The Suicide Squad (HBO Max) August 6th

Director James Gunn trades Marvel for DC in his first comic book movie for Warner Bros. with an all-star cast including Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Idris Elba as Bloodsport and John Cena as Peacemaker. The Suicide Squad features both iconic and lesser-known DC supervillains tasked (by the US government) with infiltrating the fictional island of Corto Maltese to stop a potentially world-ending threat.

It’s rated R, so there will be more than a little graphic violence, bad language and other mature content in a comic book movie where no one, not even Harley Quinn, is safe from the chopping block.

Mr Corman (Apple TV+) August 6th

Is Mr Corman Apple TV’s next award-winning thoughtful dreamed, a la Ted Lasso? Possibly. Created, directed by and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, the series follows Mr Corman, an anxious and lonely high school teacher whose life hasn’t panned out the way he had hoped.

This is a TV show that blends real-life drama with dark humor and beautifully constructed daydream sequences, coupled with a stellar supporting cast including Lord of the Rings‘ Hugo Weaving and Ted Lasso‘s Juno Temple, Mr. Corman could be another endearing comedy series for Apple’s growing library.

Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu) August 9th

From Co-Creators and Executive Producers Sterlin Harjo and that guy who does everything, Taika Waititi, Reservation Dogs is a half-hour comedy that follows the exploits of four Indigenous teenagers in rural Oklahoma who steal, rob and save in order to get to California to honor the memory of their late friend Daniel.

Marvel’s What If? (Disney+) August 11th

For multiverse and alternate reality fans everywhere, What If…? stars Jeffrey Wright (The Batman, James Bond) as The Watcher, and will explore ways that iconic Marvel events could have played out differently.

From Peggy Carter becoming Captain Britain (after she’s injected with the super soldier serum) to Black Panther’s Eric Killmonger saving Tony Stark in Iron Man 1, What If…? is a show that MCU fans won’t want to miss. There’s even an episode dedicated to Marvel’s fan favorite Zombies comic series.

Titans Season 3 (HBO Max) August 12th
DC’s adult series returns this time to HBO Max and not the DC app, picking up where season two ended. Nightwing, Starfire and Raven trade San Francisco for Gotham City where they’ll team up with Barbara Gordon and try to learn from the “mistakes of their parents”, according to showrunner Greg Walker. Expect plenty of more R-rated superhero capers, twists and turns in season 3.

Brand New Cherry Flavor (Netflix) August 13th

Billed as a horror drama series, Brand New Cherry Flavor stars Rosa Salazar (Alita: Battle Angel, Undone) as Lisa Nova, a filmmaker who heads to Hollywood in the 1990s to make a name for herself. Shortly after that, Hollywood sinks its claws in Lisa, and she ends up, according to Netflix’s synopsis, “falling down a hallucinatory rabbit hole of sex, magic, revenge – and kittens.”

Modern Love Season 2 (Amazon Prime) August 13th
Kit Harington (Game of Thrones), Will & Grace‘s Minnie Driver and Triple Frontier‘s Garrett Hedlund are just three of the recognizable names to look out for in this run of the romance anthology series Modern Love. Just make sure you have a box of tissues ready for the series’ more emotional moments.

Reminiscence (HBO Max) August 20th

Also opening in theaters the same day, Reminiscence features Hugh Jackman, who returns in his first major movie role since 2019’s Bad Education in this neo-futuristic sci-fi thriller.

Reminiscence follows Nick Bannister (Jackman), a soldier-turned-private investigator who lives on the fringes of the flooded Miami coast and specializes in helping rich clients to relive any memory they desire. When a young woman named Mae (Rebecca Ferguson) upends his life in more ways than one before disappearing without a trace, Nick uses his expertise to uncover a violent conspiracy that places him in harm’s way.

Sweet Girl (Netflix) August 20th

Aquaman‘s Jason Momoa plays Ray Cooper, a widower who fights to make the pharmaceutical company responsible for his wife’s death face justice, all while protecting his daughter, played by Isabela Merced.

Nine Perfect Strangers (Hulu/Amazon) August 20th

Based on Liane Moriarty’s 2018 novel of the same name, Nine Perfect Strangers is a drama series that should attract fans of Big Little Lies which came from the same author.

This is a limited series about nine city dwellers who, under the guidance of the mysterious Masha (Nicole Kidman), seek to come to terms with their personal issues and trauma during a 10-day retreat at the Tranquillum House health and wellness resort. Melissa McCarthy, Michael Shannon, Luke Evans and Bobby Cannavale co-star.

He’s All That (Netflix) August 27th

This gender-swapped remake of the 1999 teen classic, She’s All That stars TikTok influencer Addison Rae and Cobra Kai actor Tanner Buchanan. Rae’s character accepts a challenge to turn “the school’s biggest loser” into the prom king.