What to Stream: 'Wicked: For Good' soundtrack, Ted Danson, 'The Bad Guys 2' and Black cowboys

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Ted Danson’s “A Man connected the Inside” returning to Netflix for its 2nd play and Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo belting retired the “Wicked: For Good” soundtrack are immoderate of the caller television, films, euphony and games headed to a instrumentality adjacent you.

Also among the streaming offerings worthy your clip this week, arsenic selected by The Associated Press’ amusement journalists: Aerosmith teaming up with Yungblud connected a caller EP, “The Bad Guys 2” hitting Peacock and Jordan Peele looking astatine Black cowboys successful a caller documentary series.

— “Train Dreams,” (Friday, Nov. 21 connected Netflix), Clint Bentley’s adaptation of Denis Johnson’s acclaimed novella, stars Joel Edgerton arsenic Robert Grainier, a railroad idiosyncratic and logger successful the aboriginal 20th period Pacific Northwest. The film, scripted by Bentley and Greg Kwedar (the duo down past year’s “Sing Sing” ), conjures a frontier past to archer a communicative astir an anonymous laborer and the currents of alteration astir him.

— The DreamWorks Animation sequel “The Bad Guys 2” (Friday, Nov. 21 connected Peacock) returns the reformed transgression pack of animals for a caller heist caper. In the film, with a returning dependable formed including Sam Rockwell, Awkwafina, Craig Robinson, Anthony Ramos and Marc Maron, the Bad Guys brushwood a caller robbery team: the Bad Girls. In his review, AP’s Mark Kennedy lamented an over-amped sequel with a crippled that reaches into space: “It’s hard to ticker a franchise drift truthful expensively and pointlessly successful Earth’s orbit.”

— In “The Roses,” Jay Roach (“Meet the Parents’), from a publication by Tony McNamara (“Poor Things”), remakes Danny DeVito’s 1989 achromatic comedy, “The War of the Roses.” In this version, Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch prima arsenic a loving mates who crook bitter enemies. In his review, Kennedy called “The Roses” “an escalating hatefest that, by the clip a loaded weapon comes out, each the amusive has been sucked out.”

— AP Film Writer Jake Coyle

— Musical theatre fans, your clip has come… again. “Wicked: For Good” is upon us, and with it comes the merchandise of its authoritative soundtrack. On Friday, aft oregon earlier you drawback the movie successful theaters, watercourse its life-affirming compositions to your heart's content. Might we suggest Ariana Grande’s “The Girl successful the Bubble?” Or Cynthia Erivo’s “No Place Like Home?” And for the Jeff Goldblum and Jonathan Bailey lovers, yes, there’s golden to beryllium unearthed, too.

— Rock this way: Aerosmith is backmost with caller music. Following their 2023 “Greatest Hits” postulation and conscionable a fewer months aft the decision of their “Peace Out: The Farewell Tour” (the set said it would nary longer deed the roadworthy owed to vocalist Steven Tyler’s dependable becoming permanently damaged by a vocal cord wounded ) they’re teaming up with adjacent gen stone ‘n’ roller Yungblud. It’s a collaborative EP called “One More Time,” retired Friday. The anthemic opening track, “My Only Angel” sets the tone. What’s different 1 for the road?

— AP Music Writer Maria Sherman

— Raise your manus if you inactive miss “Succession” Sundays connected HBO. An acclaimed Swedish play called “Vanguard” debuts Tuesday connected Viaplay that's of the aforesaid vein. It's a dramatization astir Jan Stenbeck, 1 of Europe’s astir influential media moguls. There's ambition, betrayal and yes, sibling rivalry.

— Ted Danson's “A Man connected the Inside” returns to Netflix for its 2nd play connected Thursday. Danson plays a widower named Charles who has recovered a caller consciousness of intent arsenic an amateur backstage detective. In Season One, Charles moved into a status location to drawback his culprit. In Season Two, helium goes backmost to assemblage to lick a case. Danson's real-life wife, Mary Steenburgen, joins the formed arsenic Charles' emotion involvement arsenic helium explores the thought of a 2nd accidental astatine romance.

— Keeley Hawes and Freddie Highmore co-star successful “The Assassin” for AMC+. Hawes (“Bodyguard”) plays a retired assassin surviving successful solitude connected a Greek land whose peaceful beingness is turned upside down erstwhile her estranged lad (Highmoore) comes to visit. When the 2 find themselves successful information they indispensable enactment unneurotic to enactment alive. It premieres Thursday.

— Jordan Peele has a caller documentary bid called “High Horse: The Black Cowboy” coming to Peacock connected Thursday. The three-part bid examines however stories of Black cowboys person been erased from some popular civilization and past books.

— If you bought Mario Kart World erstwhile Nintendo launched the Switch 2 backmost successful June, you whitethorn beryllium wondering: Do I truly request different racing game? Kirby Air Riders comes from decorator Masahiro Sakurai, the mastermind down Super Smash Bros., truthful it adds that franchise’s chaotic combat to the mix. Each of the competitors has antithetic weapons and each of the vehicles has antithetic benefits and drawbacks. And everyone tin usage Kirby’s signature “inhale” technique, which lets you sorb an opponent’s skills by, well, swallowing them. So if you similar your racing weird, get your centrifugal moving Thursday.

— Lou Kesten

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