From Scratch

From Scratch is a 2022 drama limited series created by Attica Locke and Tembi Locke for Netflix, inspired by Tembi Locke's memoir From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily and Finding Home. Attica Locke serves as showrunner of the series, with Reese Witherspoon, Lauren Neustadter, Richard Abate, Jermaine Johnson, and Will Rowbotham serving as executive producers.

Amahle "Amy" Wheeler, an American student studying in Italy, meets and falls in love with Lino, a Sicilian chef. When Lino faces health issues and the couple's future is threatened, the two families come together.

The cast includes Zoe Saldaña, Eugenio Mastrandrea, Danielle Deadwyler, Keith David, Kellita Smith, Judith Scott, Lucia Sardo, Paride Benassai, and Roberta Rigano.

From Scratch will consist of eight episodes and is set to debut on October 21st on Netflix. Watch the official trailer below.

Black Adam

Black Adam is a 2022 superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name, directed by Jaume Collet-Serra from a screenplay by Adam Sztykiel, Rory Haines, and Sohrab Noshirvani. Collet-Serra, who had his directorial debut back in 2005 with the horror thriller The House of Wax, recently directed the hit Disney action adventure film Jungle Cruise, also starring Dwayne Johnson. Black Adam is intended to be a spin-off of Shazam! (2019), and the eleventh film in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU).

Nearly 5,000 years after he was bestowed with the almighty powers of the Egyptian gods -- and imprisoned just as quickly -- Black Adam is freed from his earthly tomb, ready to unleash his unique form of justice on the modern world.

The cast includes Dwayne Johnson as Teth-Adam / Black Adam alongside Noah Centineo, Aldis Hodge, Sarah Shahi, Quintessa Swindell, Pierce Brosnan, and Mohammed Amer.

Black Adam is set to debut in theaters on October 21st, courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures. Watch the official trailers below.

Ticket to Paradise

Ticket to Paradise is a 2022 romantic comedy film directed by Ol Parker and written by Parker and Daniel Pipski. The film had its world premiere in Barcelona on September 8, 2022. Stars George Clooney and Julia Roberts also serve as executive producers.

Two divorced parents, David and Georgia Cotton, travel to Bali after learning that their daughter, Lily, is planning to marry a man named Gede, whom she has just met. They decide to work together to sabotage the wedding to prevent Lily from making the same mistake they made twenty-five years ago.

The cast includes George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Kaitlyn Dever, Maxime Bouttier, Billie Lourd, and Sean Lynch.

Ticket to Paradise is set to debut in theaters on October 21st, courtesy of Universal Pictures. Watch the official trailer below.

Raymond & Ray

Raymond & Ray is a 2022 comedy-drama film written and directed by Rodrigo García (Last Days in the Desert, In Treatment) and starring Ewan McGregor (Trainspotting, Doctor Sleep) and Ethan Hawke (Training Day, Boyhood) as Raymond and Ray respectively. It is produced by the two-time Academy Award-winning director Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity, Roma) and also stars Maribel Verdú (Pan’s Labyrinth) and Sophie Okonedo (Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls) in supporting roles.

The film follows half-brothers Raymond and Ray, who reunite when their estranged father dies and discover that his final wish was for them to dig his grave. Together, they process who they’ve become as men, both because of their father and in spite of him.

It had its world premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival on September 12, 2022. It is scheduled to be released in limited theaters on October 14, 2022, before releasing on Apple TV+ on October 21. Watch the official trailer below.

The Banshees of Inisherin

The Banshees of Inisherin is an upcoming drama film written and directed by Martin McDonagh (In Bruges, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri). It sees McDonagh reunite with his In Bruges stars Colin Farrell (The Batman, The Lobster) and Brendan Gleeson (Harry Potter films series, Paddington 2), and it also stars Kerry Condon (Rome, Better Call Saul) and Barry Keoghan (Dunkirk, Eternals) in supporting roles.

The film follows two lifelong friends who find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, which leads to alarming consequences for both of them.

It is scheduled to have its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on September 4, 2022, and is scheduled to be released in the United States on October 21, 2022, by Searchlight Pictures. Watch the official trailer below.

The Peripheral

The Peripheral is a 2022 science fiction streaming television series executive produced and created by Scott Smith. Produced by Amazon, it is based on the 2014 book of the same name written by William Gibson. Westworld creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy serve as executive producers, along with Athena Wickham, Steve Hoban, and Vincenzo Natali.

Set in the future when technology has subtly altered society, a woman discovers a secret connection to an alternate reality as well as a dark future of her own.

The cast includes Chloë Grace Moretz, Jack Reynor, Gary Carr, Eli Goree, Charlotte Riley, and JJ Feild.

The Peripheral is scheduled to premiere on October 21, 2022 on Amazon Prime Video. Watch the official trailers below.

Aftersun

Aftersun is a 2022 drama film written and directed by Charlotte Wells, starring Paul Mescal (The Lost Daughter, Normal People), Frankie Corio, and Celia Rowlson-Hall (Vox Lux).

The film follows Sophie (Corio), who reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father (Mescal) twenty years earlier. Memories real and imagined fill the gaps between miniDV footage as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn’t.

It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on May 21, 2022, and is scheduled to be released in the United States on October 21, 2022, by A24 and in the United Kingdom on November 18, 2022, by Mubi. Watch the official trailer below.