After leading April with Charlize Theron and Sadie Sandler, Netflix shifts to originals in the month's second week. The headliner is Big Mistakes, Dan Levy's eight-episode crime comedy premiering April 9, in which two siblings are blackmailed into working for their family's criminal enterprise. [1] Levy created, wrote, and stars alongside Taylor Ortega and Laurie Metcalf. Rachel Sennott co-stars. [2]

The documentary slate is sharper. Untold: Chess Mates (April 7) chronicles a match between grandmasters that devolved into one of the sport's most bizarre scandals. [3] Trust Me: The False Prophet (April 8) tracks a Mormon cult leader through the testimony of former followers -- Netflix's entry into the true-crime docuseries space that has been reliably profitable since Making a Murderer. [3]

The combined offering reveals Netflix's April architecture: big-name originals early, Apex with Theron on April 24 as the closer, documentaries filling the gaps. Volume remains the strategy. Whether any single title breaks through the noise of an April stacked with HBO, Prime Video, and Hulu premieres is the open bet.

-- CAMILLE BEAUMONT, Los Angeles