{"id":495327,"date":"2021-06-02T14:55:08","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T12:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=495327"},"modified":"2021-06-02T14:55:08","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T12:55:08","slug":"whats-new-on-showmax-in-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/industry-news\/495327\/whats-new-on-showmax-in-june\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s new on Showmax in June"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Drop everything &#8211; it\u2019s the one you\u2019ve been waiting for!<\/p>\n<p>Friends: The Reunion is streaming on Showmax.<\/p>\n<p>Want more content everyone is talking about?<\/p>\n<p>Kate Winslet\u2019s Mare of Easttown, the fifth season of Rick and Morty and the final season of Showmax favourite Younger are all coming in June.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, settle in for a super binge straight from the DC universe.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.showmax.com\/eng\/welcome?utm_source=Article&amp;utm_campaign=BusinessTech_June2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Subscribe to Showmax from R39 per month to watch it all this month.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">International series<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Friends: The Reunion<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-vSUJa66wOw\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ladies and gentlemen, can we have an OMG? (And all the tissues!)<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s Friends: The Reunion! Also known as &#8220;The One Where They Get Back Together&#8221;, the two-hour TV special is coming to Showmax, fresh from the US!<\/p>\n<p>The special will premiere on\u202fM-Net exclusive to DStv on\u202fSunday, 30 May at 20:00 and will be available on Showmax from Monday, 31 May 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Friends stars Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer, along with some special guests, return to the iconic comedy\u2019s original soundstage, Stage 24, on the Warner Bros. Studio lot in Burbank for a real-life unscripted celebration of the beloved show. Stream from 31 May.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.showmax.com\/eng\/tvseries\/1sx2qcgf-mare-of-easttown?utm_source=Article&amp;utm_campaign=BusinessTech_June2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mare of Easttown<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xu79-eqb7ew\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>HBO\u2019s latest drama Mare of Easttown stars Oscar winner Kate Winslet as small-town detective Mare Sheehan, who must investigate a murder while trying &#8211; and failing &#8211; to keep her life from falling apart.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWinslet is utterly mesmeric, shorn of any glamour,\u201d says the Times (UK), while Time calls the show, \u201cpoignant, richly observed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The series has a 92% critics\u2019 rating on Rotten Tomatoes. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.showmax.com\/eng\/tvseries\/1sx2qcgf-mare-of-easttown?utm_source=Article&amp;utm_campaign=BusinessTech_June2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Binge from 1 June.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.showmax.com\/eng\/tvseries\/av2y62wv-rick-and-morty?utm_source=Article&amp;utm_campaign=BusinessTech_June2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rick and Morty S5<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iyvZQGJ4ybc\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Rick and Morty Season 5 is here, and Rick Sanchez is back!<\/p>\n<p>The sociopathic genius scientist lives with his daughter Beth\u2019s family, constantly bringing her, his son-in-law Jerry, granddaughter Summer, and timid grandson Morty on insanely dangerous adventures across the multiverse.<\/p>\n<p>Rick and Morty won its second Emmy in three years in 2020 and is the second highest-rated animated series of all time on IMDb, behind only <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.showmax.com\/eng\/tvseries\/ujcdcxst-avatar-the-last-airbender?utm_source=Article&amp;utm_campaign=BusinessTech_June2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Avatar: The Last Airbender<\/a><\/strong> (also on Showmax).<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s one of the most-binged series on Showmax, with all previous seasons available to stream.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.showmax.com\/eng\/tvseries\/av2y62wv-rick-and-morty?utm_source=Article&amp;utm_campaign=BusinessTech_June2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New episodes weekly from 21 June, coming first to Showmax.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.showmax.com\/eng\/tvseries\/dtjy5wii-younger?utm_source=Article&amp;utm_campaign=BusinessTech_June2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Younger S7<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uWJjI4e_zNI\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For six seasons, Younger has kept fans guessing: will Liza choose Charles or Josh?<\/p>\n<p>Now, in Season 7, she\u2019s going to have to decide once and for all, because, not only has Charles proposed, but it\u2019s the final season\u2026 (Although, advance warning, the trailer suggests there\u2019s a third option: surf legend Kai Manning).<\/p>\n<p>Younger has a 99% critics\u2019 rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with The New York Times hailing it in April 2021 as \u201cescapism at its fantastical best.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.showmax.com\/eng\/tvseries\/dtjy5wii-younger?utm_source=Article&amp;utm_campaign=BusinessTech_June2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Binge the whole season first on Showmax from 11 June 2021. In the meantime, binge S1-6.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.showmax.com\/eng\/tvseries\/otf5lbxp-the-walking-dead?utm_source=Article&amp;utm_campaign=BusinessTech_June2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Walking Dead S10<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Xf3-F7AcXDc\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Based on Robert Kirkman\u2019s hit comics, The Walking Dead is the definitive zombie show, having won 78 awards globally, including Emmy, People\u2019s Choice and Critics Choice awards.<\/p>\n<p>The final six episodes &#8211; delayed by the pandemic &#8211; will finally hit our screens on 4 June.<\/p>\n<p>Season 10 has an 83% critics\u2019 rating on Rotten Tomatoes, where the consensus is: \u201cA few changes in front of and behind the camera allow The Walking Dead to create space for compelling new stories and some seriously scary new adversaries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.showmax.com\/eng\/tvseries\/otf5lbxp-the-walking-dead?utm_source=Article&amp;utm_campaign=BusinessTech_June2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch the final episodes, plus all the back seasons, first on Showmax from 4 June.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.showmax.com\/eng\/tvseries\/pckq514z-betty?utm_source=Article&amp;utm_campaign=BusinessTech_June2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Betty S2<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/caQ0026jF_8\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>HBO comedy Betty follows a diverse group of young women navigating their lives through New York\u2019s predominantly male-orientated skateboarding scene.<\/p>\n<p>The comedy stars Dede Lovelace, Moonbear, Nina Moran, Ajani Russell, and Rachelle Vinberg.<\/p>\n<p>Betty has a 97% critics\u2019 rating on Rotten Tomatoes, where Season 1 was the fourth best-reviewed young adult series of 2020.<\/p>\n<p>As the critics consensus there puts it: \u201cEarnest, audacious, and effortlessly cool, Betty captures the spirit of skating and friendship with style.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.showmax.com\/eng\/tvseries\/pckq514z-betty?utm_source=Article&amp;utm_campaign=BusinessTech_June2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New episodes on Mondays from 14 June.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.showmax.com\/eng\/tvseries\/qj6wplv7-into-the-dark?utm_source=Article&amp;utm_campaign=BusinessTech_June2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Into the Dark S2<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Op7FjyRnHKY\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In this horror anthology from Oscar-nominated producer Jason Blum (Us, Get Out), each episode is inspired by a holiday, from Halloween to Thanksgiving, Christmas to New Year\u2019s Eve.<\/p>\n<p>Look out for the likes of Judy Greer (Ant-man), Dermot Mulroney (August: Osage County), and Harvey Guill\u00e9n (Guillermo in What We Do In The Shadows).<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.showmax.com\/eng\/tvseries\/qj6wplv7-into-the-dark?utm_source=Article&amp;utm_campaign=BusinessTech_June2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Binge from 1 June.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.showmax.com\/eng\/tvseries\/2uni26pm-charmed?utm_source=Article&amp;utm_campaign=BusinessTech_June2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Charmed S3<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uRO3Rmz-lDI\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This teen favourite reboot of the popular original series follows three sisters: Macy, Mel and Maggie.<\/p>\n<p>Following the death of their mother, they discover they are a powerful trio of good witches known as the Charmed Ones.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.showmax.com\/eng\/tvseries\/2uni26pm-charmed?utm_source=Article&amp;utm_campaign=BusinessTech_June2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch S1-2 and episodes 1-10 of S2 now, and episodes 11-14 from 28 June.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">International movies<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">The Outpost<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pYW7oxbcCRs\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Outpost is Rotten Tomatoes\u2019 second-best-reviewed Action and Adventure film of 2020, with a 93% critics\u2019 rating.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s based on a true story and, as the critics\u2019 consensus says, \u201cTold with gripping realism, The Outpost is a thrilling technical feat and a worthy tribute to military heroes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As members of a small team of American soldiers outnumbered by the Taliban in Afghanistan, Orlando Bloom and Clint Eastwood\u2019s son, Scott Eastwood, co-star with Caleb Landry Jones (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri). From 21 June.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Richard Jewell<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sVc2mQNAwM4\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>AFI\u2019s Movie of the Year for 2020, Richard Jewell is the true story of the security guard who was hailed as a hero after finding the device at the 1996 Atlanta bombing, but then became the FBI\u2019s number one suspect, vilified by press and public alike, his life ripped apart.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Walter Hauser plays Jewell, while Kathy Bates was nominated for an Oscar and Golden Globe as his mother.<\/p>\n<p>Jon Hamm and Olivia Wilde co-star. Directed by Clint Eastwood, Richard Jewell was hailed as \u201cunforgettable\u201d by The Observer. From 3 June, first on Showmax.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">The DC Universe Collection<\/h3>\n<p>Superhero fans, rejoice!<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Nolan\u2019s brilliant Dark Knight Trilogy is coming to Showmax.<\/p>\n<p>Stream all three movies, along with Man of Steel, Green Lantern, Shazam!, Birds of Prey and Aquaman, for a DC Universe mega binge. From 10 June.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">The High Note<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cy8lUfePOZs\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>2020 music drama The High Note sees a superstar singer and her overworked personal assistant presented with a choice that could alter the course of their respective careers.<\/p>\n<p>It stars Dakota Johnson and Tracee Ellis Ross, who was nominated for a 2020 People\u2019s Choice Award and a Black Reel Award for her role as R&amp;B singer and mega-star Grace Davis.<\/p>\n<p>FilmWeek calls it, \u201can enchanting and escapist summer movie \u2026 with so much love of music in its soul.\u201d From 17 June.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Also watch:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Groundbreaking award winner Brokeback Mountain, from 3 June.<\/li>\n<li>The Blind Side, the movie that got Sandra Bullock her Oscar, from 3 June.<\/li>\n<li>A killer ensemble cast in comedy What to Expect When You\u2019re Expecting, from 3 June.<\/li>\n<li>SA-filmed Blood Diamond, from 7 June.<\/li>\n<li>Oscar-nominated action classic Eraser from 7 June.<\/li>\n<li>Robert Downey Jr in both Sherlock Holmes movies from 21 June.<\/li>\n<li>Gravity, one of the most successful sci-fi films of all time, and winner of seven Oscars, from 24 June.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">South African<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Pearls of Wisdom<\/h3>\n<p>Nhlakanipho is a talented young girl with a big dream: to be an actress.<\/p>\n<p>The Johannesburg School of the Arts could be the key to her future.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s up to Nhlakanipho to come into her own as a young woman and as a performer if she\u2019s to succeed. Will she find her voice or lose it in the crowd?<\/p>\n<p>The film stars Amina Jack (Isibaya\u2019s Thokozani), SAFTA winner Linda Sokhulu (Still Breathing), International Emmy nominee Lerato Mvelase (Life), Makgofe Moagi (Skeem Saam) and Thabiso Ramotshela (The River). Stream from 14 June, first on Showmax.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Becoming S1<\/h3>\n<p>In the new local reality series Becoming, four participants grapple with what it means to be trans in South Africa today.<\/p>\n<p>Follow each of their stories as they unpack their past and the many challenges they have faced living in the wrong body, before sitting down with their respective families to tell them who they really are inside.<\/p>\n<p>Binge from 30 June 2021.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Documentary<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">The Day Sports Stood Still<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1bFrLrd5epE\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This HBO documentary film tells the story of the unprecedented sports shutdown in March 2020 and the events that followed.<\/p>\n<p>Emmy-winning director Antoine Fuqua (What\u2019s My Name: Muhammad Ali) chronicles the abrupt stoppage due to Covid-19, how top athletes made their voices heard in the cultural and political reckoning on racial injustice in America, and the complex return to competition as the sports world tries to find its new normal. \u200c<\/p>\n<p>Stream from 1 June, first on Showmax.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Our Towns<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eRKVYLPw7wc\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Amidst the turbulence and division of recent years in America\u2019s history, HBO\u2019s Our Towns finds a different story: the tale of eight towns across the US where communities are experiencing positive change.<\/p>\n<p>It has an 88% critics\u2019 rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with the Washington Post saying, \u201cAs an exercise in sincerity, fellowship and earnest inquiry, it might be the most subversive movie in circulation right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stream from 1 June.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.showmax.com\/eng\/welcome?utm_source=Article&amp;utm_campaign=BusinessTech_June2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Subscribe to Showmax from R39 per month.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drop everything &#8211; it\u2019s the one you\u2019ve been waiting for! 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