I know what you are thinking, that streaming service that has UK dramas on it is pretty cool but how does that help create jobs in NZ?
Well it turns out an Acorn original The Sounds was made down here and is going to be available in 4 days!
This is joined by a whole lot more content including The Miniaturist which features the lead from The Queens Gambit, and the Australian drama Total Control.
Check some highlights for March below, or the list of upcoming titles here.
Total Control – March 22nd
This thrilling political drama sees Alex (Deborah Mailman, Wolf Creek, Offspring), a charismatic aboriginal woman, thrust into the national spotlight after fearlessly confronting an active shooter
Finding Joy: Season 2 – March 15th
Series 2 of Acorn TV original Finding Joy debuts on March 15th. Triple-threat Amy Huberman (Striking Out, Cold Feet) returns as creator, writer and star in the second series of this hilarious Irish comedy.
Balthazar: Season 3 – March 1st
Premiering March 1st is the second series of French procedural Balthazar. Forensic Pathologist Raphaël Balthazar (Tomer Sisley, Messiah, We’re the Millers) along with partner and foil Chief Inspector Hélène Bach (Hélène de Fougerolles, The Beach, Mutants), face the most despicable and grotesque crimes imaginable, all while Balthazar is still on the hunt for his wife’s killer.
The Miniaturist – Out Now
Starring The Queen’s Gambit’s Anya Taylor-Joy this fascinating costume drama, follows 18-year-old Petronella Oortman who arrives in Amsterdam to become the wife of a wealthy merchant. As an intricate dollhouse gifted by her betrothed and gradually furnished by a mysterious miniaturist begins to mirror her real home, it predicts the future in a troubling fashion revealing dark secrets within its walls.
The Sounds – 8th March
Starring Rachelle Lefevre (Under the Dome, White House Down) and Kiwi Matt Whelan (The Luminaries, Narcos) star as Maggie and Tom Cabbott who relocate to New Zealand’s picturesque Pelorus Sound to get away from Tom’s overbearing family, yet when he disappears, long-buried small-town secrets and lies begin to surface