Showmax unveils sizzling February lineup

By Benjamin Njoku

Showmax is set to bring the heat this February as it unveils an amazing lineup of new releases.
The streaming giant is featuring a refreshed slate of new and returning local and international titles for both weekly viewers and long-form bingers
The second season of the epic series ‘Shaka iLembe”, which started showing on Friday opened the floodgate. Other exciting titles include the comedy movie “The Naked Gun”, starring Liam Neeson, and “Love & New Notes”, a romantic drama set in 1984 Nigeria.
If you’re in the mood for something local, catch “To Adaego With Love”, a historical romance set in post-Civil War Nigeria, also releasing on February 6. And don’t miss “Friends Indeed”, a drama about four friends whose bond is tested by ambition and social status.
International highlights include the comedy movie The Naked Gun, season two of the critically acclaimed drama Landman, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy season one, and The Life of Chuck, the Stephen King adaptation starring Tom Hiddleston and British Nigerian actor Chiwetel Ejiofor.
THE Naked Gun, which is currently streaming on Showmax, has Oscar nominee Liam Neeson stars as Lt Frank Drebin Jr, who must follow in his father’s footsteps to lead Police Squad and save the world in The Naked Gun.
Named Best Comedy at the 2026 Critics’ Choice Awards, The Naked Gun co-stars Golden Globe nominee Pamela Anderson (The Last Showgirl, Baywatch) and Emmy winner Paul Walter Hauser (Cobra Kai, Black Bird). The series has an 87% critics’ rating, with New York Magazine hailing the spoof as “fall-out-of-your-seat-and-roll-on-the-floor hilarious.”
Set in the 32nd century, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy introduces viewers to a young group of cadets – the first in over a century – who come together to pursue a common dream of hope and optimism. Under the watchful and demanding eyes of their instructors, they discover what it takes to become Starfleet officers as they navigate blossoming friendships, explosive rivalries, first loves and a new enemy that threatens both the Academy and the Federation itself.
Leading the academy is Captain Nahla Ake, played by Oscar winner Holly Hunter, while Emmy nominees Tig Notaro and Robert Picardo reprise their roles as Jett Reno and The Doctor, as does Mary Wiseman as Sylvia Tilly. The new recruits include X Factor star Karim Diané while guest stars include Oscar nominee Paul Giamatti (Billions). As The Hollywood Reporter says: “Starfleet Academy has a crew worth following to the ends of the universe.”

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