Prime Video releases new trailer for its Cruel Intentions TV remake and first images for The Rig season 2, but I'm not thrilled by either of them

Amazon has releases first looks astatine 2 very different TV Originals that'll debut connected Prime Video soon – but I don't deliberation I'll watch either of them.

"Why not?", I perceive you ask. Well, yesterday's (October 24) trailer uncover for Prime Video's TV remake of 1999 steamy teen play movie Cruel Intentions did small to person maine that it'll beryllium immoderate amended than its movie namesake. Okay, its stylish and modern artistic are judge to entreaty to anyone who hasn't seen nan original movie. With 8 episodes to research its darkly comedic, dramatic, and seductive narrative, positive its morally analyzable characters, successful much detail, Amazon's Cruel Intentions remake whitethorn moreover astonishment maine and go a large deed for 1 of nan world's best streaming services.

Still, thing jumps retired to maine from Cruel Intentions' first trailer, which you tin watch below, that suggests it'll do immoderate of that. Heck, if Amazon's 2021 TV adjustment of different cult classical 1990s young big movie successful I Know What You Did Last Summer is thing to spell by – it was a monolithic flop, for those wondering – nan chances are that Cruel Intentions will, well, suffer a likewise sadistic fate.

Anyway, if you're intrigued by what's connected show successful nan supra teaser, you'll beryllium pleased to perceive that Cruel Intentions will beryllium released connected November 21. Here's nan series' charismatic communicative brief, too: "In this caller adaptation, Cruel Intentions follows nan elite students of Manchester College, a Washington, D.C.-adjacent university, wherever estimation intends everything, fraternities and sororities are nan golden standard, and 2 ruthless step-siblings, Caroline Merteuil (Sara Catherine Hook) and Lucien Belmont (Zac Burgess), will do thing to enactment connected apical of nan cutthroat societal hierarchy. 

"After a sadistic hazing incident threatens nan full Greek Life system, they’ll do immoderate is basal to sphere their powerfulness and estimation – moreover if that intends seducing Annie Grover (Savannah Lee Smith), nan girl of nan Vice President of nan United States. Hearts will beryllium broken, loyalties will beryllium tested, and secrets will beryllium revealed successful this modern-day royal tribunal that is Manchester College."

Drilling into nan bosom of The Rig's overarching mystery

As for nan 2nd announcement, Amazon MGM Studios has released a bunch of caller images for play 2 of its supernatural thriller bid The Rig. The show's adjacent installment, which comprises six episodes, will debut connected nan streaming level successful January 2025 – and, alongside its merchandise model and first-look images reveals, Amazon besides provided much accusation astir this season's plot.

"Helicopters person taken nan surviving unit of nan Kinloch Bravo to a caller concealed offshore installation called nan Stac, nestled heavy successful nan bonzer and deadly landscapes of nan Arctic Circle," an Amazon property merchandise reads. "Here, nan trapped unit must woody pinch nan affectional and beingness fallout of nan devastating tsunami that destroyed nan Bravo, and contend pinch swirling conspiracies, firm conflicts, and caller threats from nan acheronian depths of nan world’s ocean. 

"The 2nd series will proceed exploring world themes – weaving together nan past, present, and early of nan satellite while taking nan spectator to spectacular environments and drafting connected nan frontiers of cutting separator water exertion –including nan arguable world of heavy oversea mining."

Iain Glen, Emily Hampshire, Martin Compston, Rochenda Sandall, and Mark Addy will reprise their roles from The Rig's debut outing, while Alice Krige, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Ross Anderson, Phil McKee and Johannes Roaldsen Fürst subordinate nan formed for its sophomore season.

Amazon has a inclination to renew shows that execute highly good connected its superior streaming service, truthful I should beryllium much excited for The Rig's return, right? You'd deliberation that but, based connected its 67% critics and 44% assemblage Rotten Tomatoes ratings, The Rig isn't considered to beryllium 1 of nan best Prime Video shows around. Season 1 grounded to descend its hooks into maine aft I watched a mates of episodes, too, truthful I won't beryllium finishing its debut play aliases returning for information 2 erstwhile The Rig rises backmost to nan aboveground successful early 2025.

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