Quick & Livid 9 (aka F9) and The Suicide Squad are the largest worldwide titles to observe this August — the primary two are coming to (Indian) cinemas, two are already streaming (within the US) and the opposite can be. F9 launched July 30 on-demand within the US, virtually three weeks previous to its August 19 India launch date. It was going to launch earlier in India however obtained delayed by two weeks. The Suicide Squad is hitting India on August 5 in step with its world launch date, with Warner hoping to keep away from the foremost piracy state of affairs that Common finds itself in, with F9 being torrented extensively. The Suicide Squad is out August 6 on HBO Max, in spite of everything. Talking of superheroes, Marvel additionally has a brand new (animated) collection in What If…? that begins August 11 on Disney+ Hotstar.
From India, there are a few pop patriotic struggle dramas for the Independence Day weekend. Amazon Prime Video rolls out Kargil Battle-set Shershaah, led by Siddharth Malhotra and Kiara Advani, and produced by Karan Johar, on August 12. Disney+ Hotstar will observe it on August 13 with a story from 1971 Indo-Pakistan Battle in Bhuj: The Satisfaction of India, starring Ajay Devgn, Sanjay Dutt, and Sonakshi Sinha. Disney+ Hotstar additionally has a interval drama in The Empire, concerning the rise and fall of the Mughal Empire, in August. If you’re on the lookout for extra Indian content material, Mani Ratnam presents a nine-film anthology known as Navarasa, dropping August 6 on Netflix. Revathy, Parvathy, Anjali, Aditi Balan, Vijay Sethupathy, Arvind Swamy, Siddarth, Prakashraj, and Yogi Babu are amongst its huge solid.
For these on the lookout for large names, August has Hugh Jackman within the sci-fi movie Memory obtainable August 20 on HBO Max. It ought to come to Indian cinemas on the similar time too. Emma Stone is Cruella in Cruella, out August 27 on Disney+ Hotstar. Nicole Kidman and Melissa McCarthy lead a packed solid for 9 Good Strangers, which begins August 20 on Amazon Prime Video in India. Sandra Oh leads the solid of The Chair — Recreation of Thrones creators are concerned — additionally out August 20 however on Netflix. On the identical day on the identical platform, Jason Momoa hunts for the reality and runs from large pharma in Candy Lady. In the meantime, Joseph Gordon-Levitt does every thing (performing, writing, directing and producing) on his new Apple TV+ collection Mr. Corman, premiering August 6.
There’s additionally Brooklyn 9-9 season 8 — the collection’ closing season begins in August and can air on Comedy Central in India. It will take loads longer to achieve streaming platforms. With that, here is our August 2021 information to Netflix, Disney+ Hotstar, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, HBO Max, and Comedy Central.
The Suicide Squad
When: August 5 (India), August 6 (Streaming)
The place: Cinemas (India), HBO Max (USA)
Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn is on the helm of this delicate reboot of what was initially a dumpster fireplace. There are a few survivors, mainly Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, and Viola Davis. There is a splattering of latest faces alongside — lots of whom can be killed off, as Gunn has already teased — in John Cena, Idris Elba, Peter Capaldi, David Dastmalchian, Daniela Melchior, Michael Rooker, Pete Davidson, Nathan Fillion, and a shark voiced by Sylvester Stallone.
Going by the trailers, Gunn appears to be doing what made him well-known at Marvel, besides he is now working within the rival DC camp (earlier than he switches again for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, coming Could 2023). The Suicide Squad is accessible in cinemas a day previous to its one-month streaming run on HBO Max within the US.
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A number of the new Suicide Squad in The Suicide Squad
Picture Credit score: DC Comics/Warner Bros.
Mr. Corman
When: August 6
The place: Apple TV+
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is the star, author, director and producer on this 10-episode dramedy a few 30-something failed musician now instructing fifth graders at a San Fernando Valley college in Los Angeles County. Thus far, so Soul. There’s even a dreamy sequence within the Mr. Corman trailer should you’re excited by stretching that Pixar comparability.
So as to add to Corman’s miseries, his fiancé (Juno Temple) broke up and moved out, whereas his highschool pal (Arturo Castro) has taken her place at house. Nonetheless, Corman believes he is fortunate whilst the sentiments of tension and self-doubt are creeping in. Debra Winger, Logic, Hector Hernandez, Jamie Chung, and Shannon Woodward co-star.
Three Mr. Corman episodes drop on launch date, with the remaining seven airing one per week till September 24.
Navarasa
When: August 6
The place: Netflix
Mani Ratnam spearheads this anthology of 9 Tamil-language quick movies that finds 9 administrators tackling 9 rasas, Tamil for feelings: anger (Arvind Swami), compassion (Bejoy Nambiar), braveness (Sarjun), disgust (Vasanth S Sai), concern (Rathindran R Prasad), laughter (Priyadarshan), love (Gautham Vasudev Menon), peace (Karthik Subbaraj), and marvel (Karthick Naren). Everybody labored pro-bono on Navarasa to lift funds for these affected by COVID-19 within the Tamil cinema business.
Revathy, Parvathy Thiruvothu, Anjali, Aditi Balan, Remya Nambeesan, Poorna, Prayaga Martin, Rythvika Suriya, Vijay Sethupathy, Arvind Swamy, Siddarth, Prakashraj, Yogi Babu, Prasanna, Atharva, Bobby Simha, Gautham Menon, Ashok Selvan, Nedumudi Venu, Delhi Ganesh, and Kishore are a part of a 40-strong solid. All 9 movies can be obtainable directly on launch date.
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Marvel’s What If…?
When: August 11
The place: Disney+ Hotstar
Marvel Studios’ first anthology animated collection is all about asking large what-if questions: What if Peggy Carter took the Tremendous Soldier serum? What if T’Challa ended up as Star-Lord? What if Killmonger got here to Tony Stark’s rescue in Afghanistan? As you possibly can inform, What If…? is all about exploring the multiverse of potentialities — is that this why it is approaching the heels of Loki? — triggered by an enormous resolution.
As you possibly can inform, none of those hypothetical occasions could have any impact on the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Nonetheless, a lot of the solid is concerned, together with Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Renner, Paul Rudd, Mark Ruffalo, Hayley Atwell, Samuel L. Jackson, Josh Brolin, Sebastian Stan, Natalie Portman, Michael Douglas, Karen Gillan, Jeff Goldblum, Michael B. Jordan, and the late Chadwick Boseman.
What If…? season 1 has 10 episodes in whole. One new episode each Wednesday till October 13.
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Haley Atwell as Captain Carter in What If…?
Picture Credit score: Disney/Marvel Studios
Shershaah
When: August 12
The place: Amazon Prime Video
Say hi there to India’s The Lion King. No, that does not imply what you suppose it does. It is the direct translation of the struggle movie’s title, an acknowledgement of how Indian Military Captain Vikram Batra was referred to by the enemy, Pakistan, through the 1999 Kargil Battle. Batra was posthumously awarded India’s highest navy honour, the Param Vir Chakra, for his actions.
Siddharth Malhotra performs Batra on this biopic directed by Vishnuvardhan (Arrambam) who makes his Hindi-language debut, and produced by Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions. Shershaah is the second consecutive biopic on a Kargil struggle vet for Dharma, following final yr’s Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Lady that was offered to Netflix. Hopefully, it too will not give into jingoism.
Kiara Advani, Shiv Pandit, Niktin Dheer, Himmanshoo A. Malhotra, Anil Charanjeett, Sahil Vaid, Raj Arjun, Ankita Goraya, Rakesh Dubey, Pranay Singh Pachauri, Pawan Chopra, Mir Sarwar, and Shataf Figar are additionally a part of the Shershaah solid.
Bhuj: The Satisfaction of India
When: August 13
The place: Disney+ Hotstar
Ajay Devgn, Sanjay Dutt, Sonakshi Sinha, Nora Fatehi, and Sharad Kelkar lead the solid of this Gujarat-based struggle drama that chronicles the efforts of an IAF Squadron Chief (Devgn) and 300 native ladies (Sinha amongst them) who helped rebuild the carpet-bombed Bhuj airbase through the 1971 Indo-Pakistan Battle. Ammy Virk, Pranitha Subhash, and Ihana Dhillon are additionally a part of the solid.
Cleaning soap opera veteran Abhishek Dudhaiya makes his feature-length directorial debut on Bhuj: The Satisfaction of India, working off a screenplay he co-wrote with Raman Kumar, Ritesh Shah, and Pooja Bhavoria. That tv legacy is seen within the Bhuj trailer, although to be truthful, most Bollywood struggle dramas are this mixture of cringe dialogues and …dance sequences.
Brooklyn 9-9
When: August TBA
The place: Comedy Central
10-8. No that is not a cop code — it is the variety of episodes (10) within the eighth and closing season of this beloved sitcom. That is a decreased run for what was once a 22-episode collection, having progressively declined in episode depend throughout its NBC years. The community can also be switching up its launch schedule: there can be two back-to-back episodes each week, for 5 weeks.
Brooklyn 9-9 season 8 has additionally been reworked in components, following the George Floyd protests in opposition to racism and police brutality, with Terry Crews revealing that they scrapped 4 accomplished episodes altogether. The solid remains to be the identical although, with Crews alongside Andy Samberg, Stephanie Beatriz, Melissa Fumero, Joe Lo Truglio, Dirk Blocker, Joel McKinnon Miller, and Andre Braugher.
CODA
When: August 13
The place: Apple TV+
Apple paid a festival-record $25 million (about Rs. 185 crores) for this Sundance-winning remake of the 2014 French comedy-drama La Famille Bélier. It is a few 17-year-old woman (Emilia Jones) who’s the one listening to member in her deaf fishing household. Therefore, the title: CODA, Baby of Deaf Adults. Caught between serving to her household enterprise below risk and her love of singing, she should determine what to do.
Eugenio Derbez, Troy Kotsur, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Daniel Durant, Amy Forsyth, Kevin Chapman, and Marlee Matlin co-star. CODA director Sian Heder (Tallulah) was additionally honoured for her work at Sundance.
The Conjuring: The Satan Made Me Do It
When: August 13
The place: Cinemas
James Wan’s Conjuring franchise continues to be impressed by real-life instances as Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson’s paranormal investigators tackle their first homicide case, the 1981 trial of Arne Cheyenne Johnson (performed right here by Ruairi O’Connor) by which she claimed demonic possession as a defence. Basically, that the Satan made me do it. Oh look, that is additionally the title. What a coincidence.
Michael Chaves (The Curse of La Llorona) is the director, working off a screenplay by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick (The Conjuring 2, Aquaman). The Conjuring: The Satan Made Me Do It launched in June on HBO Max and in US theatres, and belatedly makes its strategy to India as cinemas reopen following the second wave of the continuing COVID-19 pandemic.
Fashionable Love
When: August 13
The place: Amazon Prime Video
Package Harington, Anna Paquin, Tobias Menzies, Garrett Hedlund, Dominique Fishback, Lucy Boynton, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Susan Blackwell, Minnie Driver, Nikki M. James, Aparna Nancherla, Sophie Okonedo, Ben Rappaport, Jack Reynor, Lulu Wilson, Zuzanna Szadkowski, and Miranda Richardson are a part of the huge solid for the second season of this rom-com anthology created by John Carney (Sing Road).
Quick & Livid 9
When: August 19 (India), TBA (On-demand)
The place: Cinemas (India), Video-on-demand (USA)
It is time for household — almost three months late. Having grossed over $600 million (about Rs. 4,462 crores) since its Could debut internationally, the ninth chapter of The Quick Saga lastly rolls into Indian cinemas. However should you’re apprehensive about being in an enclosed house with strangers, Quick & Livid 9 has already arrived on-demand within the US. For some, it is a safer albeit costly different, and for others (who reside the place cinemas have not reopened) the one strategy to watch it proper now.
Plot shouldn’t be a factor anybody cares about with a Quick & Livid title, so I will simply go away you with the names of these whose faces you will note: Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Ludacris, John Cena, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jordana Brewster, Sung Kang, Michael Rooker, Helen Mirren, Kurt Russell, and Charlize Theron. Quick 5 director Justin Lin is again behind the digicam.
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John Cena as Jakob Toretto in F9
Picture Credit score: Common Photos
9 Good Strangers
When: August 18 (USA), August 20 (India)
The place: Hulu (USA), Amazon Prime Video (India)
Large Little Lies creator David E. Kelley is again at it, adapting one other Liane Moriarty novel. He is joined by Nicole Kidman who right here performs a mysterious Russian host of a well being and wellness resort in Australia. She’s fielding the titular 9 strangers, performed by Melissa McCarthy, Luke Evans, Samara Weaving, Michael Shannon, Regina Corridor, and Bobby Cannavale amongst others.
They’ve gathered for a 10-day retreat that seems to be much more, as they uncover secrets and techniques about one another and the host (Kidman). Jonathan Levine (50/50) directs all eight episodes that can stream weekly Wednesdays on Hulu, and Friday on Prime Video. Three episodes upon premiere, with the 5 remaining airing one each week till September 22.
The Chair
When: August 20
The place: Netflix
Sandra Oh is the primary lady chair of the English division at a fictional American college on this six-episode half-hour dramedy that additionally marks the primary Netflix unique involving Recreation of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss (as a part of their large $200-million deal, about Rs. 1,487 crores at this time). The Chair trailer means that Oh’s newly-installed head has to take care of the messes of those that got here earlier than her, a few of which really feel #MeToo-tinged.
Jay Duplass, Holland Taylor, Bob Balaban, David Morse, Nana Mensah, and Everly Carganilla are additionally a part of The Chair solid. Amanda Peet and Annie Julia-Wyman created the collection, with Peet additionally serving as showrunner. Oh, Benioff and Weiss are government producers. All episodes directly on launch date.
Memory
When: August 20
The place: HBO Max
In near-future local weather change-ravaged Miami, Hugh Jackman performs a struggle veteran who provides his shoppers the selection to relive any reminiscence they need. His life is upended after he discovers by another person’s reminiscences that the mysterious lady (Rebecca Ferguson) he is been sleeping with is likely to be concerned in a collection of violent crimes. After which she goes lacking, forcing him to go on the lookout for her.
Thandiwe Newton, Cliff Curtis, Marina de Tavira, Daniel Wu, Mojean Aria, Brett Cullen, Natalie Martinez, Angela Sarafyan, and Nico Parker additionally star. Westworld co-creator Lisa Pleasure makes her feature-length directorial debut. The Memory trailer has been in comparison with the works of Christopher Nolan, which suggests at this level that love for this sort of storytelling runs within the household. Pleasure is Nolan’s sis-in-law.
Memory can be obtainable on HBO Max for the primary month similtaneously it is in cinemas. Not confirmed for Indian cinemas but, however anticipated given Warner Bros. is rolling out three movies within the three weeks prior.
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Hugh Jackman in Memory
Picture Credit score: Ben Rothstein/Warner Bros.
Candy Lady
When: August 20
The place: Netflix
After a pharma large pulls a live-saving drug off the cabinets simply earlier than his spouse (Adria Arjona) dies of most cancers, Aquaman star Jason Momoa publicly vows to convey justice to these accountable. Apparently, large pharma would not fiddle. They ship males with weapons after the widower (Momoa) and his daughter (Isabela Merced) who’re compelled to go on the run.
Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Raza Jaffrey, Lex Scott Davis, Michael Raymond-James, and Amy Brenneman additionally star. Brian Andrew Mendoza is the director on Candy Lady, working off a screenplay by Philip Eisner, Gregg Hurwitz, and Will Staples.
Reality Be Informed
When: August 20
The place: Apple TV+
Kate Hudson is the massive new face for the second season of what seems like an anthology collection now, as true crime podcaster Poppy Parnell (Octavia Spencer) units her sight on a brand new case: that of media mogul and her childhood pal Micah Keith (Kate Hudson). Poppy claims she desires to assist Micah, by pushing for justice on a public discussion board (her podcast). However at what price — each private {and professional} — will that come for Micah? Merle Dandridge can also be new to Reality Be Informed season 2 solid.
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf
When: August 23
The place: Netflix
Earlier than Henry Cavill returns as Geralt of Rivia in The Witcher season 2 in December, Netflix is increasing the Continent with this anime prequel spin-off film that follows his mentor Vesemir (voiced by Theo James right here, and to be performed by Kim Bodnia in The Witcher season 2) throughout his glory days. We even have Lara Pulver as Tetra, Graham McTavish as Deglan, and Mary McDonnell as Girl Zerbst.
The Witcher showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrisch is the producer on The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf. Kwang Il Han directs off a screenplay written by Beau DeMayo.
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Theo James as Vesemir in The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf
Picture Credit score: Netflix
Cruella
When: August 27
The place: Disney+ Hotstar
Emma Stone steps into Disney’s origin story of the dalmatian fur-loving Cruella de Vil as a grifter and an aspiring dressmaker named Estella — this live-action reboot loves making stitches of its personal — who takes goal at her boss and London’s prestigious trend home chief Baroness von Hellman (Emma Thompson). Aiding her in her exploits are thieving brothers Jasper (Joel Fry) and Horace Badun (Paul Walter Hauser).
Emily Beecham, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Mark Robust, and John McCrea additionally star. Craig Gillespie (I, Tonya) directs Cruella. Dana Fox and Tony McNamara present the screenplay. Cruella launched in late Could on Disney+ Premier Entry, and now that it is exiting the premium tier, it is obtainable on Disney+ Hotstar. Because of COVID-19, Cruella is skipping theatres fully, simply as with Black Widow.
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Emma Stone as Cruella de Vil in Cruella
Picture Credit score: Laurie Sparham/Disney
See
When: August 27
The place: Apple TV+
The second title for Momoa in August is the second season of this post-apocalyptic sci-fi drama the place humanity can’t see. Guardians of the Galaxy and Military of the Useless star Dave Bautista is new to See season 2 as Momoa’s on-screen nemesis brother, alongside Joe Flanigan, Eden Epstein, Tom Mison, Hoon Lee, Olivia Cheng, David Hewlett and Tamara Tunie. Sylvia Hoeks, Hera Hilmar, Christian Camargo, and Alfre Woodard are a part of the returning solid reverse Momoa.
One new episode every week till October 15. Already renewed for a 3rd season that’s presently filming in Toronto, Canada.
The Empire
When: August TBA
The place: Disney+ Hotstar
HBO is likely to be making Recreation of Thrones prequels that can come to Disney+ Hotstar, however in the meantime, the community is displaying comparable (local-level) ambitions of its personal. Batla Home director Nikkhil Advani is behind this epic enterprise that goals to chronicle the rise and the autumn of the Mughal Empire — it spanned two centuries and stretched from Afghanistan to the Deccan plateau — from Babur to Aurangzeb.
Kunal Kapoor is about as a younger Babur who turned his eyes in the direction of India after dealing with repeated defeats in what’s modern-day Uzbekistan. That brings him in conflict with the Sultan of Delhi Ibrahim Lodi (Dino Morea) and thereafter the Mewar kingdom led by Rana Sanga (Srijan Srivastava). Drashti Dhami performs Babur’s elder sister Khanzada Begum, and Shabana Azmi is Babur’s grandmother Esan Daulat.
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