OnePlus teases new smartphone with upcoming documentary

OnePlus has been teasing an upcoming release of a new phone that has been called the OnePlus Z or the OnePlus Nord. Aside from putting up a mysterious Instagram account, the company will release a documentary called New Beginnings to give us a better insight into the device rumoured to be coming out in July. The documentary's trailer recently went online, with the documentary set to premiere on June 30. 

The documentary itself has an interesting premise. The OnePlus team working on the phone had only six months to get everything done. And from what the teaser has shown us, it hasn't been an easy time given the shorter than usual development cycle. There will be four parts to New Beginnings, and we aren't sure when the other parts are dropping.

Source: GSMArena

Apple TV+ to debut 'Dads' documentary on June 19

Ron Howard and Bryce Dallas Howard

The Friday before Father's Day, Apple TV+ will be debuting a new documentary aptly called Dads. Directed by actress Bryce Dallas Howard, it examines her family, with interviews of her brother before and when he becomes a first-time dad. It also features interviews with her father, filmmaker Ron Howard, and her grandfather, too. Other famous fathers included in the documentary are Jimmy Fallon, Judd Apatow, Neil Patrick Harris, Ken Jeong, Kimmy Kimmel, Conan O'Brien, Patton Oswalt, and Will Smith, among others. 

Bryce and Ron serve as producers for the film. It's part of an ongoing deal between Ron's Imagine Documentaries and Apple, where the company gets the first right to refusal for non-fiction features and series from the studio. If you're interested in catching the movie, you can stream it on Apple TV+ via the Apple TV app starting June 19.

Source: Apple Insider

Netflix offers some of its documentaries for free on YouTube

Netflix is giving more people access to some of its more notable documentaries by putting these up on YouTube. The move was meant to help educators and parents access educational content from the streaming service. There are 34 episodes available on the Netflix U.S. YouTube channel, which include shows like 13th, Abstract: Season 1, Explained, Our Planet, and Zion, to name a few. 

All the documentaries are in English, but they come with subtitles available in a dozen languages. Parents and teachers can check the ratings to see if it's appropriate to show to kids. There are educational resources on each show available in Netflix's Media Center.

'Beastie Boys Story' is coming to Apple TV+ on April 24

The two surviving members of the Beastie Boys still have more of their story to tell. And so Ad-Rock and Mike D worked with their old collaborator Spike Jonze on a new live documentary called Beastie Boys Story. The new trailer for the Apple TV+ documentary shows the two Beasties sharing tales about their friendship to an audience at Kings Theatre in Brooklyn last year. The almost three-minute trailer gives us a better look at what the documentary is going to look like.

Beastie Boys Story is supposed to open in IMAX theatres in the US on April 2, but with the current situation surrounding the coronavirus, that might be postponed. It will be coming to the Apple TV+ streaming service on April 24, so if you're a fan, you might want to take note of that date.

Source: Stereogum