Amongst all the August premieres in the US (and beyond) are these 35 titles, including in the comedy, documentary, drama, fantasy, reality, sci-fi, and thriller genres.
Below is our curated list of 35 programs from countries in Africa, Asia, North America, and South America that are premiering and being added to schedules/offerings in the US and other territories in July 2023. Additional program premieres are listed on our “viewing guide” page.
(For details about the premieres of programs from the UK, Ireland, English-speaking Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and subtitled original-language programs from countries in Europe, visit The British TV Place, The Down Under TV Place, and The Euro TV Place.)
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Lioness: Season 1 (South Africa)
This drama thriller centers on Samantha “Sam” Hugo (Shannon Esra, Do Your Worst, The River, Legacy), the wife of an investment banker and the mother of their three children. On one fateful evening, Sam loses practically everything — her children, her lover, and her freedom — when she is framed for fraud committed by her husband before his death. Eight years later, while trying to reunite with her children, Sam discovers that he is still alive…
The cast includes Evan Hengst (Resident Evil), Jazzara Jaslyn (Warrior) Joshua Eady (The Kissing Booth), Terrence Ngwila (The Wife), and Ilana Cilliers (Binnelanders), amongst others. Lioness: Season 1 premieres in the US and Canada on Tuesday, August 1, exclusively on MHz Choice and its digital channels, including MHz Choice on Amazon. (You can add it to your watchlist now.)
Mixtape (US)
This documentary explores how the creation of mixtapes launched hip hop into mainstream culture. The importance of mixtapes goes beyond the tapes themselves: They were a form of currency and a signifier that someone was “in the know” and had their ear to the streets. The culture was too strong to be stopped, and the artists were too talented to be ignored — so they turned the sub-culture into the mainstream, and made hip hop what it is today.
The documentary features 2 Chainz, A$AP Rocky, Dante Ross, DJ Bobbito, DJ Clue, DJ Drama, DJ Enuff, DJ Green Lantern, DJ Jazzy Joyce, DJ Kay Slay, DJ Khaled, DJ S&S, DJ Scratch, DJ Stretch Armstrong, DJ Whoo Kid, Doo Wop, Fabolous, Fat Joe, Funkmaster Flex, The Game, Grandmaster Caz, Jadakiss, James Cruz, Jeezy, Kid Capri, Kool DJ Red Alert, KRS-One, Lil Wayne, Mark Ronson, Mike Tyson, N.O.R.E., Ron G, Shaq, Tommy Hilfiger, Tony Touch, Trouble, Tuma Basa, and more.
Mixtape premieres in the US and Canada on Tuesday, August 1, and in the UK, Australia, Latin America, and Brazil on Wednesday, August 2, exclusively on Paramount+.
Happily Married: Season 2 (Canada)
Set in the sleepy Sainte-Foy suburb of Quebec City in the 1970s, this multi-award-winning French-language crime comedy-drama series centers on two married couples — Gaétan (François Létourneau, Série Noire) and Huguette Delisle (Marilyn Castonguay, Plan B) and Serge (Patrice Robitaille, Les beaux malaises) and Micheline Paquette (Karine Gonthier-Hyndman, Les Invisibles) — who deal with the crises in their lives by embarking on a crime spree while their children are away at summer camp.
Season 2 opens in the summer of 1975. With the kids back at summer camp, the Delisle and Paquette families are regaining control of the criminal empire. The mysterious Sexists challenge Huguette Delisle, the new kingpin of Sainte-Foy, but she questions if violence is the answer.
Happily Married: Season 2 premieres in the US and Canada as a 10-episode binge on Thursday, August 3, exclusively on Topic and its digital channels, including Topic on Amazon.
Head to Head (Saudi Arabia)
In this comedy thriller, a lovesick chauffeur and a bootleg mechanic mistakenly pick up a retired crime lord, igniting a wild, life-changing adventure. It stars Abdulaziz Alshehri (Masameer County), Adel Radwan (Cairo Time Reports), and Mohammad Alqass (Rashash), amongst others.
Head to Head, a Netflix Film, premieres globally on Thursday, August 3, exclusively on Netflix (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead (Japan)
Based on the popular “Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead” manga series by the team of Haro Aso (writer) and Kotaro Takata (illustrator), the creators of the Alice in Borderland graphic novels, this comedy film follows Akira Tendo (Eiji Akaso, Pending train, Super Rich), a young man who works at an exploitative company where he suffers endless late hours and never-ending harassment from his boss. This job has sucked the life out of Akira, and he spends his days feeling more dead than alive.
One day the town is overtaken by zombies and the landscape is devastated. Seeing such destruction, Akira shouts with glee, because he doesn’t have to go to the office anymore. To deal with the zombie apocalypse, Akira comes up with a bucket list of 100 things he wants to do before he becomes a zombie, including traveling with his friends Shizuka (Mai Shiraishi, The Could’ve-Gone-All-the-Way Committee) and Kencho (Shuntaro Yanagi, Alice in Borderland).
Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead, a Netflix Film, premieres globally on Thursday, August 3, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Fatal Seduction: Volume 2 (South Africa)
This erotic murder mystery thriller, an adaptation of the Mexican drama Dark Desire, returns with more intrigues for the dysfunctional Mahlati family, whose secrets begin to haunt them after married university professor Nandi (Kgomotso Christopher, Legacy) gets involved with a younger man and a disturbing death leads to a criminal investigation. (The trailer below is from Volume 1. The one for Volume 2 is age-restricted and can be viewed on YouTube.)
Fatal Seduction: Volume 2 premieres globally on Friday, August 4, exclusively on Netflix.
The Hunt for Veerappan (India)
This four-part true-crime docuseries follows the rise and fall of Veerappan, a husband, father, leader, and dreaded smuggler, whose bloody reign sparked a 17-year manhunt in India, the longest and costliest in the country. Featuring firsthand accounts from individuals close to Veerappan and those who tirelessly sought to capture him, the series sheds light on the authorities’ struggle to apprehend him, and provides a political and social commentary that reveals the politics of disparity, unraveling his story and the disorder that ensued.
The Hunt for Veerappan, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Friday, August 4, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Zombieverse (South Korea)
A reality-survival-horror mashup, this series follows a group of ten unwitting contestants who gather to take part in a reality dating show. However, things take a terrifying turn when they find themselves in the middle of Seoul, now overrun by zombies. Together, they must plot to complete a plethora of adventurous survival quests over three days to outrun the walking dead and escape the city — including reaching a rescue ship at Wolmido Island while dodging a relentless onslaught of zombies — or risk becoming zombies themselves.
Zombieverse, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Tuesday, August 8, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop (US)
This docuseries recontextualizes the women of hip hop and their role in the genre’s 50 years by reinserting them into the canon where they belong: at the center, from day one to present day. Each of the four installments features a parade of iconic emcees like MC Lyte, Queen Latifah, and Rah Digga; up and comers and artists currently at the top of the charts, like Latto and Tierra Whack; and key figures, including record labels, stylists, and journalists. By giving flowers (showing respect) to originators like Sha-Rock and Roxanne Shante, and hearing real talk from contemporary superstars like Saweetie and Coi Leray, the series contextualizes the history of the music that changed the world within the wider social, racial, and political landscape of the times and through a female lens.
Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop premieres globally on Wednesday, August 9, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Moving (South Korea)
In this fantasy action drama, South Korea’s National Intelligence Service established a black ops team of superpowered individuals in the 1990s. Tasked with carrying out classified missions, members of this elite unit used their powers to defend the country and achieve the impossible on a daily basis. Despite their successes, one day the team suddenly went dark and dispersed, never to be heard from again.
A few decades later, Bong-seok (Lee Jeong-Ha, Run On), a boy who could float before he could walk, and Hui-soo (Go Yoon-Jung, Alchemy of Souls), a girl who survived a horrific car crash unscathed, end up at the same school and quickly become close after confiding their secrets to each other. But while life seems relatively carefree for the teenagers, a mysterious delivery driver named Frank (Ryu Seung-beom, The Unjust) begins murdering people with special powers across Seoul. With danger drawing ever closer, will anyone be able to stop Frank before he uncovers the children’s secrets?
Moving, a Hulu Original, premieres in the US on Wednesday, August 9, exclusively on Hulu. (You can add it to your watchlist now.)
Strange Planet (US)
Based on Strange Planet, Nathan W. Pyle’s New York Times best-selling graphic novel, this new 10-episode adult animated series is a hilarious and perceptive look at a distant world not unlike our own. Set in a whimsical world of cotton candy pinks and purples, relatable blue beings explore the absurdity of everyday human traditions.
Strange Planet, an Apple TV Original Series, premieres globally on Wednesday, August 9, exclusively on Apple TV+. New episodes will debut weekly on Wednesdays through the season finale on September 27.
Broken Ties: Season 1 (Israel)
In this spine-chilling mystery series, Ami (Yiftach Klein, False Flag), a cunning and obsessive Israeli investigator, exposes an international crime syndicate dealing in the trafficking of newborn babies. Marginalized women from Israel, amongst other places, are secretly flown to Europe to give birth in a designated farm in the forest. In a race against the clock and as more babies disappear, Ami partners with Audrey (Nausicaa Bonnín, Three Days of Christmas), a brave and rigidly professional European investigator making enormous efforts to locate the missing children. Meanwhile, Ami recruits Haya (Dalit Kahan, Head Over Heels), a pregnant homeless woman who has been chosen for the syndicate’s next child-harvesting flight to Europe. These three strangers’ personal and complex stories bound and influence one another — shedding light on the darkest corridors of humanity while illuminating the hidden corners of their own souls.
Broken Ties: Season 1 premieres in the US and Canada as a 10-episode binge premiere on Thursday, August 10, exclusively on Sundance Now and its digital channels, including Sundance Now on Amazon.
LOL: Last One Laughing Colombia (Colombia)
This series is another localized version of Amazon Studios’ “LOL: Last One Laughing” international comedy competition format, based on the Japanese Amazon Original series Hitoshi Matsumoto Presents Documental. It joins the recently-released Nigerian version and other “LOL” series produced around the globe, including Canada, Australia, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Ireland, and Spain. Hosted by Jorge Enrique Abello, 10 Colombian comedians — Camilo Sánchez, Cony Camelo, Diana Belmonte, Don Jediondo, El Mindo, Hassam, Manolo Zúñiga, Jonathan Gato, Karen Sevillano, and Omar Murillo — face off against each other, bringing their best characters, routines, and strategies to make the others laugh while not laughing themselves.
LOL: Last One Laughing Colombia premieres globally on August 10/11 (depending on your location), exclusively on Prime Video. (It launches Thursday, August 10, at 8pm ET, in the US. You can add it to your watchlist now.)
Love in Taipei (US)
Based on Loveboat, Taipei, the New York Times best-selling first novel in Abigail Hing Wen’s “Loveboat, Taipei” young adult romance series, this romantic comedy stars Ashley Liao (The Hunger Games: The Battle of Songbirds and Snakes, Physical, Fuller House) as Ever Wong, whose summer takes an unexpected turn when her parents surprise her with a trip to Taipei for a cultural immersion program. Ever is surprised to discover that she hasn’t signed up for homework and history lessons, but instead for a summer-long free-for-all the locals and other students call “Loveboat.” It quickly lives up to its name when Ever finds herself trying not to fall for two attractive but wildly different boys who are vying for her attention, while at the same time finding the courage to defy her parents’ high expectations and pursue her true passion: dancing.
Costars include Ross Butler (Shazam! Fury of the Gods, “To All The Boys” franchise) as Rick Woo, an infamous sports and scholastic prodigy; Nico Hiraga (Booksmart, Moxie) as Xavier Yeh, a free-spirited artist and heir to an international tech empire; Chelsea Zhang (Daybreak, Titans) as Ever’s friend, Sophie, whom she meets at Loveboat; and Cindy Cheung (The Sinner, 13 Reasons Why) as Ever’s Aunt Shu.
Love in Taipei, a Paramount+ Original Film, premieres in the US and Canada on Thursday, August 10, and in the UK and Australia on Friday, August 11, exclusively on Paramount+.
Marry My Dead Body (Taiwan)
This action comedy-drama film follows the story of Wu Ming-Han (Greg Han Hsu, Nowhere Man), a straight policeman who is both homophobic and afraid of ghosts. While collecting evidence for a case, he inadvertently picks up a red envelope, which leads to his being forced to marry Mao Pang-Yu, aka Mao Mao (Austin Lin, Mom, Don’t Do That!), a gay man who died under mysterious circumstances. If Wu Ming-Han has any chance of living a normal life again, he and his ghost husband will have to work through their differences and join forces to solve the mystery of who murdered Mao Mao and get justice for him.
The award-winning film costars Gingle Wang (Wave Makers), Tsai Chen-Nan (A Boy Named Flora A), Wang Man-Chiao (What She Put on the Table), Ma Nien-Hsien (More than Blue), and Chang Tsai-Hsing (The Victims’ Game). Marry My Dead Body, a Netflix Film, premieres globally on Thursday, August 10, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Heart of Stone (US)
In this action-crime thriller, Rachel Stone (Gal Gadot, Wonder Woman) appears to be an inexperienced tech on an elite MI6 unit headed up by lead agent Parker (Jamie Dornan, Fifty Shades of Grey). What her MI6 team doesn’t know is that Stone actually works for the Charter — a covert peacekeeping organization, secret even from other spies — which uses cutting-edge technology to neutralize global threats. Rachel has been trained to be the consummate professional: a phenomenal field agent who sticks to the mission, follows the numbers, and trusts no one. When a routine mission is derailed by mysterious hacker Keya Dhawan (Alia Bhatt, RRR), Rachel’s two lives collide. As she races to protect the Charter and strives to beat the odds, her humanity might just be her biggest asset.
Heart of Stone has its US theatrical release in select theaters on Friday, August 4, followed by its global streaming premiere on Friday, August 11, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Red, White & Royal Blue (US)
In this romantic comedy film based on Casey McQuiston’s New York Times best-selling novel Red, White & Royal Blue, Alex Claremont-Diaz (Taylor Zakhar Perez, The Kissing Booth 2), the son of the first woman President of the United States (Uma Thurman, Kill Bill), and Britain’s Prince Henry (Nicholas Galitzine, Cinderella) have a lot in common: good looks, undeniable charisma, international popularity… and a total disdain for each other. Separated by an ocean, their long-running feud hasn’t really been an issue, until a disastrous and very public altercation at a royal event becomes tabloid fodder, driving a potential wedge in US-British relations at the worst possible time. Going into damage control mode, their powerful families and respective handlers force the two rivals into a staged “truce.” But as Alex and Henry’s icy relationship unexpectedly begins to thaw into a tentative friendship, the friction that existed between them sparks something deeper than they ever expected.
Red, White & Royal Blue, an Amazon Original Film, premieres globally on Friday, August 11, exclusively on Prime Video. (You can add it to your watchlist now.)
Behind Your Touch (South Korea)
In this crime comedy-drama, Bong Ye-boon (Han Ji Min, Our Blues, One Spring Night) is a veterinarian in the small town of Mujin in Chungjeong-do, who becomes gifted with the extraordinary ability to see the past of animals and people — but only by touching their bottoms. Moon Jang-yeol (Lee Min Ki, My Liberation Notes, The Lies Within) is a hot-tempered detective banished to the town. After he realizes that Ye-boon isn’t a freak, he sees her unique talent an opportunity to help him solve crimes and regain his rightful place back in Seoul — but their skills are tested when they unravel a chilling serial killer mystery.
Behind Your Touch, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Saturday, August 12, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Reinventing Elvis: The ’68 Comeback (US)
Premiering days before the anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death, this new feature-length documentary reveals what really happened behind the scenes of this mesmerizing hour of television. When it aired on the night of December 3, 1968, the special became the most-watched television event of the year, with nearly half of the entire TV-watching audience tuning in to see Elvis Presley, clad in an iconic black leather suit, deliver some of the greatest performances of his life — reinvigorating his career and changing the pop-culture landscape forever.
Told from the unique perspective of Emmy® Award-winning television director Steve Binder (The Barry Manilow Special), the documentary features interviews with Elvis experts and recollections from those who attended the special, as well as all-new versions of iconic Elvis hits interpreted by contemporary musicians, including superstar Darius Rucker, Latin Grammy® winner Maffio, and America’s Got Talent finalist Drake Milligan.
Reinventing Elvis: The ’68 Comeback, which just opened in limited release in US cinemas, has its streaming premiere in the US and Canada on Tuesday, August 15, and in the UK, Latin America, Brazil, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and Italy on Wednesday, August 16, exclusively on Paramount+.
The Chosen One (Mexico)
Based on the “American Jesus” graphic novel trilogy by writer Mark Millar (Jupiter’s Legacy) and artist Peter Gross (Lucifer), this drama tells the story of Jodie, a 12-year-old boy from Santa Rosalía in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. After surviving a freak accident, Jodie discovers that he now has Jesus-like powers: He can turn water into wine, make the crippled walk, and even raise the dead. The Evangelical and the Yaquí leaders in town try to get him to use his powers to save mankind, but all Jodie wants to do is impress the girl he likes and stand up to his bullies. As Jodie struggles and eventually comes to terms with his destiny, everything gets thrown for a loop when he discovers the truth around his identity.
The cast includes Bobby Luhnow, Dianna Agron (Clock), Lilith Curiel, Juanito Anguamea, Jorge Javier Arballo, Alberto Pérez-Jacome, Patricio Serna Meza, Carlos Bardem (El Señor de los Cielos), Alfonso Dosal (Narcos: Mexico), Sofía Sisniega (Club de Cuervos), Eileen Yáñez (Capadocia), and Tenoch Huerta (Narcos: Mexico).
The Chosen One, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Wednesday, August 16, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
I Love You, and It Hurts (Argentina)
This romantic comedy-drama series follows the relationships between young couples — stories of love, heartbreak, pain, joy, hope, strength, and power, as well as of their different social classes, different emotions, different lives, and different worlds. I Love You, and It Hurts, a Max Original, premieres in the US on Thursday, August 17, exclusively on Max and its digital channels, including Max on Amazon.
Misfortune (Mexico)
A melodrama full of deceit, ambition, and intrigue, as well as comedic overtones, Misfortune tells the story of Victoria (Macarena Achaga, Luis Miguel: The Series) and Julio (Jorge López, Operación Marea Negra), who have not seen each in more than a decade. That’s when their parents were at the center of a financial scandal that wiped out the fortunes of some of the most powerful families in Latin America.
Both Victoria and Julio have had a hard time financially, surviving social exile, and hardly making ends meet. But endowed with privileged genetics and educated with the best manners, they come to the same conclusion: The only way out of this mess is by changing their identities and looking for a better future. The problem is that both of them have chosen the same target: the Urquiza family. However, neither expected that fate would bring them together again — only this time with Julio posing as “Michi Montefusco” and Victoria as “Marie Claire Lebrun.”
The cast includes Diego Klein (Prisoner No.1), Lisa Owen (Original Sin), Camila Valero (Unstoppable), Adriana Montes de Oca (Casando a mi Ex), Fátima Molina (Who Killed Sara?), Ricardo Polanco (Mariachis), Roberto Quijano (The House of Flowers), and Silvia Pasquel (An Unknown Enemy).
Misfortune premieres globally on August 17/18 (depending on your location), exclusively on Prime Video. (It launches Thursday, August 17, in the US. You can add it to your watchlist now.)
Scent of Time (China)
In this fantasy romantic drama, a hard-working, modern-day young woman (Zhou Ye, Word of Honor) wakes up and finds herself in the novel that she was reading all night. Now in the body of a vicious character in the story, she must cope with having a traitorous father and a playboy brother. What’s more, she (as the character) did all sorts of bad things earlier in the story, so her intention to ensure that her character stays alive until the end entails a long and difficult road. Scent of Time, a Max Original, premieres in the US on Thursday, August 17, exclusively on Max and its digital channels, including Max on Amazon.
Guns & Gulaabs (India)
Set in the cartel-run town of Gulaabgunj, this crime comedy series sees an unprecedented opium deal pull a big-city cop and a lovesick mechanic into its chaotic clutches.
Guns & Gulaabs, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Friday, August 18, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Harlan Coben’s Shelter (US)
Based on Harlan Coben’s “Myron Bolitar” novel series, this mystery-crime drama series follows the story of Mickey Bolitar (Jaden Michael, Colin in Black & White), who starts a new life in Kasselton, New Jersey, after the sudden death of his father. Mickey quickly finds himself tangled in the mysterious disappearance of Ashley Kent, a new student at his school, which leads to uncovering unimaginable secrets within their quiet suburban community. With the help of his friends — the inventive Spoon (Adrian Greensmith, Metal Lords) and secretive Ema (Abby Corrigan, Castle Rock) — Mickey pulls back the sleepy facade of Kasselton to reveal a dark underground that may hold the answers to decades of disappearances, deaths, and legends… and perhaps even Mickey’s own complex family history.
The series costars Constance Zimmer (The Calling, Good Trouble) as Shira Bolitar, Tovah Feldshuh (Law & Order, Holocaust) as Bat Lady, Sage Linder (The Next Step, The Good Doctor) as Rachel Caldwell, and Brian Altemus (Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, Grand Army) as Troy.
Harlan Coben’s Shelter, an Amazon Original series, premieres globally on Friday, August 18, exclusively on Prime Video. (You can add it to your watchlist now.) New episodes will drop each Friday, leading up to the season finale on September 22.
Love, Sex and 30 Candles (South Africa)
In this drama, four best friends, in the year they all turn 30, navigate relationships, heartbreak, and a shocking development that threatens to tear them apart. Love, Sex and 30 Candles, a Netflix Film, premieres globally on Friday, August 18, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
MarkKim + Chef (Thailand)
This reality series follows soon-to be-married Thai superstars Mark Prin Suparat (Eclipse of the Heart) and Kimberley Anne Woltemas (Royal Doctor), who take on cooking for each other like professional chefs. Except they can’t cook. So they learn from some of Thailand’s most prominent celebrity chefs. MarkKim + Chef, a Max Original, premieres in the US on Friday, August 18, exclusively on Max and its digital channels, including Max on Amazon.
Mask Girl (South Korea)
Based on the webtoon of the same name, this dramedy thriller centers on Kim Mo-mi (Ko Hyun-jung, Reflection of You), an ordinary office worker by day, who is insecure about her appearance. At night she transforms into a masked internet personality whose live-streams become very popular. But then she gets caught up in a dramatic turn of unforeseen and unfortunate events.
Mask Girl, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Friday, August 18, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Lighthouse (Japan)
In this variety-talk show, two leading Japanese entertainers — Gen Hoshino and Masayasu Wakabayashi — casually get together for some real talk, shedding light on their worries and vulnerabilities, with lots of laughs along the way. Lighthouse, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Tuesday, August 22, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Destined with You (South Korea)
In this romantic drama, lawyer Shin-yu (Kim Ro-woon, The King’s Affection) must secure the temple on the outskirts of Onju Mountain because of a curse that’s been in his family for 350 years. But after Hong-jo (Jo Bo-ah, Tale of the Nine Tailed), a civil servant of Onju City, appears before him to demolish the temple due to an accidental death there, the shaman who has guarded the temple for over 60 years gives permission for the demolition. Hong-jo comes in possession of a wooden box that has held a forbidden document and been hidden deep inside the temple, and now gives Shin-yu hope that the spells can free him from the curse…
Destined with You, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Wednesday, August 23, exclusively on Netflix.
Star Wars: Ahsoka (US)
Rosario Dawson (The Book of Boba Fett) reprises her role as Ahsoka Tano in this spinoff of The Mandalorian, in which Ahsoka investigates an emerging threat to the galaxy following the fall of the Empire. The cast includes Natasha Liu Bordizzo (Hotel Mumbai), Wes Chatham (The Expanse), Hayden Christensen (“Star Wars” franchise), Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Fargo), David Tennant (Doctor Who), and Lars Mikkelsen (The Witcher).
Star Wars: Ahsoka premieres globally with two episodes on Wednesday, August 23, exclusively on Disney+.
Miss Adrenaline: A Tale of Twins (Colombia)
This series sees a competitive biker take the identity of her long-lost identical twin sister to bring her killers to justice and get the truth behind their separation. Miss Adrenaline: A Tale of Twins, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Wednesday, August 30, exclusively on Netflix.
Comedy Island Philippines (Philippines)
A hybrid between scripted and unscripted, this six-part series features seven comedians, actors, and social media celebrities — Carlo Aquino, Rufa Mae Quinto, Andrea Brillantes, Jerald Napoles, Cai Cortez, Awra Briguela, Justine Luzares, and Drew Arellano — who embark on a hilarious adventure when they are washed up on the shore of the mysterious Tawa-Tawa Island, which resurfaces after 100 years, to start the fictional “Centennial Games.” They soon find themselves unwitting competitors in these games, and must improvise to survive and escape the island. Pitted against each other in improvisational scenarios, the celebrities pull out all the stops to bring laughter and entertainment to the island’s citizens in order to win the most votes and a chance to go back home. Comedy Island Philippines premieres globally on Thursday, August 31, exclusively on Prime Video.
One Piece (US, Japan, South Africa, UK)
As with the long-running anime version, this live-action action-adventure series is based on Eiichiro Oda‘s “One Piece” manga series and follows a legendary high-seas adventure unlike any other. Monkey D. Luffy (Iñaki Godoy, Who Killed Sara?) is a young adventurer who has longed for a life of freedom ever since he can remember. So Luffy sets off from his small village on a perilous journey to find the legendary fabled treasure, One Piece — and to become King of the Pirates! But to find the ultimate prize, Luffy will need to assemble the crew he’s always wanted before finding a ship to sail, searching every inch of the vast blue seas, outpacing the Marines, and outwitting dangerous rivals at every turn.
The eight-episode pirate adventure costars Mackenyu (Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter), Emily Rudd (Hunters), Jacob Romero Gibson (Greenleaf), and Taz Skylar (The Lazarus Project), as well as Vincent Regan (Luther: The Fallen Sun), Ilia Isorelýs Paulino (The Sex Lives of College Girls), Morgan Davies (The Girlfriend Experience), Aidan Scott (The Power), Langley Kirkwood (Warrior), Jeff Ward (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Celeste Loots (FDR), Alexander Maniatis (The Power), McKinley Belcher III (Ozark), Craig Fairbrass (“Rise of the Footsoldier” franchise), Steven Ward (Catch Me A Killer), and Chioma Umeala (The Woman King).
One Piece, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Thursday, August 31, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Risqué Business: Taiwan (South Korea)
This TV-MA-rated spinoff of Risqué Business: Japan follows South Korean comedian Shin Dong-youp and singer-entertainer Sung Si-kyung as they embark on a laughter-filled journey to Taiwan, aiming to gain a deeper understanding of its sex culture and business. Risqué Business: Taiwan, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Netflix (date tba).
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