James R | On 30, Apr 2017

With Big Little Lies all wrapped up, Sky customers may well be wondering what on earth do do with themselves in May. After all, Game of Thrones isn’t back until July.

The good news that there’s still loads available on-demand and airing each week, including Carters Get Rich and The Blacklist: Redemption on Sky 1, Shades of Blue, Scandal and Blindspot on Sky Living, plus Guerrilla, The Trip to Spain and Billions Season 2 on Sky Atlantic.

The really good news? Game of Thrones is back as a box set this month, which means you can stream all six seasons to get back up to speed with all things Westeros.

But the best news of all? May’s the month when Twin Peaks comes back for 18 new episodes – and with each one simulcast alongside the US, plus the first two seasons available on-demand, Sky is essential for David Lynch fans this month.

Don’t have Sky? You can stream all of the above live and on-demand through NOW, Sky’s contract-free VOD service, which costs £6.99 a month. For more information, click here.

Sky Cinema, meanwhile, is starting the summer blockbuster season early with Independence Day: Resurgence and Suicide Squad. The smaller movies, though, are the real ones to watch for, from Keanu and Star Wars doc Elstree 1976 to Desierto and Things to Come. From 8th May, Matt Damon will also have a pop-up channel all of his own, as Sky Cinema Hits gets a shiny new makeover for two weeks. Also available on-demand, the Damon collection will include The Departed, all three instalments of Steven Soderbergh’s Ocean’s Trilogy, the entire Jason Bourne series and The Talented Mr. Ripley. Check out the full line-up below.

Again, if you don’t have Sky, you can stream all of Sky Cinema live and on-demand through NOW, for £11.99 a month. For more information on that, click here.)

Here’s what’s coming soon to Sky in May 2017:

TV

Game of Thrones (Box Set) – 1st May

With Game of Thrones set to return to Sky Atlantic in July for its feverishly anticipated seventh season, enjoy every episode so far with Sky Box Sets and NOW. There are also a host of special features, including behind-the-scenes looks at life on set, an exploration of Castle Black and Thronecast’s Jamie East on the unfolding events in the first six seasons.

Supergirl and The Flash – 2nd May

Tuesdays just got super again. After their brief hiatus, both Supergirl and The Flash are racing back onto our screens, with the second and third season of each series airing back-to-back on Sky 1 from 8pm.

Jamestown – 5th May

A new Sky Original Production from the makers of Downton Abbey sails on to Sky 1, as three women leave 17th-century England behind and journey to new husbands, a new life and a new world. Duty bound to marry the three men who have paid for their passage, Alice (Sophie Rundle), Verity (Niamh Walsh) and Jocelyn (Naomi Battrick) arrive in the Virginia town in 1619 with little idea of what the future holds or the disruption their arrival is about to bring to the colony.

Twin Peaks: Season 3 – 22nd May

25 years ago, a quaint, northwestern town was turned upside down when the body of homecoming queen Laura Palmer was found, launching an unforgettable murder investigation. This May, the mystery returns. David Lynch directs the entire 18-part new season, which will be broadcast on Sky Atlantic at the same time as the US premiere, starting at 2am on 22nd May, before airing again at 9pm on 23rd May. Can’t wait until then? After its early morning simulcast, you will also be able to watch it on-demand when you like. For more information, click here.

 

Movies

Elstree 1976 – 4th May

Just in time for Star Wars Day, the Force is with this documentary about the making of Episode IV at North London’s Elstree Studios in 1976.

Jason Bourne – 5th May

Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass reunite for another entry in the hard-hitting action franchise.

Keanu – 6th May

Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele head from sketches to feature film with this comedy about two middle-class cousins who impersonate gangsters so they can rescue a kitten.

Independence Day: Resurgence – 12th May

20 years after their failed invasion, the aliens are back. Luckily, Jeff Goldblum and Bill Pullman are there to help stop them.

Things to Come – 17th May

Eden director Mia Hansen Love teams up with the phenomenal Isabelle Huppert for this drama about a Parisian professor who learns that her husband is leaving her and her mother is terminally ill.

The Neighbour – 18th May

Saw veteran Marcus Dunstan plays on people-next-door paranoia and retro B-movie horror in this visceral, enjoyably scuzzy thriller.

Suicide Squad – 19th May

“What the hell is wrong with you people?” “We’re bad guys. It’s what we do.”

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie – 26th May

Patsy and Eddy return in this better-than-expected big screen outing for the hit British sitcom.

Desierto – 28th May

After co-writing Gravity, Jonas Cuaron brings us back down to Earth with a loud bump with Desierto. A film about Mexicans trying to survive being hunted down on the US border, the pro-imigration anti-western is viscerally exciting and pulsatingly political.

 

Other movies coming soon to Sky Cinema and NOW in May 2017:

1st May
Sadie’s Last Days on Earth

2nd May
Tell Me How I Die

3rd May
Black

7th May
Hungry Hearts

8th May
Zoom
The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Supremacy
The Bourne Ultimatum
Jason Bourne
The Departed
Good Will Hunting
The Legend of Bagger Vance
The Martian
Ocean’s Eleven
Ocean’s Twelve
Ocean’s Thirteen
The Rainmaker
Saving Private Ryan
The Talented Mr Ripley
Titan AE
Green Zone
The Adjustment Bureau

9th May
Refuge

10th May
Junction 48

11th May
Rupture

13th May
Candy Planet

14th May
Reckless

15th May
Bloodsucking Bosses

16th May
Drown

20th May
Throne of Elves

21st May
The Book of Love

22nd May
Lost in the Sun

23rd May
Tiger Raid

24th May
Alena

25th May
10 Cent Pistol

27th May
Ice Age: Collision Course

29th May
Rabbit School

30th May
Last Cab to Darwin

31st May
Fishing Without Nets

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