Eight summer film and TV releases that will inspire your next trip

Summer is all about escaping your daily routine, and this season's releases will have you ready to pack your bags.

If the arrival of longer, sunnier days doesn't inspire you to travel, leave it to this summer's upcoming crop of film and television series – where the settings become a silent character.

From friend retreats in a medieval Italian city to battles in the turquoise waters of the Peloponnese, here are eight new films and TV shows coming out this summer that will make you want to book your next holiday.

1. The Four Seasons (season two): Upstate New York, the Jersey Shore and Italy

Based on the 1981 film of the same name, Netflix's The Four Seasons features a cast of comedic powerhouses – Tina Fey, Will Forte, Colman Domingo, Marco Calvani and Kerri Kenney – playing a group of lifelong friends who holiday together each season of the year.

The show's first season took place in New York's foliage-studded Hudson Valley, as well as Puerto Rico's Palomino Island. In season two, which sees the group grieving the loss of their beloved friend (Steve Carrell), the crew returns to the Hudson Valley and also travels to the Jersey Shore and Italy. The trailer promises sandy Atlantic beaches, sweeping shots of historic squares, posing on Vespas and some of the worst-looking football ever shot for TV.

Season two of The Four Seasons premieres on Netflix on 28 May

2. Power Ballad: Dublin, Ireland 

Power Ballad is the latest film from Irish writer and director John Carney to showcase both his home city of Dublin and the power of song.

Carney's newest musical drama stars Paul Rudd as Rick Power, an American wedding singer living in Dublin who befriends former boy band member Danny Wilson (Nick Jonas). When Danny steals one of Rick's songs and it becomes a hit, Rick sets out for revenge – and to attain the recognition he's always wanted.

Viewers will be whisked away to modern-day Dublin, with scenes taking place throughout the city's pastel-coloured city centre. It also features the city's surrounding areas, like its Crumlin suburb, dotted with period red-brick homes, and Wicklow County, with its rolling Wicklow Mountains and grandiose medieval estates. Scenes in moody Irish pubs might just inspire your next pint of Guinness.  

Power Ballad is released in UK cinemas on 29 May

3. House of the Dragon (season three): Wales and southern England, UK

House of the Dragon, the prequel to the widely acclaimed series Game of Thrones, is back for a third season, which will follow dragonrider Rhaenyra Targaryen's attempt to take the Iron Throne. Once again, the drama's mythical scenes will be shot in ethereal corners of the United Kingdom, namely the lush forests of southern England and the rugged coastlines and endless greenery of rural Gwynedd in Wales. 

Look for fantasy-stoking shots of Eryri National Park (Snowdonia), the Unesco-listed Dinorwig Quarry with its unique wall of slate, and the mystical "floating" St Michael's Mount in Cornwall, reimagined as House Velaryon's Driftmark Castle. The battles may be........

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