Brand New Titles on Rakuten TV This November – Seth Rogen’s Self-Produced American Pickle, Stage Mother and more

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With the nights drawing in it’s time to cosy up with a brand new range of titles – there something for everyone to watch, from thrillers including Black Water Abyss, Death of Me, Unhinged and Peninsula, to comedies and drama Stage Mother, Dream BuildersAn American Pickle and ReaI, to the start of the festive season with A Christmas Gift From Bob. The highly anticipated, live-action adaptation Mulan will also be available to own on Rakuten TV at a discounted price.  As well as this, November bringing exciting new releases to Rakuten TV’s Starzplay section including gangster drama Godfather of Harlem and on Rakuten TV’s FREE section comes Arthur & Merlin: Knights of Camelot. 

 

New to rent or buy on Rakuten TV are terrifying titles that will have film fans hearts racing. Death Of Me starring Maggie Q and Luke Hemsworth sees a couple’s dream vacation turn nightmarish as they become typhooned on an island and mixed up in a chilling and horrifying game. Unhinged starring Russel Crowe slowly unravels into a dark and twisted tale, when a road rage incident turns into a vicious and relentless hunt for revenge. Peninsula, the sequel to smash-hit South Korean zombie film Train To Busan is set to terrify audiences as they are reintroduced to South Korea four years after the initial zombie virus outbreak.

 

There is also a selection of easy viewing feel-good content available on the platform; 

 

An American Pickle starring Seth Rogen. The comedy actor will undoubtedly have audiences laughing in this clever tale of zany time travel, which provides a fish-out-of-water comedy alongside astute insights into every day American life. Heart-warming tale, Stage Mother, starring Lucy Liu, Jacki Weaver and Adrian Grenier, tells the up-lifting  and emotional story of a Christian choir director, who takes on the failing drag club of her late son.

 

Dream Builders is the animated, colourful adventure story perfect for kids to cosy up to this Autumn. And whilst younger audiences can enjoy watching the fantastical world of dreams, Real is the heart-wrenching romantic drama, telling the complicated love story of two every day people with every day problems, that parents can enjoy.  Fans who enjoyed A Street Cat Named Bob, then the brilliant sequel A Christmas Gift From Bob is finally here and ready to get audiences in the festive spirit.

 

Audiences will be also given the opportunity to own Disney’s visually stunning live action remake of Mulan starring Yifei Liu, Donnie Yen and Li Gong at a reduced price. With stunning energy, magical storytelling and beautifully composed action sequences, this triumphant remake is perfect for all the family.

 

Joining Starzplay is the debut season of the breakout hit Godfather of Harlem, a series led by Forest Whitaker. Inspired by infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson (Whitaker) in 1960s New York, the story tells of Bumpy’s struggle to regain control of the streets after eleven years in prison. Action packed and entertaining, and completely bingeable viewing.

 

Rakuten TV’s ad supported FREE channel also has a selection of new to the platform titles joining this in November, including historical drama Arthur & Merlin: Knights of Camelot and the modern classic sci-fi horror Cloverfield, alongside Air Bud, The Last Kiss, Moonwalkers, The Love Punch, The Man Who Skied Down Everest, Open Windows, Watching the Detectives, and Girl Most Likely.

 

Watch these titles and more on Rakuten TV this November

NOVEMBER 2020: NEW RELEASES

2nd November

Black Water Abyss

Starring: Jessica McNamee, Luke Mitchell, Amali Golden

Five friends exploring a remote cave system in Northern Australia find themselves threatened by a hungry crocodile.

6th November

A Christmas Gift from Bob

Starring: Luke Treadaway, Joanne Froggatt, Ruta Gedmintas

Sequel to ‘A Street Cat Named Bob’ and based on the book ‘How A Street Cat Helped One Man Learn The Meaning of Christmas’/ In this new story of their journey together, James looks back at the last Christmas they spent scraping a living on the streets and how Bob helped him through one of his toughest times.

9th November

Real

Starring: Amy Manson, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Amanda Lawrence

The love between two people who work hard to keep their romance on track while struggling to manage personal hardship.

11th November

Mulan

Starring: Yifei Liu, Donnie Yen, Li Gong
Revamp of Disney classic. A young Chinese maiden disguises herself as a male warrior in order to save her father.

16th November

Dream Builders

Starring: Robyn Dempsey, Emma Jenkins, Luke Griffin

It centers on Minna, a young girl who misuses her newfound ability to create and control other people’s dreams to teach her bothersome stepsister a lesson.

16th November

Stage Mother

Starring: Jacki Weaver, Lucy Liu, Adrian Grenier

A conservative church choir director inherits her late son’s San Francisco drag club.

23rd November

Death Of Me

Starring: Maggie Q, Luke Hemsworth, Alex Essoe

A vacationing couple must discover the mystery behind a strange video that shows one of them killing the other.

23rd November

Unhinged – – 4K HDR

Starring: Russell Crowe, Caren Pistorius, Gabriel Bateman

After a confrontation with an unstable man at an intersection, a woman becomes the target of his rage.

30th November

American Pickle – 4K HDR

Starring: Seth Rogen, Sarah Snook, Molly Evensen

An immigrant worker at a pickle factory is accidentally preserved for 100 years and wakes up in modern-day Brooklyn.

30th November

Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula

Starring: Dong-Won Gang, Jung-hyun Lee, Re Lee

Sequel to the 2016 South Korean zombie film Train to Busan (2016).

STARZPLAY

Godfather of Harlem S1

Starring: Sarah Megan Thomas, Stana Katic, Radhika Apte

In the early 1960s, infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson returns from 10 years in prison to find the neighbourhood he once ruled in shambles; with the streets controlled by the Italian mob, Bumpy must take on the Genovese crime family to regain control.

AVOD

Arthur & Merlin: Knights of Camelot

Starring: Richard Brake, Richard Short, Jennifer Matter

Follows King Arthur and his people race home to prevent Mordred from taking over Camelot.

Cloverfield

Starring: Mike Vogel, Jessica Lucas, Lizzy Caplan

A group of friends venture deep into the streets of New York on a rescue mission during a rampaging monster attack.