Best streaming services get a fresh weekend push from Netflix and HBO Max, with a new Little House on the Prairie adaptation and The Long Walk now streaming. TheWrap’s roundup points viewers to eight new movies and shows across Netflix, HBO Max and Peacock, but these two releases do most of the heavy lifting for anyone deciding what to watch first.
Netflix and Laura Ingalls Wilder
Thursday brings all episodes of the first season of Netflix’s new Little House on the Prairie adaptation, a direct revival of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s classic semiautobiographical books. Rebecca Sonnenshine is the showrunner and executive producer, and the project arrives more than 50 years after the original series hit NBC. Alice Halsey plays Laura, giving the reboot a clear lead performance to hang on to from day one.
HBO Max gets The Long Walk
The Long Walk is now streaming on HBO Max after its 2025 theatrical release, putting Francis Lawrence’s film into the weekend rotation at a moment when films are thin on the ground. David Jonsson and Cooper Hoffman star in the story, which follows fifty teenage boys in a walking competition where only one person walks out alive.
That premise sounded kind of goofy and underwhelming at first, but the film’s setup is the kind of high-concept hook that can mislead a reader if taken at face value. In practice, the move from theaters to streaming gives the movie a second life, and HBO Max gets a title that can travel far beyond the initial release window.
Peacock and Big Brother Season 28
Peacock’s new Elin Hilderbrand adaptation joins the list as a bingeable series, while Big Brother Season 28 keeps the roundup anchored in TV for viewers who want a longer queue. The week’s mix is narrow, but it is unusually practical: one full-season drop, one recent theatrical film, and enough variety across platforms to make the weekend decision easier.
William Bibbiani called The Furious “good luck finding a better action movie this year,” and that kind of praise gives the roundup a sharper edge than a standard watch list. With Kenji Tanigaki directing, Kensuke Sonomura handling the action choreography, and Xie Miao, Joe Taslim, Yayan Ruhian and Joey Iwanaga in the cast, the film adds a harder genre option to a lineup built around first-look convenience. Viewers who want the fastest answer can start with the Netflix drop on Thursday, then move to HBO Max for the newly available film and use the rest of the list as backup.
