October Streaming Slate Features The Lowdown, East of Eden, Carrie and Animals

HBO Max debuts the British legal anthology The Lowdown while Netflix launches East of Eden and Ben Affleck's Animals in a packed October streaming lineup.

October brings a packed slate of new television to streaming services, led by HBO Max's British legal drama The Lowdown. Netflix's adaptation of East of Eden retells the Bible's Cain and Abel story through two very different brothers.

East of Eden and October Releases

The conservative Adam is played by Christopher Abbott, whose grandfather Elia directed James Dean in the 1955 film version. The story has been realigned to center on Adam's wife, Cathy, played by Florence Pugh, who is caught between the siblings. The saga spans multiple generations. Below arrives October 8, a Canadian series about a fisherman in a remote Newfoundland town.

He must rally and protect his family and community when a mysterious sea creature begins terrorizing locals. It recalls Apple TV's Widow's Bay and the breakthrough hit Jaws. The Rip, Netflix's most successful original film of the year to date, leads Ben Affleck to co-write, direct and star in a new feature titled Animals, arriving October 9. The action-thriller casts Affleck as Mark Kimball, a Los Angeles mayoral candidate whose son is kidnapped.

To raise the ransom in just hours, Mark and his wife Abigail, played by Kerry Washington, must return to parts of their lives they thought they had left behind. The supporting cast includes Gillian Anderson, and the tension reaches a violent break point with choice commentary on the Kimballs' predicament. The Lowdown is an anthology series in which every season unwraps a high-profile case inside and outside Britain's courts.

The debut installment follows bitter divorce proceedings between a tech mogul played by Dominic West, with each side hiring a high-profile London law firm. Expect twists, dirty dealings and impeccable accents, including the magnificently haughty Pip Torrens. Madam Secretary Newlyweds lands October 24, tapping into second-chance relationships. The comedy stars Leoni as a free-spirited woman who marries a reserved academic, played by Tim Daly, her real-life husband, after a brief courtship.

Carrie, Margaret Qualley and New Romances

Once the 50-something duo has to combine their very different lives, the humor kicks in. Bonus casting includes Jamie Lee Curtis. Mike Flanagan, a go-to name behind The Fall of the House of Usher, delivers his first Amazon Prime Video series. It adapts Stephen King's startling 1974 novel about a sheltered high school student, Carrie White, played by Summer H. Howell, who becomes the target of bullying as she tries to control her growing telekinetic powers.

This is the book's fourth screen adaptation. King has been fulsome in his praise of the timely new story, calling it brilliant. There will be blood. Love of Your Life arrives October 14 and may deliver the definitive Margaret Qualley performance.

The American actress has been everywhere the last few years, serving as the foil to Demi Moore in The Substance. This romantic-drama puts Qualley center stage as a Boston nurse who flees a loss to start over in Europe. The different men who pass through the character's life are played by Gabriel Basso. A spin-off was probably inevitable, but there are creative decisions to note.

Crystal Lake and Gardening Australia

Created by Brad Caleb Kane, Crystal Lake is not an origin story for Jason but rather his mother Pam. It is a welcome lead role for Linda Cardellini, who has been exceptional in DTF St Louis. Her Pam is a mother grieving for her lost son. Her hidden past and future intentions come into question when a pair of strangers seek her out.

Gardening Australia brings a rife mix of malicious creatures and cartoonish gore. This Australian comedy-horror is set in a small town where an ancient evil is unleashed, turning garden gnomes into an army of darkness. It is up to police officers including Arnold Kipps, played by Asa Butterfield, to put down this pint-sized uprising. There is no shortage of familiar comic faces in droll supporting roles, starting with Darren Gilshenan as the local mayor.

The Brits do like an antic crime-comedy that leans into the absurd. The latest contender is Kill Jackie on October 2, a stylised farce about an art dealer with a questionable past. Jackie Price, played by Catherine Zeta-Jones, decides to strike first when a squad of assassins called The Seven Demons are hired to eliminate her.

Kill Jackie and Genre Crime Premieres

Jetting around the world with her terrified lawyer Sam, played by Daniel Ings, in tow, Jackie has to make amends and cross off seven targets. Co-creator and lead director Damon Thomas handled numerous episodes. Liev Schreiber headlines an elevated genre series for Apple TV on October 30. In this six-part crime thriller, the star plays Jonah Lynn, a hollowed-out former soldier and police detective who has retreated to a small town in rural Pennsylvania.

When a serial killer played by Stephen Graham starts terrorising the community, Jonah must decide how much of his old life he is willing to embrace. He also faces whether he is willing to risk his surrogate daughter, FBI agent Saga Bauer, played by Zazie Beetz. Small Prophets sees The Office star Mackenzie Crook featured on ABC iview following the acclaimed show's debut on Britain's BBC.

The series follows a bereft DIY store employee, Michael Sleep, played by Pearce Quigley, who decides some garden shed alchemy might improve his situation. It is now getting a global signal boost, with Apple TV snapping it up, and features Michael Palin. Brothers arrives October 23 for those who want a weird Canadian twist on a supernatural-tinged mystery. This folk horror series supplies a small seaside town, a missing heir played by Hudson Williams, and plenty of atmosphere.

Kim's Convenience fans will find familiar territory. October 14 also brings the final Marvel Cinematic Universe television spin-off as the studio refocuses on cinemas. Paul Bettany returns as the android Vision, an all-power machine turned Avenger now lying low in both the human world and inside his own head, inhabiting a digital realm.

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