I’m not surprised Paramount+ is launching a Grease TV series. I’m just surprised it hadn’t happened already. Glee premiered nearly 15 years ago; how has it taken this long to revive the OG story of peppy kids singing about their high school troubles?
As opposed to merely translating the stage show/movie to the small screen and stretching out the plotlines, Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies (April 6) is going about things in a more sideways manner with an ostensible prequel exploring the origins of the titular girl gang, which seems to have been reworked to be more inclusive and celebratory rather than delinquent. Call it “Woke Grease,” because if you don’t, some Florida newspaper columnist soon will.
Speaking of reboots, we’re also getting a series-length update of Fatal Attraction (April 30), that paragon of highbrow ‘80s sleaze, with Joshua Jackson and Lizzy Caplan subbing in for Michael Douglas and Glenn Close. Personally, I’m hoping for a smarter, gender-flipped You.
Here’s everything else coming to Paramount+ in April.
Paramount+ Originals coming in April 2023
Arriving April 2
CMT Music Awards
Arriving April 6
Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies premiere
Arriving April 11
FBI True season 2 premiere
Yonder premiere
Arriving April 14
Rugrats Season 2 premiere
Arriving April 20
Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butt-Head Season 2 premiere
Arriving April 30
Fatal Attraction premiere
TV shows coming to Paramount+ in April 2023
Arriving April 5
Broad City (Seasons 1-5)
FBI: Most Wanted (Season 4)
Nick Cannon Presents Wild ‘N Out (Season 15)
The Challenge: Argentina (Season 1)
Arriving April 9
A Grammy Salute to the Beach Boys
Arriving April 11
Save Me (Seasons 1-2)
Signal (Season 1)
Voice (Seasons 1-2)
Arriving April 12
America in Black
Jeff Dunham: Me The People
Supah Ninjas (Seasons 1-2)
Arriving April 19
Cartel Crew (Seasons 1-3)
Crank Yankers (Season 6)
Fairview (Season 1)
The Adventures of Paddington (Season 2)
Arriving April 26
Middlemost Post (Season 1)
Noah’s Arc (Seasons 1-2)
The Hills: New Beginnings (Season 2)
Wynonna Judd: Between Hell and Hallelujah
YO! MTV Raps Classic (Season 2)
Movies coming to Paramount+ in April 2023
Arriving April 1
1984
American Gigolo
As Good As It Gets
Baby Boom
Basic Instinct 2
Beavis And Butt-Head Do America
Crawlspace
Curse Of The Pink Panther
Face/Off
Fatal Attraction
Fight Club
Fled
Forbidden City Cop
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Get Shorty
Ghost Town
Ghost World
Heaven’s Gate
I Got The Hook-Up
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5
Jailhouse Rock
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
Lifeforce
Lifeguard
Lincoln
Mad Max
Married to the Mob
Mother!
Old School
Out of Time
Planet of the Apes
Poltergeist II: The Other Side
Poltergeist III
Revenge Of The Pink Panther
Ride
Road Trip
Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion
Ronin
Runaway Jury
Shutter Island
Small Soldiers
Son Of The Pink Panther
Stargate: Continuum
Stargate: The Ark of Truth
The Adventures of Tintin
The Core
The Godfather (Remastered)
The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone (Remastered)
The Godfather, Part II (Remastered)
The Help
The Killing
The Last House on the Left
The Long Goodbye
The Woman in Red
Trail Of The Pink Panther
Transformers: Dark Of The Moon
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Wall Street
Wargames
Weekend at Bernie’s
Where Hope Grows
Young Sherlock Holmes
Arriving April 14
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Arriving April 21
Cyrano, My Love