Streaming TV Shows and Movies To Look Forward to in April: Dead Boy Detectives, Fallout, Under the Bridge

If you ever feel like you’re the last to know about a new TV show or movie that’s streaming, our What to Stream articles are for you. We’ve gathered our picks of movies, series, and new TV show seasons premiering on various streaming platforms in April that you’ll definitely want to watch.

This month, prepare for next stage with The Big Door Prize, board the U.S.S. Discovery for one final mission on Star Trek: Discovery, or catch back up with Kora on Rebel Moon Part 2: The Scargiver.

Here are our picks for what to stream in April:

Loot Season 2 (Apple TV+) – April 3

Life post-divorce is turning out well for Molly. She’s doing great as the head of The Wells Foundation, and Nicholas is there to help her whenever she needs it. Loot Season 2 premieres with two episodes on April 3 on Apple TV+ with new episodes releasing weekly.

Season Description: Loot returns for season two a year after Molly Wells (Maya Rudolph) settles her very public divorce from tech billionaire John Novak (Adam Scott), and we find her thriving in her role as the head of her philanthropic organization, the Wells Foundation. Focused mainly on her charity work, Molly has sworn off any new relationships with men. Fabulously single but not particularly independent, Molly keeps her trusty assistant Nicholas (Joel Kim Booster) by her side. He diligently caters to her every whim … and occasionally feeds her a kale smoothie spiked with gin.

Sofia Salinas (Michaela Jaé Rodriguez), the no-nonsense executive director of the Wells Foundation, continues to run things with compassionate efficiency, but her all-business ethos is thrown for a loop when she meets Molly’s charismatic architect friend Isaac
(O-T Fagbenle). The bromance between Howard (Ron Funches) and Nicholas also continues to flourish as they support each other in their endeavors both inside and outside the workplace. Meanwhile, Arthur (Nat Faxon) has moved past his feelings for Molly and has adopted a new devil-may-care attitude on life, a change encapsulated by a very lame leather bracelet. The Wells Foundation team, including Rhonda (Meagen Fay) and Ainsley (Stephanie Styles), must pull together as co-workers and friends as Molly strives to publicly live up to her promise of giving away all of her vast fortune.

Ripley (Netflix) – April 4

Based on Patricia Highsmith’s bestselling novel, the series follows a grifter as he travels to Italy for a new job. Ripley premieres on April 4 on Netflix.

Limited Series Description: Tom Ripley, a grifter scraping by in early 1960s New York, is hired by a wealthy man to travel to Italy to try to convince his vagabond son to return home. Tom’s acceptance of the job is the first step into a complex life of deceit, fraud and murder. The limited series drama is based on Patricia Highsmith’s bestselling Tom Ripley novels.

Música (Prime Video) – April 4

Rudy’s life is turned upside down after a freak, frozen fish accident causes him to meet Isabella. She understands him and the music in his head better than anyone else. Música premieres on April 4 on Prime Video.

Film Description: Rudy Mancuso, a charismatic but directionless young street performer from Newark’s Ironbound neighborhood, has a unique view of the world. Thanks to a rare condition called synesthesia, he experiences everyday noises — from car horns to water droplets to doors slamming — as a series of complex rhythms. He struggles to keep the music in his head at bay, but it’s not so easily accomplished.

When he’s not taking classes to finish his college degree or staging puppet performances for commuters on the streets of the Ironbound’s close-knit Brazilian community, Rudy is trying to convince his girlfriend, Haley (Francesca Reale), that he will eventually figure things out. He lives with his mother, Maria (played by the actor’s real-life mother, Maria Mancuso), who wants her son to dump Haley and settle down with a nice Brazilian girl from the neighborhood. Rudy also gets advice on life and love from his best friend, Anwar (comedian J.B. Smoove), a food truck operator whose cultural identity morphs based on where his truck is parked on any given day.

Matters take a turn for the chaotic when Rudy is literally knocked out by a flying piece of frozen fish. The accident leads to an encounter with Isabella (Camila Mendes), a beautiful young Brazilian woman who works in the local fish market and who may understand Rudy in ways nobody else ever has. Caught in a love triangle, Rudy tries to balance his cultural heritage, the women in his life and the música inside his head.

Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 (Paramount+) – April 4

The U.S.S. Discovery is off on one final mission; this time, they’re searching for an ancient power. Star Trek: Discovery premieres with two episodes on April 4 on Paramount+ with new episodes releasing weekly.

Series Description: The fifth and final season of Star Trek: Discovery finds Captain Burnham and the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery uncovering a mystery that will send them on an epic adventure across the galaxy to find an ancient power whose very existence has been deliberately hidden for centuries. But there are others on the hunt as well … dangerous foes who are desperate to claim the prize for themselves and will stop at nothing to get it.

Fallout (Prime Video) – April 12

200 years after the apocalypse, humanity is forced to return to the planet their ancestors abandoned. They’re unprepared for what’s waiting for them on the ground. Fallout premieres with all episodes on April 12 on Prime Video.

Series Description: Based on one of the greatest video game series of all time, Fallout is the story of haves and have-nots in a world in which there’s almost nothing left to have. 200 years after the apocalypse, the gentle denizens of luxury fallout shelters are forced to return to the irradiated hellscape their ancestors left behind — and are shocked to discover an incredibly complex, gleefully weird and highly violent universe waiting for them.

Franklin (Apple TV+) – April 12

Come along with Ben Franklin as he journeys to France on a secret, diplomatic mission. Franklin premieres with three episodes on April 12 on Apple TV+ with new episodes releasing weekly.

Limited Series Description: In December 1776, Benjamin Franklin is world famous for his electrical experiments. But his passion and power are put to the test when he embarks on a secret mission to France — with the fate of American independence hanging in the balance.

Under the Bridge (Hulu) – April 17

Reena Virk never comes home after meeting up with her friends at a party, and this series follows the investigation through Godfrey and one of the police officers investigating the crime. Under the Bridge premieres with two episodes on April 17 on Hulu with new episodes releasing weekly.

Series Description: Under the Bridge is based on acclaimed author Rebecca Godfrey’s book about the 1997 true story of fourteen-year old Reena Virk (Vritika Gupta) who went to join friends at a party and never returned home. Through the eyes of Godfrey (Riley Keough) and a local police officer (Lily Gladstone), the series takes us into the hidden world of the young girls accused of the murder — revealing startling truths about the unlikely killer.

Rebel Moon Part 2: The Scargiver (Netflix) – April 19

It’s time to rejoin Kora and the fight to save Veldt. Rebel Moon Part 2: The Scargiver premieres on April 19 on Netflix.

Film Description: Rebel Moon Part 2: The Scargiver continues the epic saga of Kora and the surviving warriors as they prepare to sacrifice everything, fighting alongside the brave people of Veldt, to defend a once peaceful village, a newfound homeland for those who have lost their own in the fight against the Motherworld. On the eve of their battle the warriors must face the truths of their own pasts, each revealing why they fight. As the full force of the Realm bears down on the burgeoning rebellion, unbreakable bonds are forged, heroes emerge, and legends are made.

The Big Door Prize Season 2 (Apple TV+) – April 24

The machine prepares the citizens of Deerfield for the next stage. The Big Door Prize Season 2 premieres with three episodes on April 24 on Apple TV+ with new episodes releasing weekly.

Season Description: Based on M.O. Walsh’s novel, The Big Door Prize season two follows the residents of Deerfield as the Morpho machine readies them for the mysterious “next stage.” As everyone’s potentials are exchanged for visions, new relationships form and new questions are asked. Dusty (Chris O’dowd) and Cass (Gabrielle Dennis) decide to take time apart while Trina (Djouliet Amara) and Jacob (Sammy Fourlas) learn that they can shed their old labels. Giorgio (Josh Segarra) and Izzy (Crystal Fox) each find romance while Hana (Ally Maki) and Father Reuben (Damon Gupton) attempt to discover the purpose of the machine. The small town is once again left questioning what they thought they knew about their lives, relationships, potentials and about the Morpho itself.

Dead Boy Detectives (Netflix) – April 25

Set in The Sandman universe, this new series follows two best friends as they solve mysteries. Those friends just so happen to be ghosts. Dead Boy Detectives premieres on April 25 on Netflix.

Series Description: Do you have a pesky ghost haunting you? Has a demon stolen your core memories? You may want to ring the Dead Boy Detectives.

Meet Edwin Payne (George Rexstrew) and Charles Rowland (Jayden Revri), “the brains” and “the brawn” behind the Dead Boy Detectives agency. Teenagers born decades apart who find each other only in death, Edwin and Charles are best friends and ghosts… who solve mysteries. They will do anything to stick together — including escaping evil witches, Hell and Death herself. With the help of a clairvoyant named Crystal (Kassius Nelson) and her friend Niko (Yuyu Kitamura), they are able to crack some of the mortal realm’s most mystifying paranormal cases.

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