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March is here and Showmax is not slowing down on delivering the best of content from around the world. From original local content to the best international film, it is a fest of content options on the platform.
Here is a list of some of the best international series on Showmax this month.
HALO S2 | First on Showmax | Binge from 22 March 2024
Halo stars Emmy nominee Pablo Schreiber (American Gods, Orange is the New Black) as super-soldier Master Chief John-117, helping humanity fight a losing battle against an alien threat known as the Covenant.
Executive produced by the likes of triple-Oscar winner Steven Spielberg, Halo is based on one of the best-selling game franchises of all time.
RESIDENT ALIEN S3 | First On Showmax | Tuesdays from 5 March
Alan Tudyk is back in his Critics Choice Super-nominated role as Harry Vanderspeigle, the no-longer-so-undercover alien posing as a human doctor in the town of Patience.
Created by five-time Emmy nominee Chris Sheridan (Family Guy), Resident Alien is a Critics Choice Super Awards nominee for Best Science Fiction/Fantasy Series and was named Best Cable Series, Comedy at the Hollywood Critics Association Awards.
QUANTUM LEAP S2 | First on Showmax | Tuesdays from 12 March
One leap can change everything as Dr Ben Song (Raymond Lee from Top Gun: Maverick) continues his thrilling journey through time in the action-packed second season of Quantum Leap.
Peter Gadiot (One Piece, Yellowjackets) and multiple Teen Choice Award nominee Eliza Taylor (The 100’s Clarke Griffin) join the cast this season.
BILLIONS S7 | Binge from 11 March
In the seventh and final season of the hit drama Billions, alliances are turned on their heads, old wounds are weaponised, loyalties are tested, betrayal takes on epic proportions and enemies become wary friends…
Emmy winner Damian Lewis (A Spy Among Friends, Homeland) returns as fan-favourite Bobby “Axe” Axelrod, opposite the likes of Oscar nominee Paul Giamatti and Critics Choice nominees Corey Stoll, Maggie Siff and Asia Kate Dillon.
LAWMEN: BASS REEVES S1 | First on Showmax | Binge from 1 March
Emmy nominee David Oyelowo (Selma, Silo) was up for Best Actor at the Critics Choice, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards as Bass Reeves, a slave who became the first Black US Marshal west of the Mississippi, arresting more than 3 000 outlaws during the course of his career.
The Paramount series’ stellar supporting cast includes the likes of Emmy winner Donald Sutherland (The Hunger Games) and Emmy nominee Dennis Quaid (Far From Heaven).
CHICAGO MED S8 | Binge from 1 March
Following a fiery Season 7 finale, Chicago’s most highly skilled medical team is back at Gaffney Chicago Medical Centre. Brace yourself for several major cast shakeups this season that’ll mean saying goodbye to beloved characters – both at the start and end of the season.
Sasha Roiz (9-1-1) joins the cast as ambitious shareholder Jack Dayton, whose arrival could spell trouble for the trauma unit.
Also look out for the welcome return of April Sexton (Teen Choice nominee Yaya DaCosta), who we last saw in Season 6.
TIME S2 | Binge from 8 March
Season 2 of the BAFTA-winning prison drama Time shifts its focus to a women’s jail, where a trio of new inmates must confront the dangers and violence of prison life.
Emmy nominee Bella Ramsey (The Last of Us, Game of Thrones), Critics Choice Super nominee Jodie Whittaker (aka Doctor Who, and Beth Latimer in Broadchurch) and BAFTA Scotland nominee Tamara Lawrence (Small Axe, Kindred) star as Kelsey, Orla and Abi respectively, with BAFTA nominee Siobhan Finneran (Downton Abbey, A Confession, Happy Valley) reprising her Season 1 role as prison chaplain Marie-Louise.
Season 2 has a 92% critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with Times (UK) saying, “It gets stronger and more moving with every episode.”
You can watch all these and other exciting international titles including, Colin From Accounts S1, The Lovers S1, Found S1. ZeroZeroZero, Infiniti, The Sixth Commandment S1, You & Me, Killing It S1 and Alert: Missing Persons Unit S1 on www.showmax.com.
