HBO Unveils May 2020 Premiere Schedule

Less than a week into a month that begins with foolery, HBO has unveiled the full calendar of premiere dates for the month of May, including the debuts of new series Betty, Run and I Know This Much Is True, as well as the returns and new episodes of hit series including Insecure and Westworld. (Via VitalThrills)

The full May calendar is as follows:

Betty – May 1
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind – May 5
I Know This Much Is True – May 10
Atlanta’s Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children – New Series debuted April 5
Insecure – Season 4 debuts April 12
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver – Season 7 debuted on February 16
My Brilliant Friend: The Story of a New Name – Season 2 debuted on March 16
Real Time with Bill Maher – Season 18 debuted January 17
Run – New series debuts on April 12
Sesame Street – Season 50
We’re Here – New Series debuts April 23
Westworld – Season 3 debuted March 15

Inspired by Crystal Moselle’s critically-acclaimed teen drama Skate Kitchen, Betty follows a diverse group of young women navigating their lives through the predominantly male-oriented world of skateboarding in New York City. The cast features Dede Lovelace, Moonbear, Nina Moran, Aiani Russell and Rachelle Vinberg, all from the original film.

Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind chronicles the life and career of the titular actress, whose achievements are often overlooked by her tragic death at the age of 43. The documentary will be guided by her daughter, Natasha Gregson Wagner, as well as her circle of family and close friends, and will explore Wood’s personal life and career that spanned nearly five decades, as well as her triumphs and challenges, previously unseen home movies and photographs, diaries and letters. The film is executive produced by Amblin Television, Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey and produced by Wagner, Manoah Bowman and director Laurent Bouzereau.

Based on Wally Lamb’s award-winning New York Times Bestseller, I Know This Much Is True stars Mark Ruffalo (Avengers: Endgame) as identical twins Dominick and Thomas Birdsey in a family saga chronicling their parallel lives of betrayal, sacrifice and forgiveness in 20th century America. The six-episode limited drama also stars Melissa Leo (The Fighter), Rosie O’Donnell (SMILF), Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife), Imogen Poots (Vivarium), John Procaccino, Rob Huebel (Transparent), Phillip Ettinger, Aisling Franciosi (The Nightingale), Bruce Greenwood (Doctor Sleep), Juliette Lewis (Ma) and Kathryn Hahn (WandaVision).

Atlanta’s Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children delivers a never-before-seen look at the abduction and murder of at least 30 African-American children and young adults in a two-year period in Atlanta in the late ’70s-’80s, chronicling the story from the initial disappearance and discovery of two murdered teenage boys to the prosecution and indictment of 23-year-old Atlanta native Wayne Williams. The timely documentary series features a treasure trove of archival material and seeks to bring new evidence to light as the cases are reopened. The Lost Children is produced and directed by the Emmy-winning team, Show of Force.

Run follows Ruby, a woman in a humdrum life who gets a text inviting her to fulfill a pact from her youth promising true love and self-reinvention by stepping out of her life to take a journey with an old flame, successful life guru Billy Johnson, who deftly combines a boatload of charisma with a boundless need for approval. The cast includes Merritt Wever (Godless) as Ruby alongside Domhnall Gleeson (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker) as Billy and Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag) in a recurring role as Laurel.

We’re Here is a six-part unscripted series in which small-town residents across America are invited to participate in a one-night-only drag show where renowned drag queens Bob the Drag Queen, Eureka O’Hara and Shangela Laquifa Wadley will inspire and teach them to step outside of their comfort zone for a night of no-holds-barred, full-on drag. The series is created and executive produced by Stephen Warren and Johnnie Ingram, with Peter LoGreco directing and executive producing alongside Eliz Holzman and Aaron Saidman for The Intellectual Property Corporation.