Taylor Swift's highly anticipated 12th studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” and Matthew McConaughey playing the real-life bus driver who saved elementary school students during California's deadliest wildfire are some of the new television, films and music headed to a device near you.

n Matthew McConaughey plays the real bus driver who drove 22 elementary school students to safety during 2018's Camp Fire that engulfed Paradise, California, in the new film “The Lost Bus,” streaming Friday, Oct. 3, on Apple TV+. America Ferrera co-stars as the teacher who went along for the ride, expecting it to be a straightforward drop off at a nearby school.

n Cillian Murphy is the headmaster of a reform school in “Steve,” a taut drama about mental health and a broken education system. The film, which hits Netflix on Friday, Oct. 3, is based on Max Porter’s novella “Shy.”

n The new documentary “Prime Minister,” streaming on HBO Max on Tuesday, chronicles the five-year tenure of former New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern. Just 37 when she took over, and only the second elected world leader to give birth while holding office, Ardern was praised around the world for her handling of the nation’s worst mass shooting and the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic.

n Taylor Swift returns with her highly anticipated 12th studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” out Friday, Oct. 3. Swift promised infectious melodies and vivid lyrics across “The Life of a Showgirl,” an album that will be much more “upbeat” than 2024’s “The Tortured Poets Department.”

n If cheery-sounding post-punk is an interest area, look no further than Nashville’s Snooper, a good-time group known for their ebullient live performances and penchant of paper mâché puppetry. Their latest release, “Worldwide,” arrives via Jack White’s Third Man Records on Friday, Oct. 3.

n The classic children's story “Charlotte's Web” by E.B. White is now an animated series for HBO Max. All three episodes drop Friday, Oct. 3.

n Charlie Hunnam also transforms himself for Netflix's true crime dramatization called “Monster: The Ed Gein Story.” Hunnam plays Gein, a convicted murderer and suspected serial killer from the 1950s. It debuts Friday, Oct. 3.

n The second season of the biblical drama “House of David” premieres Sunday, Oct. 5. Available with a Wonder Project subscription on Prime Video, the show details the rise of David, a biblical figure who became the most celebrated king of Israel.