognize payoffs to decades-long mysteries – including developments in the epic love story of Fry and Leela, the mysterious contents of Nibbler’s litter box, the secret history evil robot Santa, and the whereabouts of Kif and Amy’s tadpoles. Meanwhile there’s a whole new pandemic in town as the crew explores the future of vaccines, bitcoin, cancel culture, and streaming TV.
Cast includes John DiMaggio, Katey Sagal, Billy West, Maurice LaMarche, Phil LaMarr, Tress MacNeille, Lauren Tom, and Dave Herman
Created by Matt Groening and developed by Groening and David X. Cohen. Executive Producers include Groening, Cohen, Ken Keller and Claudia Katz.
MY HAPPY ENDING (2023)
A famous actress goes incognito to seek treatment for a medical issue, and in a hospital waiting room she meets three remarkable women who help her face adversity with humor and camaraderie.
AVAILABLE JULY 26
THE HARDY BOYS: COMPLETE THIRD AND FINAL SEASON (HULU ORIGINAL)
When Frank (Rohan Campbell) and Joe Hardy (Alexander Elliot) receive mysterious posthumous instructions from their grandmother, they find themselves on the hunt for a third powerful relic — the same one their Great Grandfather was after. However, they aren’t the only ones looking it…so the race is on to stop a power from being unleashed on the world! Nothing is what it seems, as The Hardy Boys and their friends face their most dangerous and unpredictable case yet. The future is coming for our heroes, whether they’re ready or not.
Cast: Rohan Campbell (“Frank Hardy”), Alexander Elliot (“Joe Hardy”), Anthony Lemke (“Fenton Hardy”, Bea Santos “Aunt Trudy”), Keana Lyn (“Callie Shaw”), Adam Swain (“Chet Morton”), Cristian Perri (“Phil Cohen”), Riley O’Donnell (“Biff Hooper”), Alli Chung (“Jesse Hooper”), Krista Nazaire (“Belinda Conrad”), Bailee Madison (“Drew Darrow”), Atticus Mitchell (“J.B.Cox”), Joe Dinicol (“Agent Driscoll”)
Season three of “The Hardy Boys” is executive produced by Lambur Production’s Joan Lambur, Suzanne Wilson and Madeleine Lambur; Corus and Nelvana’s Doug Murphy, Pam Westman and Athena Georgaklis; co-showrunner and head writer Chris Pozzebon (“Blindspot,” “Schitt’s Creek”), and co-showrunner and head director Jason Stone (“Riverdale,” “The Hardy Boys”). Susan Alexander serves as production executive for Corus.
AVAILABLE JULY 27
THE KARDASHIANS: SEASON FINALE
The cameras return as Kris, Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, Kendall and Kylie invite viewers back into their lives as they navigate motherhood, coparenting, and building their own empires. Their bond will be tested and tensions arise, but as a family they will stand together through the storm.
THE CROODS: FAMILY TREE: COMPLETE SEASON 7 (HULU ORIGINAL)
The Croods and the Bettermans return with more misadventures on the farm as Grug’s over indulgence in Phil’s experimental hair growth formula has hair raising consequences, and Dawn wrestles with critiquing her mother’s beloved beetball recipe. But when Eep finds herself competing in an Alphafight (a tournament where animals fight to determine the dominant species) she must choose between making her kooky family proud or disrupting the balance of the croodimal kingdom forever!
Cast: Kiff VandenHeuvel as “Grug,” Amy Landecker as “Ugga,” Ally Dixon as “Eep,” AJ Locascio as “Thunk,” Artemis Pebdani as “Gran,” Dee Bradley Baker as “Sandy,” Darin Brooks as “Guy,” Matthew Waterson as “Phil,” Amy Rosoff as “Hope” and Abby Trott as “Dawn”
Mark Banker (“Go, Dog. Go!”; “The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants”) and Todd Grimes (“The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants”; “Star Wars: Detours”)
MOTHER UNDERCOVER: COMPLETE DOCUSERIES (HULU ORIGINAL)
The gripping new four-part docu-series, “Mother Undercover,” tells the tales of four courageous mothers on a mission to save or get justice for their children. Across four captivating episodes, audiences will witness the extraordinary lengths mothers will go to protect their children. In incidents of murder, international kidnapping, mass suicide and judicial corruption, these four mothers transform into undercover detectives, mounting covert operations and taking matters into their own hands. The series showcases the strength and resilience of these women who give new meaning to the saying “a mother’s love knows no bounds.”
IN VIAGGIO: THE TRAVELS OF POPE FRANCIS (2022)
“In Viaggio: The Travels of Pope Francis” is a decade-long chronicling of the head of the Catholic church, from Academy Award® nominated filmmaker Gianfranco Rosi (“Fire at Sea,” “Notturno”). In the first nine years of his pontificate, Pope Francis made trips to 53 countries, focusing on his most important issues: poverty, migration, environment, solidarity, and war.
SMOKING CAUSES COUGHING (2022)
A wildly inventive new comedy from Quentin Dupieux (“Mandibles,” “Rubber”), “Smoking Causes Coughing” follows the misadventures of a team of five superheroes known as the Tobacco Force – Benzene (Gilles Lellouche), Nicotine (Anaïs Demoustier), Methanol (Vincent Lacoste), Mercury (Jean-Pascal Zadi), and Ammonia (Oulaya Amamra). After a devastating battle against a diabolical giant turtle, the Tobacco Force is sent on a mandatory week-long retreat to strengthen their decaying group cohesion. Their sojourn goes wonderfully well until Lézardin, Emperor of Evil, decides to annihilate planet Earth.
AVAILABLE JULY 28
THIS FOOL: COMPLETE SEASON 2 (HULU ORIGINAL)
“This Fool” is an irreverent, cinematic half-hour comedy set in working class South Central Los Angeles. After Julio’s job and love life blew up at the end of last season, this season, new roommates Julio and Luis embark on finding new careers and romances with the help of Minister Payne, Chef Percy and other former Huggers.
Cast includes Chris Estrada (“Julio”), Frankie Quinones (“Luis”), Laura Patalano (“Esperanza”), Julia Vera (“Maria”), Michael Imperioli (“Minister Payne”), Michelle Ortiz (“Maggie”), and Ivana Rojas (“Ruby“).
“This Fool” is written and executive produced by Chris Estrada, Pat Bishop, Jake Weisman and Matt Ingebretson. Jonathan Groff and Fred Armisen also serve as executive producers on the series. The Hulu Original comedy series is produced by ABC Signature.
THE DONOR PARTY (2023)
Recently divorced Jaclyn desperately wants to become a mom – by any means necessary. She enlists her best friends to help pull off the ultimate sperm heist on unsuspecting “donors” during her friend’s intimate birthday party!
GOD’S COUNTRY (2022)
When a college professor in the remote mountains of the American West confronts two hunters she catches trespassing on her property, she’s drawn into an escalating battle of wills with catastrophic consequences. “God’s Country” is based on the short story “Winter Light” by James Lee Burke.
THE LAIR (2022)
When Royal Air Force pilot Lt. Kate Sinclair is shot down over Afghanistan, she finds refuge in an abandoned underground bunker where deadly man-made biological weapons – half human, half alien – are awakened.
AVAILABLE JULY 29
ASSASSIN (2023)
When revolutionary, experimental human drone tech falls into enemy hands, it’s up to the leader of an elite C.I.A. group (Bruce Willis) and his team to draft a black-ops soldier into service to retrieve the weapons system at any cost.
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