An Oxford-set faculty rom-com from the man behind The Inbetweeners; the return of certainly one of Netflix‘s greatest ever reveals; Genndy Tartakovsky’s newest grownup animated mission; Vanessa Kirby’s return to extra intimate dramas concerning the human situation; a documentary that promised to shed new mild on the Jussie Smollett hate crime incident; and a homicide thriller movie that includes a number of British and Irish appearing icons are a few of the highlights among the many new movies and sequence hitting Netflix in August.
Kicking off August is the rom-com My Oxford Yr, which focuses on the tried and trusted components of a younger American woman heading to stuffy previous Europe and discovering love with some impossibly good-looking and terribly charming man, so it’s nearly assured to seek out an enormous viewers. On this occasion, Sofia Carson performs Anna, an bold American pupil at Oxford College whose life is modified when she meets impossibly good-looking and terribly charming native Jamie performed by Corey Mylchreest. The movie is directed by Iain Morris (sure, the identical man who co-created and co-wrote The Inbetweeners) and is written by Allison Burnett and Melissa Osborne, based mostly on the novel by the identical identify by Julia Whelan. The solid additionally contains Dougray Scott, Catherine McCormack, Harry Trevaldwyn, and Hugh Coles. My Oxford Yr debuts on Aug. 1.
Netflix’s massive launch this month is season two of the monster hit Wednesday, which premieres Half 1 on Aug. 6. Wednesday season one is amongst Netflix’s most watched reveals ever, and the streamer has already confirmed a third season and plans for spinoffs. The sophomore outing for the present sees Jenna Ortega’s kooky Wednesday Addams return for an additional 12 months on the darkish, mysterious and really Gothic Nevermore Academy. The creative team that made season one of Wednesday such a huge hit are all again, together with creators/showrunners Alfred Gough and Miles Millar and naturally EP and director Tim Burton who gave the present his unmistakable feel and appear. New solid additions embrace Steve Buscemi, Joanna Lumley and Billie Piper and returning castmembers embrace Emma Myers, Fred Arminsen Catherine Zeta-Jones, Luiz Guzman and Isaac Ordonez.
Genndy Tartakovsky is likely one of the greatest names in animation, and the person behind Dexter’s Laboratory, Samurai Jack, Star Wars: Clone Wars and Lodge Transylvania has a brand new animated characteristic launching on Netflix on Aug. 13. Produced by Sony Photos Animation, Mounted sees Tartakovsky in full grownup comedy mode, the logline reads, “[the film is about] Bull, a median, all-around good canine who discovers he’s going to be neutered within the morning! Because the gravity of this life-altering occasion units in, Bull realizes he wants one final journey along with his pack of greatest mates as these are the final 24 hours along with his balls!” The stellar voice solid contains Adam DeVine, Idris Elba, Kathryn Hahn, Fred Armisen, Beck Bennett, and Bobby Moynihan.
The Invisible Girl will likely be very seen on Netflix in August, with Vanessa Kirby debuting her new movie Night time All the time Comes on Aug. 15. The Oscar-nominated British actress is on a profession scorching streak in the mean time, starring in massive funds spectacles like The Implausible 4: First Steps, Napoleon and Mission: Unimaginable — Useless Reckoning in addition to critically acclaimed dramas equivalent to Items of a Girl, and her newest, which she additionally produced, is extra within the useless of the latter movie that scored Kirby an Academy Award nomination. Directed by Benjamin Caron, Night time All the time Comes is a gritty crime thriller a couple of determined lady (Kirby), who over the course of an evening dangers the whole lot so as to safe her dwelling and her future. The characteristic is an adaptation of Willy Vlautin’s 2021 novel and is written by Sarah Conradt. The solid additionally contains Jennifer Jason Leigh, Zack Gottsagen, Stephen James, Randall Park, Julia Fox, Michael Kelly, and Eli Roth.
On Aug. 22, Netflix launches the sure-to-be-controversial and discourse-breaking The Fact About Jussie Smollett? The documentary movie purports to inform “a surprising true story of an allegedly pretend story that some now say may simply be a real story,” casting new mild on the completely wild incident that concerned Empire actor Jussie Smollett who in January 2019 claimed to have been sufferer of a viscious hate crime. The doc options interviews with police, legal professionals, journalists, investigators and with Smollett. The Fact About Jussie Smollett? comes from RAW, the producers behind the viral docs Don’t F**okay with Cats and Tinder Swindler.
One other massive film launch for Netflix this month is The Thursday Homicide Membership, a characteristic based mostly on the 2020 homicide thriller novel by Richard Osman. The movie, directed by Chris Columbus, options an all-star solid of British and Irish appearing legends together with Oscar-winners Helen Mirren and Ben Kingsley, in addition to Pierce Brosnan, Celia Imrie, Jonathan Pryce, David Tennant, Richard E. Grant and rising Naomie Akie. The Thursday Homicide Membership tells the story of 4 70-somethings, with distinctive previous lives, who determine to resolve a homicide in a retirement dwelling. Tapping into a few of the components that made movies like The Finest Unique Marigold Lodge and even Netflix’s personal just lately launched Nonnas a success, The Thursday Homicide Membership debuts on Aug. 28.
Motion pictures added to Netflix in August embrace American Pie, American Pie 2, Anaconda, Clueless, Dazed and Confused, The Departed, Despicable Me, Despicable Me 2, Quick Occasions at Ridgemont Excessive, Groundhog Day, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, Journey to the Heart of the Earth, Jurassic Park, The Misplaced World: Jurassic Park, Jurassic Park III, Megamind, Minions, Rush Hour, Rush Hour 2, Rush Hour 3, 13, Bizarre Science, Moist Sizzling American Summer time, Wyatt Earp, The Quick and the Livid, 2 Quick 2 Livid, The Quick and the Livid: Tokyo Drift, Quick 5, Quick & Livid 6, Livid 7 and Quick & Livid Presents: Hobbs & Shaw.
Missed what got here to Netflix final month? Check out the July additions here.
Learn on for the whole record of titles hitting Netflix in August.
Aug. 1
My Oxford Yr
Good Match: Season 3
American Pie
American Pie 2
Anaconda
Clueless
Dazed and Confused
The Departed
Despicable Me
Despicable Me 2
Quick Occasions at Ridgemont Excessive
Fireplace Nation: Season 2
Groundhog Day
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Journey to the Heart of the Earth
Jurassic Park
The Misplaced World: Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park III
Megamind
Minions
Pawn Stars: Season 16
Rush Hour
Rush Hour 2
Rush Hour 3
13
Bizarre Science
Moist Sizzling American Summer time
Wyatt Earp
Aug. 2
Past the Bar (KR)
Aug. 5
Love Life: Seasons 1-2
SEC Soccer: Any Given Saturday
Titans: The Rise of Hollywood: Season 1
Aug. 6
Wednesday: Season 2 Half 1
Aug. 8
Stolen: Heist of the Century (GB)
Aug. 10
Marry Me
Aug. 11
Outlander: Season 7 Half 1
Sullivan’s Crossing: Season 3
Aug. 12
Last Draft (JP)
Jim Jefferies: Two Limb Coverage
Aug. 13
Love Is Blind: UK: Season 2 (GB)
Mounted
Saare Jahan Se Accha: The Silent Guardians (IN)
Songs From the Gap
Younger Millionaires (FR)
Aug. 14
Within the Mud (AR)
Miss Governor: Season 1 Half 2
Mononoke The Film: Chapter II – The Ashes of Rage (JP)
Quantum Leap: Seasons 1-2
Aug. 15
The Echoes of Survivors: Inside Korea’s Tragedies (KR)
Match for TV: The Actuality of the Largest Loser
Night time All the time Comes
Aug. 16
The Quick and the Livid
2 Quick 2 Livid
The Quick and the Livid: Tokyo Drift
Quick 5
Quick & Livid 6
Livid 7
Quick & Livid Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Aug. 18
CoComelon Lane: Season 5
Extant: Seasons 1-2
Aug. 19
America’s Staff: The Gambler and His Cowboys
Titans: The Rise of Wall Avenue: Season 1
Aug. 20
Fisk: Season 3
Rivers of Destiny (BR)
Aug. 21
The 355
Loss of life Inc.: Season 3 (ES)
Fall for Me (DE)
Gold Rush Gang (TH)
Hostage (GB)
One Hit Surprise (PH)
Aug. 22
Deserted Man (TR)
Lengthy Story Brief
The Fact About Jussie Smollett? (GB)
Aug. 27
Fantasy Soccer Ruined Our Lives (IT)
Aug. 28
Barbie Mysteries: Seashore Detectives
My Life With the Walter Boys: Season 2
The Thursday Homicide Membership
Aug. 29
Two Graves (ES)
Unknown Quantity: The Excessive Faculty Catfish
