{"id":629026,"date":"2026-06-09T10:29:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T10:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/629026\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T10:29:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T10:29:23","slug":"prime-videos-new-action-series-reveals-hannah-waddinghams-ride-or-die-in-first-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/629026\/","title":{"rendered":"Prime Video’s New Action Series Reveals Hannah Waddingham’s ‘Ride or Die’ in First Trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"

From JD and Turk to Leslie and Ron, and Joey and Chandler, television is packed to the brim with iconic best friends<\/a>. There are plenty of series that don’t just feature beloved duos but make friendship the entire focus<\/a>, stemming back to classics like The Golden Girls<\/a>, Seinfeld<\/a>, or, the most obviously named of the bunch, Friends<\/a>. Few shows have BFFs that literally kill for each other, though. In Paramount Television Studios and Amazon MGM Studios’ new team-up, however, the central duo does exactly that and so much more when their pasts catch up with them in a dangerous way.<\/p>\n

First announced back in 2023, Ride or Die casts The Help Oscar winner Octavia Spencer<\/a> opposite Ted Lasso Emmy winner Hannah Waddingham<\/a> as besties Debbie Claybourne and Judith Burton, who’ve been inseparable for years<\/a> and once believed they knew everything about each other. That is until Debbie learns that Judith is secretly an international assassin. Such a revelation naturally shakes the foundation of trust they’ve built, but with a figure emerging from Judith’s past and a hit spiraling out of control, they have to rely on each other more than ever as their worlds are completely derailed. In honor of National BFF Day, Prime Video<\/a> shared the first official trailer, which follows the pair as they go on the run across Europe.<\/p>\n

Before the action begins, the footage shows how a chance meeting on the side of the road between Debbie and Judith turned into 20 years of friendship. They cook together, host parties together, laugh together, and much more, until a night on the town ends with them evading some dangerous men with guns. The chaos steers Debbie into Judith’s world of murder-for-hire, though her involvement runs deeper than she knows. Debbie’s husband pilfered millions from the mob, which puts a target squarely on her back. Judith brings her along on a wild adventure to save her from the forces that be, getting her a fake British passport, even though she absolutely can’t do an accent, and introducing her to the ins and outs of espionage<\/a> and action heroics<\/a>, like how to jump out of a moving train. They become a much deadlier Thelma & Louise<\/a>, in a race against the clock with the law, relentless criminals, and other skilled assassins after them.<\/p>\n

Collider Exclusive \u00b7 Action Hero Quiz
\n Which Action Hero Would Be
Your Perfect Partner?
\n Rambo \u00b7 James Bond \u00b7 Indiana Jones \u00b7 John McClane \u00b7 Ethan Hunt<\/p>\n

Five legends. Five completely different ways of getting out alive \u2014 with style, with muscle, with charm, with luck, or with a plan so intricate it probably shouldn’t work. Ten questions will reveal which action hero was built to have your back.<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udf96\ufe0fRambo<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udf78James Bond<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udffaIndiana Jones<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udd27John McClane<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udfadEthan Hunt<\/p>\n

\n FIND YOUR PARTNER \u2192\n <\/p>\n

01<\/p>\n

You’re dropped into a dangerous situation with no warning. What do you need most from a partner?
\n The first few seconds tell you everything about who belongs beside you.<\/p>\n

\n ASomeone who already has three contingency plans running and is calmly working through all of them.
\n BSomeone who reads the terrain instinctively and knows exactly how to use it against the enemy.
\n CSomeone who keeps their nerve and their sense of humour when everything is falling apart.
\n DSomeone who knows the history of wherever we are and what we’re walking into.
\n ESomeone with the right contact, the right cover identity, and the right exit already arranged.\n <\/p>\n

NEXT QUESTION \u2192<\/p>\n

02<\/p>\n

You have to get somewhere dangerous, fast. How do you travel?
\n How you get there is half the mission.<\/p>\n

\n AOn foot through terrain no one else would attempt \u2014 I move where vehicles can’t follow.
\n BOn a motorcycle, a cargo plane, or anything else that gets me there before I think too hard about it.
\n CIn something that belongs to someone else \u2014 borrowed, stolen, or improvised under fire.
\n DFirst class, with a cover identity and a gadget that does something I won’t explain until it’s needed.
\n EBy whatever means are available \u2014 I’ve driven, flown, and once arrived by camel. The destination matters, not the method.\n <\/p>\n

NEXT QUESTION \u2192<\/p>\n

03<\/p>\n

You’re pinned down and outnumbered. What does your ideal partner do?
\n This is when you find out what someone is really made of.<\/p>\n

\n ADisappears into the environment, flanks them silently, and ends it before I’ve reloaded.
\n BCracks a one-liner, grabs a fire extinguisher or a chair, and improvises something that somehow works.
\n CProduces a gadget specifically designed for this exact scenario and uses it with infuriating precision.
\n DPulls out a whip, a pistol, and an archaeological insight that somehow gets us out alive.
\n ENeutralises the threat with maximum efficiency and minimum words \u2014 they were already three moves ahead.\n <\/p>\n

NEXT QUESTION \u2192<\/p>\n

04<\/p>\n

The mission is paused. You have one evening to decompress. What does your partner suggest?
\n Who someone is when the pressure drops is who they actually are.<\/p>\n

\n AA bar with terrible lighting, cold beer, and absolutely no questions about feelings.
\n BThe finest restaurant in the city, a bottle of something expensive, and a conversation that is equal parts brilliant and exhausting.
\n CA local dig site, a museum after hours, or a long story about why that particular artefact matters to human civilisation.
\n DPizza. Bad TV. Falling asleep halfway through a movie neither of you were watching anyway.
\n EA debrief that turns into three hours of contingency planning that somehow becomes the most fun you’ve had all week.\n <\/p>\n

NEXT QUESTION \u2192<\/p>\n

05<\/p>\n

How do you prefer your partner to communicate mid-mission?
\n Good communication is the difference between partners and a liability.<\/p>\n

\n APrecise and minimal \u2014 tell me what I need to know and nothing else. Every word has a cost.
\n BDeadpan and dry \u2014 keeping it light keeps me sharp, even when everything is on fire.
\n CEnthusiastic and slightly chaotic \u2014 but always with useful information buried somewhere in the noise.
\n DCalm and controlled through an earpiece, with a plan that covers every variable I haven’t thought of yet.
\n EBarely at all \u2014 silence is a language and they speak it fluently.\n <\/p>\n

NEXT QUESTION \u2192<\/p>\n

06<\/p>\n

Your enemy is powerful, well-resourced, and has the upper hand. How should your partner approach them?
\n The approach to the enemy defines the partnership.<\/p>\n

\n AInfiltrate their inner circle, learn everything, and dismantle them from inside out before they know we’re there.
\n BStudy the historical pattern \u2014 every villain of this type has a weakness written somewhere in the past.
\n CGet them talking. The more they monologue, the more time I have to figure out how to beat them.
\n DGo through them. Directly. With as much force as the terrain allows.
\n EFind the one thing they haven’t accounted for \u2014 there’s always one thing \u2014 and make sure we’re holding it.\n <\/p>\n

NEXT QUESTION \u2192<\/p>\n

07<\/p>\n

Things go badly wrong and you’re captured. What do you trust your partner to do?
\n Who someone is when you need them most is the only thing that matters.<\/p>\n

\n ACome in alone, quietly, and get me out before anyone knows they were there.
\n BHave already been working on the extraction since the moment I disappeared \u2014 the plan is already running.
\n CCome in loud, come in fast, and worry about the collateral damage later \u2014 I’d do the same for them.
\n DUse every resource, every contact, and bend every rule until I’m out \u2014 they don’t leave people behind.
\n ECharm their way in somehow, bluff through the hard part, and still manage to look good doing it.\n <\/p>\n

NEXT QUESTION \u2192<\/p>\n

08<\/p>\n

What does your ideal partner bring to the table that you couldn’t replace?
\n A great partner fills the gap you didn’t know you had.<\/p>\n

\n ATechnology that shouldn’t exist yet and the training to use it under any conditions.
\n BSurvival instinct so refined it borders on supernatural \u2014 and the scars to prove it’s been tested.
\n CKnowledge of history, language, and culture that makes them invaluable in places where force is useless.
\n DThe ability to walk into any room in the world and immediately become the most trusted person in it.
\n EStubbornness that refuses to accept a situation is hopeless \u2014 and the improvisational skill to back it up.\n <\/p>\n

NEXT QUESTION \u2192<\/p>\n

09<\/p>\n

Every partnership has a cost. Which of these can you live with?
\n No one comes without baggage. The question is whether you can carry it together.<\/p>\n

\n AA partner who never fully switches off \u2014 always watching exits, always calculating threats, even at dinner.
\n BA partner who gets the job done brilliantly but has the emotional availability of a locked filing cabinet.
\n CA partner who makes everything ten times more complicated than it needs to be \u2014 but who always comes through.
\n DA partner who gets personally attached to every relic, ruin, and artefact we encounter, which slows everything down.
\n EA partner who was not built for this and knows it \u2014 but shows up anyway, every time, without being asked.\n <\/p>\n

NEXT QUESTION \u2192<\/p>\n

10<\/p>\n

It’s the final moment. Everything is on the line. What do you need from your partner right now?
\n The last question is the most honest one.<\/p>\n

\n AOne line. Absolutely dry. Delivered like the world isn’t ending. Then we move.
\n BNothing said at all \u2014 just a look that means we both already know what has to happen.
\n CA plan I don’t fully understand that somehow accounts for everything, delivered in thirty seconds flat.
\n DA piece of historical context that reframes the entire situation and tells us exactly what to do next.
\n ESomeone who steps forward instead of back \u2014 because that’s who they’ve always been.\n <\/p>\n

REVEAL MY PARTNER \u2192<\/p>\n

Your Partner Has Been Assigned
\n Your Perfect Partner Is\u2026<\/p>\n

Your answers have pointed to one action hero above all others. This is the person built to have your back \u2014 for better or considerably, spectacularly worse.<\/p>\n

Rambo<\/p>\n

Your partner doesn’t talk much, doesn’t need to, and will have assessed every threat in your immediate environment before you’ve finished your first sentence. John Rambo is not a man of plans or politics \u2014 he is a force of nature shaped by survival, loyalty, and a capacity for endurance that goes beyond anything training can produce. He will not leave you behind. He has never left anyone behind who deserved to come home. What you get with Rambo is the most capable, most quietly ferocious partner imaginable \u2014 one who has been through things that would have broken anyone else, and who chose to keep going anyway. You’ll never need to ask if he has your back. You’ll just know.<\/p>\n

James Bond<\/p>\n

Your partner will arrive perfectly dressed, perfectly briefed, and with a cover story so convincing it’ll take you a moment to remember what’s actually true. James Bond is the most professionally dangerous person in any room he enters \u2014 and the most disarmingly charming, which is the point. He operates in a world of layers, where nothing is what it appears and every advantage is used without apology. You’ll never be bored. You’ll occasionally be furious. But when it matters \u2014 when the mission is genuinely on the line and the margin for error has collapsed to nothing \u2014 Bond is exactly the partner you want. He has survived things that have no business being survivable. He does it with style. That is not nothing.<\/p>\n

Indiana Jones<\/p>\n

Your partner will know the history, the language, the cultural context, and exactly why the thing everyone else is ignoring is actually the most important thing in the room. Indiana Jones is brilliant, reckless, and occasionally impossible \u2014 but he is also one of the most resourceful, most genuinely knowledgeable partners you could find yourself beside. He approaches every situation with a scholar’s eye and a brawler’s instinct, which is an unusual combination and a remarkably effective one. He hates snakes and gets personally attached to objects of historical significance, both of which will slow you down at least once. It doesn’t matter. What Indy brings is irreplaceable \u2014 and the adventures you’ll have together will be the kind people write books about. Assuming you survive them.<\/p>\n

John McClane<\/p>\n

Your partner was not supposed to be here. He does not have the right equipment, the right information, or anything approaching the right odds. He has a sarcastic remark and an absolute refusal to accept that the situation is as bad as it looks. John McClane is the greatest accidental hero in the history of action cinema \u2014 a man whose superpower is stubbornness, whose contingency plan is improvisation, and whose capacity to absorb punishment and keep moving would be alarming if it weren’t so useful. He will complain the entire time. He will make it significantly more chaotic than it needed to be. And he will absolutely, unconditionally, without question come through when it counts. Yippee-ki-yay.<\/p>\n

Ethan Hunt<\/p>\n

Your partner has already run seventeen scenarios by the time you’ve finished reading the briefing, and the plan he’s settled on involves at least two things that should be physically impossible. Ethan Hunt operates at the absolute edge of human capability \u2014 technically, physically, and intellectually \u2014 and he brings the same relentless precision to protecting his partners that he brings to dismantling organisations that shouldn’t exist. He is not easy to know and he will never fully tell you everything. But he will carry the weight of the mission so completely, so absolutely, that your job is simply to trust him \u2014 and the remarkable thing is that trusting him always turns out to be the right call. The mission will be impossible. He will complete it anyway.<\/p>\n

\n \u21bb RETAKE THE QUIZ\n <\/p>\n

Who Is Behind the Action in ‘Ride or Die’?<\/p>\n

In addition to Spencer and Waddingham as the main buddy action-comedy duo<\/a>, Ride or Die also features the talents of Ed Skrein, Calam Lynch, Savannah Steyn, Jamie Parker, Jacky Ido, and Sylvia Hoeks, with Bill Nighy playing the mysterious Director, who warns Judith in the trailer about a fateful choice she must make between her friend and the organization employing her. The series marks the first major production for creator and executive producer Tessa Coates, but she was joined by a showrunner with some action experience. Matt Miller, who created Fox’s Lethal Weapon<\/a> reboot series and has served as a producer on Chuck<\/a> and Peacemaker<\/a>, takes the reins, while Ant-Man<\/a> director Peyton Reed<\/a> works behind the camera. Spencer’s Orit Entertainment also produces, alongside Andy and Barbara Muschietti\u2019s Double Dream banner.<\/p>\n

All eight episodes of Ride or Die premiere on Prime Video on July 15. Check out the trailer in the player above.<\/p>\n

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Release Date<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJuly 15, 2026<\/p>\n

Network<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPrime Video<\/p>\n

Showrunner<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMatt Miller<\/p>\n

Directors<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPeyton Reed, Lauren Wolkstein<\/p>\n

Writers<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTessa Coates<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From JD and Turk to Leslie and Ron, and Joey and Chandler, television is packed to the brim…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":629027,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-629026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=629026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}