Amanda Seyfried plays Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes in a series that pulls no punches.
Following Inventing Anna, and beginning ahead of WeCrashed, television’s year of the scammer continues on Hulu with The Dropout. The Dropout tells the story of the rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes, the titular Stanford dropout who went on to found the now-defunct company Theranos—which at one point promised to change the world of healthcare and blood testing, and eventually found its founder convicted of fraud.
Unlike the mishandled Inventing Anna, however, The Dropout actually holds its subjects’ feet to the fire. Rather than awkwardly framing Holmes (along with her partner Sunny Balwani) as fighting some sort of noble fight, it frames her as what she was: a liar. An ambitious liar, sure, but nonetheless a liar whose fabrications not only cost people money, but wound up hurting people, too.
Amanda Seyfried, who last year picked up an Academy Award nomination for her work in David Fincher’s Mank, will likely find herself in Emmy conversations this time around for her work playing Holmes. From her work in Mean Girls and Mamma Mia to Jennifer’s Body and Twin Peaks, Seyfried has always shown an immense talent for fully transforming into character—and adding a layer of depth and a degree of complexity to a character seen frequently in the media is her latest achievement in the craft.
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The only other series regular in The Dropout is Naveen Andrews (Lost) who plays Balwani, but the showalso features an impressive array of guest stars, including Laurie Metcalf, Alan Ruck, Sam Waterston, William H. Macy, and Dylan Minnette. And it makes sense for it to be that way—this is the story of Holmes, with Balwani somewhat along with her for the ride. So, it makes sense that they’re the only ones we’re seeing with any regularity.
All eight episodes of The Dropout are now on Hulu.
Netflix is about to rain April showers of streaming content on you! Check out the movies and TV shows being added, including fan favorites like New York Minute and Selling Sunset.
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No April Fool’s, just April jewels from Netflix.
Has spring got you feeling flirty? A few classic rom-coms will be added starting April 1 including Love Actually, A Cinderella Story and Monster-in-Law.
And for those who are still knee-deep into some of Netflix’s can’t-miss true crime documentaries (i.e.: Bad Vegan, The Tindler Swindler), no need to put away your trusty spy gadgets just yet. With films like The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes, which follows an investigative journalist’s reexamination of the late star’s death, there’s no shortage of questions that have yet to be answered.
Reality TV fans, meanwhile, (especially viewers of real estate shows with a heaping side of drama) have season five of Selling Sunset to look forward to on April 22.
April 1
Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood Battle: Freestyle The Bubble Captain Nova Celeb Five: Behind the Curtain Forever Out of My League Get Organized with The Home Edit: Season 2 The Last Bus Tomorrow Trivia Quest
Cinderella Story Abby Hatcher: Season 2 Any Given Sunday Argo Blade Blade II Blade: Trinity The Blind Side Blow Bonnie and Clyde (1967) Catch and Release CoComelon: Season 5 Delta Farce Eagle Eye Four Brothers Full Metal Jacket Grown Ups Heartland: Season 14 Her How to Train Your Dragon Inception Love Actually Molly’s Game Monster-in-Law New York Minute The Nut Job Polly Pocket: Season 4: Part 1: Summer of Fun Puss in Boots The Rental The Ring Rumor Has It… Saving Private Ryan Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Shrek Forever After Something’s Gotta Give We The Animals
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April 4
Better Call Saul: Season 5
April 5
Ronny Chieng: Speakeasy
April 6
Furioza Green Mothers’ Club Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story Michela Giraud: the Truth, I Swear! The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On
April 7
Queen of the South: Season 5 Return to Space Senzo: Murder of a Soccer Star
April 8
Barbie It Takes Two: Season 1 Dancing on Glass Dirty Lines Elite: Season 5 Green Eggs and Ham: Season 2 Metal Lords Tiger & Bunny 2 Yaksha: Ruthless Operations
April 9
My Liberation Notes Our Blues
April 10
The Call Nightcrawler
April 12
Hard Cell The Creature Cases
April 13
Almost Happy: Season 2 Our Great National Parks Smother-in-Law Today We Fix the World
April 14
Ultraman: Season 2
April 15
Anatomy of a Scandal Choose or Die Heirs to the Land Mai One Piece Film Z Strawberry Shortcake Berry in the Big City: Season 1
April 16
LEGO Friends: Girls on a Mission Man of God Ouija: Origin of Evil Van Helsing: Season 5
April 19
Battle Kitty Pacific Rim: The Black: Season 2 White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch
April 20
The Marked Heart Russian Doll: Season 2 The Turning Point Yakamoz S-245
April 21
All About Gila He’s Expecting
April 22
Along for the Ride Heartstopper Selling Sunset: Season 5 The Seven Lives of Lea
April 25
Big Eyes
April 26
David Spade: Nothing Personal
April 27
Bullsh*t The Game Show The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes Silverton Siege
April 28
Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles Bubble
April 29
Grace and Frankie: Season 7-The Final Episodes Honeymoon with My Mother Ozark: Season 4 Part 2 Rumspringa YOUTH v GOV
Netflix has another relatively light lineup of new releases in March, though it will feature the return of one of its most popular series.
That would be Season 2 of “Bridgerton” (March 25), the steamy Shondaland romantic drama set in Regency-era England. Netflix says Season 1 was its most-watched English-language series ever in its first 28 days, and Season 2 looks to be just as big a hit. The new season will focus on a different coupling, and while Season 1’s breakout star Regé-Jean Page is not returning, viewers can expect plenty of familiar Bridgerton faces, such as Daphne (Phoebe Dynevor), Anthony (Jonathan Bailey) and Eloise (Claudia Jessie), as well as Penelope Featherton (Nicola Coughlan), and Simone Ashley (“Sex Education”) will join the cast as Kate Sharma, a potential suitor for Anthony.
Netflix also has “Human Resources” (March 18), an animated spinoff of “Big Mouth” featuring the voices of Nick Kroll, Aidy Bryant and Randall Park, among others; Season 4 of the hit behind-the-scenes racing series “Formula 1: Drive to Survive” (March 11); the fifth and final season of the bloody Medieval drama “The Last Kingdom” (March 9); “The Adam Project” (March 11), a time-traveling action movie starring Ryan Reynolds and Jennifer Garner; the Leighton Meester Croatian-vacation thriller “The Weekend Away” (March 3); Ryan Murphy’s six-part documentary “The Andy Warhol Diaries” (March 9), which uses AI to creepily recreate Warhol’s voice to narrate; and the docuseries “Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives” (March 16), about a celebrity restaurateur who embezzles millions with her new boyfriend and goes on the run.
There are also a number of new movies being added, including “My Best Friend’s Wedding,” “Shrek,” “Starship Troopers.” “Sorry to Bother You” (all March 1), “Dunkirk” (March 12) and “Blade Runner 2049” (March 26).
Here’s the complete list of what’s coming as of Feb. 23 (release dates are subject to change):
What’s coming in March 2020
Date TBA 800 Meters — Netflix Documentary
Tomorrow — Netflix Series
March 1 The Guardians of Justice — Netflix Series
Worst Roommate Ever — Netflix Documentary
21
21 Bridges
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Battleship
Christine
Coach Carter
Due Date
Freddy vs. Jason
Gattaca
The Gift
The Green Mile
My Best Friend’s Wedding
Public Enemies
Redemption
The Replacements
Richie Rich
The Shawshank Redemption
Shooter
Shrek
Shrek 2
Sorry to Bother You
Starship Troopers
Texas Chainsaw 3D
Top Gun
V for Vendetta
Where the Wild Things Are
Zoolander
March 2 Against The Ice — Netflix Film
The Pirates: The Last Royal Treasure — Netflix Film
Savage Rhythm — Netflix Series
March 3 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Season 2 — Netflix Family
Midnight at the Pera Palace — Netflix Series
The Parisian Agency: Exclusive Properties: Season 2 — Netflix Series
Power Rangers Dino Fury: Season 2 — Netflix Family
Surviving Paradise: A Family Tale — Netflix Documentary
The Weekend Away — Netflix Film
Whindersson Nunes: My Own Show! — Netflix Comedy
March 4 The Invisible Thread — Netflix Film
Lies and Deceit — Netflix Series
Making Fun — Netflix Series
Meskina — Netflix Film
Pieces of Her — Netflix Series
March 5 Beirut
March 7 Good Girls: Season 4
March 8 An Astrological Guide for Broken Hearts: Season 2 — Netflix Series
Autumn Girl — Netflix Film
Chip and Potato: Season 3 — Netflix Family
Last One Standing — Netflix Series
Taylor Tomlinson: Look At You — Netflix Comedy
March 9 The Andy Warhol Diaries — Netflix Documentary
The Bombardment — Netflix Film
Byron Baes — Netflix Series
Queer Eye Germany — Netflix Series
The Last Kingdom: Season 5 — Netflix Series
March 10 DC’s Legends of Tomorrow: Season 7
Karma’s World: Season 2 — Netflix Family
Kotaro Lives Alone — Netflix Anime
Love, Life & Everything in Between — Netflix Series
March 11 Formula 1: Drive to Survive: Season 4 — Netflix Series
Life After Death with Tyler Henry — Netflix Series
Once Upon a Time… Happily Never After — Netflix Series
The Adam Project — Netflix Film
March 12 Dunkirk
March 13 London Has Fallen
March 15 Adam by Eve: A live in Animation — Netflix Anime
Catherine Cohen: The Twist…? She’s Gorgeous. — Netflix Comedy
Marilyn’s Eyes — Netflix Film
One Piece Film: Strong World
Team Zenko Go — Netflix Family
March 16 Pedal to Metal — Netflix Series
Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives — Netflix Documentary
Hei$t: The Great Robbery of Brazil’s Central Bank — Netflix Documentary
A Walk Among the Tombstones
March 17 Lee Daniels’ The Butler
Rescued by Ruby — Netflix Film
Soil — Netflix Series
March 18 Alessandro Cattelan: One Simple Question — Netflix Series
Animal: Season 2 — Netflix Documentary
Black Crab — Netflix Film
Cracow Monsters — Netflix Series
Eternally Confused and Eager for Love — Netflix Series
Human Resources — Netflix Series
Is It Cake? — Netflix Series
Light the Night: Part 3 — Netflix Series
Standing Up — Netflix Series
Top Boy: Season 2 — Netflix Series
Windfall — Netflix Film
Without Saying Goodbye — Netflix Film
Young, Famous & African — Netflix Series
March 21 Call the Midwife: Series 10
In Good Hands — Netflix Film
March 22 Jeff Foxworthy: The Good Old Days — Netflix Comedy
The Principles of Pleasure — Netflix Documentary
March 24 Love Like the Falling Petals — Netflix Film
March 25 Bridgerton: Season 2 — Netflix Series
Transformers: BotBots — Netflix Family
March 26 Blade Runner 2049
King of Thieves
March 28 The Imitation Game
March 29 Thermae Romae Novae — Netflix Anime
Mighty Express: Season 6 — Netflix Family
Mike Epps: Indiana Mike — Netflix Comedy
March 30 All Hail — Netflix Film
Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King — Netflix Documentary
