{"id":578971,"date":"2026-05-12T00:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T00:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/578971\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T00:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T00:14:11","slug":"hannah-waddingham-and-octavia-spencers-ride-or-die-gets-premiere-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/578971\/","title":{"rendered":"Hannah Waddingham and Octavia Spencer&#8217;s Ride or Die Gets Premiere Date"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/octavia-spencer\/\" id=\"auto-tag_octavia-spencer\" data-tag=\"octavia-spencer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Octavia Spencer<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/hannah-waddingham\/\" id=\"auto-tag_hannah-waddingham\" data-tag=\"hannah-waddingham\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hannah Waddingham<\/a> will kick off their \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/ride-or-die\/\" id=\"auto-tag_ride-or-die\" data-tag=\"ride-or-die\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ride or Die<\/a>\u201d adventure on July 15, Prime Video announced Monday. The action comedy received a premiere date \u2014 and revealed some first-look images \u2014 as Amazon prepared for its upfront presentation in New York.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cRide or Die,\u201d which comes from Paramount Television Studios, will debut all eight episodes at once on July 15, via Prime Video throughtout the world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHere\u2019s the logline for the show: \u201cRide or Die follows best friends Debbie Claybourne (Octavia Spencer) and Judith Burton (Hannah Waddingham) who thought they knew everything about each other, except Judith turns out to be an international assassin. When a mysterious figure emerges from Judith\u2019s past and a hit goes horribly wrong, both of their worlds are turned upside down as they\u2019re forced to go on the run together. It\u2019s a race against time and a road trip across Europe, with law enforcement, highly trained assassins, and some very dangerous criminals at their heels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tTessa Coates created the series and is executive producer, along with showrunner Matt Miller and director Peyton Reed. \u201cRide or Die\u201d was first announced last year at the Amazon upfront presentation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe \u201cRide or Die\u201d cast also includes Bill Nighy, Ed Skrein, Sylvia Hoeks, Calam Lynch, Savannah Steyn, Jamie Parker, and Jacky Ido.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAmazon MGM Studios is also a production company on \u201cRide or Die,\u201d as well as Andy and Barbara Muschietti\u2019s Double Dream and Octavia Spencer\u2019s Orit Entertainment. Joining Coates, Miller, and Reed as executive producers are Octavia Spencer for Orit Entertainment, Hannah Waddingham, Andy Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti, and Irene Yeung for Double Dream, Brian Clisham and Stephanie Kluft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHere are some first looks at \u201cRide or Die\u201d:<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-variety-2020\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Hannah-Waddingham-in-_Ride-or-Die__Courtesy-of-Dusan-Martincek-for-Prime-Video.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"683\" width=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDu\u0161an Martin\u010dek\/Prime<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-variety-2020\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Octavia-Spencer-in-_Ride-or-Die__Courtesy-of-Dusan-Martincek-for-Prime-Video.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"683\" width=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDu\u009aan Martin?ek\/Prime<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-variety-2020\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Bill-Nighy-in-_Ride-or-Die__Courtesy-of-Dusan-Martincek-for-Prime-Video.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"683\" width=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDu\u0161an Martin\u010dek\/Prime<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-variety-2020\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sylvia-Hoeks-in-_Ride-or-Die__Courtesy-of-Dusan-Martincek-on-Prime-Video.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"683\" width=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDu\u0161an Martin\u010dek\/Prime<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-variety-2020\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Savannah-Steyn-and-Calam-Lynch-in-_Ride-or-Die__Courtesy-of-Julie-Vrabelova-on-Prime-Video.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"683\" width=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJulie Vrabelova\/Prime<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Octavia Spencer and Hannah Waddingham will kick off their \u201cRide or Die\u201d adventure on July 15, Prime 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