What to Stream: Brad Pitt, ‘Spinal Tap II,’ Percy Jackson and lots of Taylor Swift
A six-episode, behind-the-scenes Disney+ docuseries about Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour and Rian Johnson’s third “Knives Out” movie, “Wake Up Dead Man,” are some of the new television, films and music headed to a device near you.
Also among the streaming offerings worth your time this week, as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists : Chip and Joanna Gaines take on a big job revamping a small home in the mountains of Colorado, video gamers can skateboard through hell in Sam Eng’s Skate Story and Rob Reiner gets the band back together for “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues.”
Rian Johnson’s third “Knives Out” movie, “Wake Up Dead Man,” arrives on Netflix on Friday. Religion is at the heart of this installment, which finds Daniel Craig’s dapper detective Benoit Blanc trying to solve the “locked room” murder of Josh Brolin’s Monsignor Jefferson Wicks, a charismatic and terrifying church leader with a devoted set of followers.
Brad Pitt plays a washed-up driver looking for glory on the racetrack in the Formula One movie “F1,” streaming on Apple TV Friday, Dec. 12. Filmmaker Joseph Kosinski wanted to make it feel as authentic as possible: In many scenes, it really is Pitt and Damson Idris driving those cars at 180 mph.
Rob Reiner got the band back together for “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues,” which begins streaming on HBO Max on Friday.
Prepare yourself for two new projects at Disney+. There’s a six-episode, behind-the-scenes docuseries about her landmark “Eras Tour” titled “Taylor Swift ‘The Eras Tour’ The End of an Era” — the first two episodes will premiere Friday. Not to be confused with the second project, titled “Taylor Swift ‘The Eras Tour’ The Final Show,” a concert film now with the inclusion of “The Tortured Poets Department” section.
It’s been a big year for collaborative rap records and that continues into 2025’s 11th hour with “Light-Years,” a new release from rapper Nas and record producer DJ Premier. They’re greats for a reason.
Percy Jackson, the son of Poseidon, returns to TV Wednesday with Season 2 of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.” The series, starring Walker Scobell in the title role, adapts “The Sea of Monsters,” the second novel in a book series by Rick Riordan. A two-hour season premiere will stream on Disney+ and Hulu.
He helped to launch “American Idol” and created “America’s Got Talent” and the group One Direction. Now, cameras follow Simon Cowell as he seeks to form a new boy band in “Simon Cowell: The Next Act.”
