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HBO Max Highlights August 2020
HBO Max has released a list of its original content, HBO originals, documentaries, and movies that will be airing on the streaming service in August 2020. Highlights of this programming includes: An American Pickle, Pursuit of Happiness, Doom Patrol (Season 2 finale), Lovecraft Country, Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn, and more. Read the full press release for HBO Max Highlights August 2020 date below.
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HBO Max Highlights August 2020 Press Release
From blockbuster films to star-studded new original series, there’s plenty of content to enjoy this August on HBO Max. Max Originals debuting in the month include Selena + Chef, an unscripted 10-episode cooking series starring and executive produced by Selena Gomez, comedy film An American Pickle, starring Seth Rogen as Herschel Greenbaum, a struggling laborer who immigrated to America in 1919 with dreams of building a better life for his beloved family, Ravi Patel’s Pursuit of Happiness, a four-part docuseries following Patel’s travels to regions worldwide for cultural explanation and discussion, documentary Class Action Park, and the second season finale of the DC Universe fan-favorite Doom Patrol. Hit films including Batman, Blade Runner: The Final Cut, Elf, Kung Fu Panda, Ocean’s Eleven, and Wedding Crashers will arrive on HBO Max. A selection of programming featured in HBO Max’s Last Chance to Watch section will include the Harry Potter films, Kill Bill: Volume 1 and Kill Bill: Volume 2, Full Metal Jacket, and You’ve Got Mail. HBO Originals debuting this August includes the new drama series Lovecraft Country, which follows Atticus Freeman (Jonathan Majors) as he journeys with his childhood friend Letitia (Jurnee Smollett) and his uncle George (Courtney B. Vance) on a road trip from Chicago across 1950s Jim Crow America in search of his missing father Montrose (Michael K. Williams). The documentary premiere of Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn, which tells the story of a black teenager who was murdered in 1989 by a group of young white men in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, also debuts this month. To top it off, the season finale of the hit drama series Perry Mason, the docu-series finale of I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, and the finale of I May Destroy You will be available to stream on the platform. Blockbuster films including Academy Award®-winner for Best Adapted Screenplay Jojo Rabbit, Richard Jewell, Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), and Walk the Line will join the HBO service this month. August will be your last chance to watch Love Actually, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, The Adjustment Bureau, and The Spongebob Squarepants Movie before they depart the service. TITLES COMING TO HBO MAX IN AUGUST Exact Dates to be Announced: Class Action Park, Documentary Premiere Class Action Park is the first ever documentary on the world’s most dangerous amusement park, Action Park, that had its heyday in the 80s and 90sand was a staple for anyone who grew up in New Jersey. Selena + Chef, Series Premiere The unscripted 10-episode cooking series features the multi-platinum selling recording artist, actress, producer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist as she navigates unfamiliar territory: making delicious meals while stuck at home in quarantine. August 1: 10,000 BC, 2008 All the President’s Men, 1976 Altered States, 1980 Awkwafina is Nora from Queens, Season 1 Bad Influence, 1990 (HBO) Barefoot in the Park, 1967 Barkleys of Broadway, 1949 Batman (1989), 1989 Batman & Robin, 1997 Batman Begins, 2005 Batman Forever, 1995 Batman Returns, 1992 The Bear, 1989 (HBO) Bee Season, 2005 (HBO) Before Sunrise, 1995 (HBO) Before Sunset, 2004 (HBO) Biloxi Blues, 1988 (HBO) Blade Runner: The Final Cut, 2007 Blue Crush, 2002 (HBO) The Candidate 1972 Carefree, 1938 The Change-Up (Unrated Version), 2011 (HBO) Chariots of Fire, 1981 Contact, 1997 The Dark Knight 2008 The Dishwasher, 2020 (HBO) Driving Miss Daisy, 1989 Elf, 2003 The First Grader, 2011 (HBO) The First Wives Club 1996 Flipper, 1996 (HBO) Flying Down to Rio, 1933 Flying Leathernecks, 1951 Fool’s Gold, 2008 Fracture, 2007 The Fugitive, 1993 The Gay Divorcee, 1934 Get on Up, 2014 (HBO) Go Tell It on the Mountain, 2004 (HBO) Grace Unplugged, 2013 (HBO) Hard to Kill, 1990 Harley Quinn, Seasons 1 & 2 Highlander: The Final Dimension, 1995 (HBO) Highlander IV: Endgame, 2000 (HBO) The Hindenburg, 1975 (HBO) Hours, 2013 (HBO) House of Wax, 2005 House Party, 1990 House Party 2, 1991 House Party: Tonight’s the Night, 2013 How to Be a Player, 1997 (HBO) Idiocracy (Extended Version), 2006 (HBO) Interview with the Vampire, 1994 Jeremiah Johnson, 1972 Jim Thorpe: All-American, 1951 Jojo Rabbit, 2019 (HBO) Kung Fu Panda, 2008 Kung Fu Panda 2, 2011 Leprechaun, 1993 (HBO) Leprechaun 2, 1994 (HBO) Leprechaun 3, 1995 (HBO) Leprechaun 4: In Space, 1997 (HBO) Leprechaun: Origins, 2014 (HBO) The Long Kiss Goodnight, 1996 The Lost Boys: The Thirst, 2020 (HBO) The Lost Boys: The Tribe (Unrated Version), 2020 (HBO) Love Field, 1992 (HBO) Lovelace, 2013 (HBO) Lying And Stealing, 2019 (HBO) The Marine (Unrated Version), 2006 (HBO) Martha Marcy May Marlene, 2011 (HBO) Marvin’s Room, 1996 (HBO) Maverick, 1994 Monkeybone, 2001 (HBO) Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium, 2007 (HBO) Murder at 1600, 1997 The Mustang, 2019 (HBO) My Blue Heaven, 1990 My Sister’s Keeper, 2009 Nell, 1994 (HBO) New Year’s Eve, 2011 (HBO) Ocean’s Eleven, 2001 On Dangerous Ground, 1952 On Golden Pond, 1981 (HBO) Phantom, 2013 (HBO) Pi, 1998 (HBO) Raise the Titanic, 1980 (HBO) Roberta, 1935 Romeo Must Die, 2000 Savages (Unrated Version), 2012 (HBO) Say It Isn’t So, 2001 (HBO) Serendipity, 2001 Skyline, 2010 (HBO) South Central, 1992 Spy Game, 2001 (HBO) Steven Universe Movie (2019) The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle, 1939 Striptease, 1996 Swing Time, 1936 They Live by Night, 1949 Things Never Said, 2020 (HBO) Three Days of the Condor, 1975 Time Bandits, 1981 (HBO) Top Hat, 1935 Two Minutes of Fame, 2020 (HBO) Walk the Line (Extended Version), 2005 (HBO) Wedding Crashers, 2005 Without Limits, 1998 Yes Man, 2008 August 2: I’ll Be Gone In The Dark, Docu-Series Finale (HBO) August 3: HBO Asia’s Invisible Stories Invisible Stories, a six-episode half-hour drama series from HBO Asia, tells the untold stories from the fictional neighborhood housing estate in multicultural Singapore. August 4: Aldnoah.Zero? Inuyasha Mob Psycho, Season 1 Promised Neverland, Season 1 Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Swamp, Documentary Premiere (HBO) The Swamp provides a look behind the curtain of Washington politics by following three renegade Republican Congressmen as they bring libertarian and conservative zeal to champion the President’s call to “drain the swamp,” while facing demands to raise money for their re-election campaigns and the Republican national party. August 6: An American Pickle, Film Premiere An American Pickle, directed by Brandon Trost, is based on Simon Rich’s New Yorker novella and stars Seth Rogen as Herschel Greenbaum, a struggling laborer who immigrates to America in 1919 with dreams of building a better life for his beloved family. Doom Patrol, Season 2 Finale Esme & Roy, Season 2B On The Trail: Inside the 2020 Primaries, Documentary Premiere (CNN) On The Trail: Inside the 2020 Primaries takes viewers on a journey following a team of female journalists as they report on the presidential election that will define a generation. August 7: Habla Now, 2020 (HBO) August 8: Richard Jewell, 2019 (HBO) August 9: Perry Mason, Season Finale (HBO) August 11: Hard Knocks ’20: Los Angeles, Series Premiere (HBO) HBO Sports, NFL Films and the two Los Angeles-based NFL franchises, The Chargers and Rams, are teaming up for an unprecedented and unfiltered all-access look at what it takes to make it in the National Football League. August 12: Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn (HBO) Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn tells the story of Yusuf Hawkins, a black teenager who was murdered in 1989 by a group of young white men in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Yusuf Hawkins’ death and the official response to it sparked outrage in New York, unleashing a torrent of racial tension and spurring tireless civil rights activism that exposed deep racial prejudices and inequities which continue to plague the country today. August 13: Infinity Train, Season 3 Premiere August 14: Carmen Y Lola (AKA Carmen And Lola), 2020 (HBO)
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August 15: Birds Of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), 2020 (HBO) August 16: Lovecraft Country, Series Premiere (HBO) Based on the novel of the same name by Matt Ruff, the ten-episode series follows Atticus Freeman as he journeys with his childhood friend Letitia and his uncle George on a road trip from Chicago across 1950s Jim Crow America in search of his missing father Montrose. Their search-and-rescue turns into a struggle to survive and overcome both the racist terrors of white America and monstrous creatures that could be ripped from an H.P. Lovecraft paperback. August 18: Looney Tunes, Batch 3 Smurfs, Season 2 August 20: The Fungies, Season 1A Singletown, Season 1 August 21: No Quiero Ser Tu Hermano (AKA I Don’t Want to Be Your Brother), 2020 (HBO) August 22: Queen & Slim, 2019 (HBO) August 23: Mia’s Magic Playground August 24: I May Destroy You, Finale (HBO) August 27: Ravi Patel’s Pursuit of Happiness, Docuseries Premiere The four-part buddy comedy docuseries follows actor/documentarian/philanthropist Ravi Patel as he travels the world seeking answers surrounding life’s universal questions. August 28: Seneca, 2019 (HBO) Steven Universe Future, Season Six August 29: The Way Back, 2020 (HBO) LAST CHANCE TO CATCH: SELECT TITLES LEAVING HBO MAX IN AUGUST August 25: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, 2010 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, 2011 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 2005 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, 2009 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 2007 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, 2004 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, 2001 August 28: Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Director’s Cut), 2005 (HBO) August 31: 42nd Street, 1933 A Perfect World, 1993 Adam’s Rib, 1949 Along Came Polly, 2004 (HBO) Cabaret, 1972 Dumb & Dumber, 1994 Full Metal Jacket, 1987 Good Will Hunting, 1997 How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, 2003 (HBO) John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, 2019 (HBO) Kill Bill: Volume 1, 2003 Kill Bill: Volume 2, 2004 Love Actually, 2003 (HBO) Magic Mike, 2012 Megamind, 2010 Misery, 1990 Monsters Vs. Aliens, 2009 Mystic River, 2003 National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, 1989 Pee-wee’s Big Adventure, 1985 Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird , 1985 The Adjustment Bureau, 2011 (HBO) The Spongebob Squarepants Movie, 2004 (HBO) Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride, 2005 Unforgiven, 1992 Veronica Mars, 2014 You’ve Got Mail, 1998 Leave your thoughts on HBO Max’s Highlights for August 2020 below in the comments section. Readers seeking to support this type of content can visit our Patreon Page and become one of FilmBook’s patrons. Readers seeking more HBO Max can visit our HBO Max Page, our HBO Max Twitter Page, and our HBO Max Facebook Page. Want up-to-the-minute notification? FilmBook staff members publish articles by Email, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, Pinterest, and Flipboard.
