Pop culture is a never-ending world of updates, teases, trailers, and hopefully releases. What’s New Wednesday is Dorkaholics’ way to keep us all up to date with what’s new across comics, TV, film, games, and more! This week, the focus is on Jentry Chau vs the Underworld, Y2K, Queer Eye, and Laid.
- Jentry Chau vs the Underworld | Official Trailer
Jentry Chau vs the Underworld is an animated series coming to Netflix that brings together some of the most recognizable names in Asian American entertainment to tell the story of our titular character, Jentry Chau, as he goes up against the terrors of high school as well as supernatural foes.
Release Date: On Netflix on December 5, 2024
Synopsis: The series follows Jentry Chau (voiced by Ali Wong), a Chinese-American teen living in a small Texas town, who finds out a demon king is hunting her for the supernatural powers she’s been working her whole life to repress. With the help of her weapons expert great-aunt and a millennia-old jiangshi (Chinese hopping vampire), Jentry must now fight an entire underworld’s worth of monsters while balancing the horrors of high school.
- Y2K | Official Trailer 2
Is this what the world was afraid of at the end of the 90s? A24 and writer/director Kyle Mooney brings another nostalgic film with retro aesthetics, also in the horror genre, this time with a more suburban teens vibe.
Release Date: In theaters on December 6, 2024
Synopsis: On the last night of 1999, two high school juniors crash a New Years Eve party, only to find themselves fighting for their lives in this dial-up disaster comedy.
- Queer Eye Season 9 | Official Trailer
For the unfamiliar, Queer Eye is a makeover series that follows the Fab Five as they help individuals around the world embrace their best selves. Each member of the group has his own area of expertise (culture, grooming, food and wine, fashion, design), allowing them to change the lives of the people they meet in a number of different ways.
Release Date: On Netflix on December 11, 2024
Synopsis: Nine times the charm! This season, Queer Eye brings its transformative magic to the iconic city of Las Vegas, where the Fab Five, now joined by interior designer Jeremiah Brent, meet a fresh group of individuals ready for a life-changing experience. From a former showgirl struggling to regain her confidence to a dedicated librarian in need of a change, watch as the Fab Five light up Sin City and transform the lives of their heroes in spectacular Vegas style.
- Laid | Official Trailer
After seeing her in Everything Everywhere All At Once and Joy Ride, Stephanie Hsu is here to lead in the series Laid. It’s morbid, but funny and likely to require vulnerability as well, all things she has more than proven herself capable of bringing to her performances.
Release Date: On Peacock on December 19, 2024
Synopsis: A woman finds out her former lovers are dying in unusual ways and must go back through her sex timeline to confront her past in order to move forward – “Laid” is a f*cked up rom-com where the answer to “why can’t I find love, is there something wrong with me?” is a resounding “Yes. There is. The problem is definitely you.”
