What's Coming Next - Streaming 8/15
Week of August 15th
This week The Industry recommends 23 films that are coming to streaming, including new AMC series coming to Netflix.
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Streaming recommendations for the first week of August can be found here:
https://theindustry.co/p/whats-coming-next-streaming
Please note that platforms such as Criterion release once a month. For their releases, check the above link.
Netflix:
Original:
Emily in Paris - Season 4, Part 1
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance.
Logline: Emily finds herself with a busy travel schedule from the French Alps to the piazzas of Rome, viewers will vicariously experience amazing new locations through Emily’s eyes. Expect new characters, a lot more drama, romance, and a whole new language to try and master.
Cast: Lily Collins.
VOD: Netflix.
Date: Aug 15th.
The Union
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller.
Logline: Mike, a down-to earth construction worker, is thrust into the world of super spies and secret agents when his high school sweetheart, Roxanne, recruits him on a high-stakes US intelligence mission.
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Halle Berry.
VOD: Netflix.
Date: Aug 16th.
Dramas, Thrillers, Documentaries:
Logan Lucky (2017)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime.
Logline: Two brothers attempt to pull off a heist during a NASCAR race in North Carolina.
Director: Steven Soderbergh.
Cast: Daniel Craig, Channing Tatum, Riley Keough, Katie Holmes, Adam Driver, Seth MacFarlane, Jack Quaid.
VOD: Netflix.
Date: Aug 21st.
First Man (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History.
Logline: A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
Director: Damien Chazelle.
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Kyle Chandler, Corey Stoll, Claire Foy, Chris Abbott.
VOD: Netflix.
Date: Aug 16th.
A Discovery of Witches (AMC Original) Seasons 1–3
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance.
Logline: Diana Bishop, historian and witch, accesses Ashmole 782 and knows she must solve its mysteries. She is offered help by the enigmatic Matthew Clairmont, but he's a vampire and witches should never trust vampires.
Cast: Matthew Goode, Teresa Palmer.
VOD: Netflix.
Date: Aug 19th.
Monsieur Spade (AMC Original) Season 1
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller.
Logline: A retired private eye living out his days at his late wife’s rural French estate gets thrust back into action after the murder of six local nuns.
Cast: Clive Owen.
Creator: Scott Frank (Queen’s Gambit), Tom Fontana (Oz).
VOD: Netflix.
Date: Aug 19th.
Romance, Comedies, Family:
Migration (2023)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy.
Logline: When their idyllic pond life starts feeling cramped, a family of ducks embarks on a flight full of adventure — and misadventure — bound for Jamaica.
Cast: Elizabeth Banks, Danny DeVito, Carol Kane, Awkwafina, Keegan-Michael Key.
VOD: Netflix.
Date: Aug 19th.
Secret Lives of Orangutans (2024)
Genre: Documentary.
Logline: Follow a multigenerational orangutan family through their treetop triumphs and travails in this immersive documentary narrated by David Attenborough.
Cast: David Attenborough.
VOD: Netflix.
Date: Aug 22nd.
Action, Western, Fantasy:
Preacher (AMC Original) Seasons 1–4
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy.
Logline: Angels, demons, vampires, cowboys, and a secret religious sect clash with a Texas preacher who harnesses an otherworldly power in his quest to find God.
Cast: Dominic Cooper.
VOD: Netflix.
Date: Aug 19th.
Sci-Fi, Horror:
Pearl (2022)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller.
Logline: In 1918, a lonely Texas farm girl with a ravenous appetite for stardom goes to increasingly extreme lengths for what she believes is her big break.
Cast: Mia Goth Cooper.
Director. Ti West.
Studio: A24.
VOD: Netflix.
Date: Aug 16th.
Fear the Walking Dead (AMC Original) Seasons 1-8
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi.
Logline: A Walking Dead spinoff set in Los Angeles, California. Follows two families who must band together to survive the undead apocalypse.
Cast: Colman Domingo.
VOD: Netflix.
Date: Aug 19th.
The Terror (AMC Original) Season 1
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror.
Logline: This spine-chilling anthology series delves into infamous historical tragedies, revealing humanity’s deepest fears and hidden horrors.
Cast: Ciarán Hinds.
VOD: Netflix.
Date: Aug 19th.
The other AMC Series Collections being added to Netflix:
Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches (Season 1)
Dark Winds (Seasons 1-2)
Interview with the Vampire (Season 1)
Into the Badlands (Seasons 1-3)
Kevin Can F**k Himself (Seasons 1-2)
That Dirty Black Bag (Season 1)
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon (Season 1)
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