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Metro
2 hours ago
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- Metro
10 must-watch shows and movies coming to Netflix in August
Sophie-May Williams Published July 29, 2025 11:07am Link is copied Comments Edging into a new month is an exciting time for the TV lover. Why? Because Netflix drops a whole new bunch of shows and films into its catalogue. As we approach August, there's a variety of fresh content waiting to be added, from the latest episodes of a dating reality show to the highly anticipated second season of a series that broke streaming records. Ready to plan your summer watch list? Next slide please... (Picture: Netflix) The time has almost come for us to catch up with Jenna Ortega's Wednesday Addams. The first series followed the iconic Addams Family character as she joined Nevermore Academy, the academic institution that nurtures outcasts, freaks, and monsters. It's also the school where her parents met. During her first term, Wednesday got herself into some serious scrapes, including trying to solve the mystery that embroiled her parents 25 years before. Coming to UK and US Netflix on August 6 (Picture: Netflix) This new Netflix original movie focuses on Anna (Sofia Carson), an ambitious young American student who bags a place at her dream university: Oxford. Intending to focus on her studies, her chance meeting with Jamie, the charming local, changes everything. The film is inspired by the novel of the same name by Julia Whelan. Coming to UK and US Netflix on August 1 (Picture: Netflix, Inc./Chris Baker. All Rights Reserved) The Thursday Murder Club is another new original movie based on a book - this time, Richard Osman's 2020 novel of the same name. Four amateur sleuths in their 70s attempt to solve a murder using their experience from their previous professions. One was a spy, one was a nurse, one was a trade union official, and one was a psychiatrist. Coming to UK and US Netflix on August 28 (Picture: Giles Keyte/Netflix) Ready for a British political thriller? Hostage stars Julie Delpy and Suranne Jones as the fictional French president and British prime minister. When the PM's husband is kidnapped, and the French president starts receiving threats, both must work together to save him before it's too late. Coming to UK and US Netflix on August 21 (Picture: Des Willie/Netflix) Fixed is a 2025 American adult animated comedy film. It centres around Bull, a dog who learns he's going to be neutered in the morning. Over the next 24 hours, he and his mates have one last adventure before his life changes forever. Coming to UK and US Netflix on August 13 (Picture: Netflix) Perfect Match season 3 is nearly here! The premise of the reality show is as follows: A group of singles must compete against each other to find their perfect match. What could go wrong? Coming to UK and US Netflix on August 1 (Picture: Netflix, Inc./Brenda Islas) Like romance? Like comedy? Like anthology series? It's time you add Love Life to your list, which first premiered on HBO Max back in 2020. The series follows a different person each season, exploring their first romance until their last. The show explores 'how the people we're with along the way make us into who we are when we finally end up with someone forever.' Coming to US Netflix on August 5 (Picture: HBO) This 2022 movie stars Owen Wilson and JLo as Charlie Gilbert, an ordinary man, and Kat Valdez, a Latin superstar. Charlie's life is turned upside down when Kat impulsively decides to marry him at one of her concerts, after discovering her fiancé has cheated on her. Coming to US Netflix on August 10 (Picture: Barry Wetcher/Univ) The final season of Outlander is being added to Netflix. The historical fantasy series revolves around Claire Beauchamp Randall, who, after the Second World War, enjoys a second honeymoon in Scotland with her husband. However, she is mysteriously transported into an alternate world, where she meets warrior Jamie Fraser. Coming to US Netflix on August 11 (Picture: James Minchin) Sullivan's Crossing is adapted from the New York Times bestselling novels by Robyn Carr. Maggie Sullivan, a neurosurgeon with a perfect life, finds herself in legal trouble. She decides to pack up and move back to her hometown in rural Nova Scotia to escape her present. However, her past soon catches up with her when she reunites with her estranged father, Sully. Coming to UK and US Netflix on August 11 (Picture: CTV)
Business Times
2 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Business Times
‘Wednesday' Season 2 gets gothic global premiere in London
[LONDON] Hit Netflix series Wednesday expands the Addams Family world as it returns to screens nearly three years after the show launched in November 2022. Season 2 of the dark fantasy series premiered at London's Westminster on Wednesday (Jul 30), with its cast and creators walking a purple carpet outside Central Hall and Queen Elizabeth II Centre. The new season sees Wednesday Addams, played by Jenna Ortega, returning to Nevermore Academy as a celebrated hero, much to her dismay. The tetchy teen puts her detective hat back on to solve new supernatural mysteries, while dealing with glitches in her psychic powers. Wednesday also faces another nuisance – family. Her little brother, Pugsley, played by Isaac Ordonez, starts his studies at Nevermore and their parents are a frequent presence on campus. 'She's kind of knocked off her feet this season. So it's a lot of pressure,' said Ortega. The series' creators and showrunners Alfred Gough and Miles Millar said that Wednesday returns 'bigger and better'. A NEWSLETTER FOR YOU Friday, 2 pm Lifestyle Our picks of the latest dining, travel and leisure options to treat yourself. Sign Up Sign Up 'There's more of the Addams Family this season,' said Gough. 'We learn more about the characters you got to meet in Season 1 and they have their own storylines.' The sophomore season also introduces new characters, including Steve Buscemi's Nevermore principal Barry Dort and the Addams family matriarch Grandmama Hester Frump, played by Joanna Lumley. Pop star Lady Gaga makes a guest star appearance as a teacher in Part 2. Mother-daughter dynamics are at the heart of the new season, said Millar. 'It's about mothers and daughters, it's three generations of Addams women together. It's also about learning not to be in control of everything, for Wednesday. And it's really always about female friendship and female sisterhood,' he said. Ortega, 22, also executive produced the new season. Rather than control, it gave her 'freedom' she said. 'She's kind of our cast spokesperson. Any time I felt like something needed to be said or if I had any ideas, she was always like, 'come to me and we will make it work'. She just looks out for us,' Emma Myers, who plays Wednesday's roommate Enid Sinclair, said. Filmmaker Tim Burton also returns as one of the directors and executive producers. Wednesday Season 2 will be released in two four-episode instalments, with Part 1 dropping Aug 6 and Part 2 out on Sep 3. REUTERS
AsiaOne
2 hours ago
- Entertainment
- AsiaOne
'That's what life is': Wednesday director Tim Burton not worried about balancing horror elements for adults and children in his shows
Tim Burton has been a mainstay of dark fantasy and horror for nearly four decades now, with those of us spookily-inclined often growing up with his works. The 66-year-old is the director and executive producer on Netflix's Wednesday and was recently asked during a press conference whether it is difficult to toe the line making horror for adults while also keeping it child-friendly. "People say it's too light or too dark. Kids will like it, or The Nightmare Before Christmas is too scary for little children," Tim said. "They're like fables or fairy tales, you know? Those kinds of things, they remain with people because they incorporate light and dark and humour and drama and scariness. "And so for me, I never think too much about it, because that's what life is, it's a mixture of all those things together." It's difficult to imagine anyone else directing this modern adaptation of the legendary Addams Family, and the cast of Wednesday seem to agree. "As soon as you step onto the set, it feels like Tim Burton," Fred Armisen, who plays Uncle Fester, said. "Every detail, every window you see, you're like, 'Oh, this is definitely Tim Burton', so it helps you get into it right away." The 58-year-old added that he wants to do a good job as an actor, but he also grew up watching Tim Burton's movies and is a fan. "So I keep it cool on the outside, but on the inside I'm still like, 'That's Tim Burton, that's totally Tim Burton, that's his hair, that's his jacket, that's him walking away, coming back, that's his hat'." Jenna Ortega, who plays the titular character, said: "What I love working with Tim is nothing's really prepared for the day-to-day stuff. "So, it's really wonderful to be able to walk onto a set, let him take it in, look at it from every perspective, and then, you know, it's something fresh every day." The 22-year-old said that Tim keeps the TV show from feeling formulaic and routine through switching between "doing a lot of setups" and "fitting [the filming] all into one", or catering to the script and basing the shots "off a single line". Tim praised Jenna in return: "I remember on the first day of the first season, Jenna was there before anybody else, watching everything, and so she knows more than everyone else. She knows more than I know sometimes. "But that's the beauty of it. We have scripts and everything, but we go in each day, everybody knows their character - they surprised me - and I just love it. It keeps it feeling fresh, keeps it feeling like it's actually a movie we're making." 'None of it is made up' Season two of Wednesday will be released on Netflix in two parts: The first four episodes on Aug 6 and the next four on Sept 3. The show, which filmed its first season in Romania, moved its production to Ireland this time around, working in the same studio as the historical TV show Vikings. "[They left] behind bits and pieces on the hillside, which is actually very good, because any artist knows that debris is better than [working on] a white sheet," said Joanna Lumley, who joins Wednesday as Granny Hester Frump in the new season. "So, suddenly they've got this derelict stuff of bits of old rampant and hills and the challenges of a new studio. "It must have been heavenly but hard to work in Romania, but I just think that Ireland, it has a natural feeling, because there's something in Ireland which is slightly otherworldly anyway, and it embraced the whole feeling of Wednesday." The 79-year-old added: "Once you step into one of these sets, it gives you something completely different. "You're not making it up, you're walking down a great creaking corridor, you're going into principal Dort's (Steve Buscemi) study, which is immense with a blazing log fire, the statues. "Tim always does this, he always makes stuff that is perfect." There's a scene where Hester is shooting clay pigeons and Wednesday comes to meet her, Joanna said. "We hardly see it on screen, but she's got a croquet hoop set out and they're all made of bones," she continued. "Every detail imbues you with what the place is. It tells you who you are and how it's going to come across. "And none of it is made up, none of it is cheapskate or small." [[nid:718560]] Meanwhile, Catherine Zeta-Jones, 55, also praised the gothic grandeur of the set and teased about a camping scene. "Let me tell you something, my kids and my husband are like, 'Come on, we'll get a trailer, we'll go camping,' and I'm like, 'Forget it.' But as Morticia Addams, I will go camping every day of the week." "When people see that camping episode, everyone and their mother is gonna want an Addams tent," added 68-year-old Luis Guzman, who plays her onscreen husband Gomez, calling it "pure elegance, terribly". The downside to Ireland, however, was that it was a bit too vibrant for the gloomy world of Wednesday. "The only real challenge we had was fighting the green," Jenna said. "It was so green there, and it was so bright for the show. Suddenly the Addams looked alive, and it was like..." "Take it down a notch," Tim finished, as the cast laughed. Season two of Wednesday also stars Isaac Ordonez as Pugsley Addams, with the students and faculty of Nevermore Academy including Emma Myers, Joy Sunday and Billie Piper. [embed]
Reuters
5 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Reuters
'Wednesday' Season 2 gets gothic global premiere in London
LONDON, July 30 (Reuters) - Hit Netflix series "Wednesday" expands the Addams Family world as it returns to screens nearly three years after the show launched in November 2022. Season Two of the dark fantasy series premiered at London's Westminster on Wednesday, with its cast and creators walking a purple carpet outside Central Hall and Queen Elizabeth II Centre. The new season sees Wednesday Addams, played by Jenna Ortega, returning to Nevermore Academy as a celebrated hero, much to her dismay. The tetchy teen puts her detective hat back on to solve new supernatural mysteries, while dealing with glitches in her psychic powers. Wednesday also faces another nuisance - family. Her little brother Pugsley, played by Isaac Ordonez, starts his studies at Nevermore and their parents are a frequent presence on campus. "She's kind of knocked off her feet this season. So it's a lot of pressure," said Ortega. The series' creators and showrunners Alfred Gough and Miles Millar said "Wednesday" returns "bigger and better". "There's more of the Addams Family this season," said Gough. "We learn more about the characters you got to meet in Season One and they have their own storylines." The sophomore season also introduces new characters, including Steve Buscemi's Nevermore principal Barry Dort and the Addams family matriarch Grandmama Hester Frump, played by Joanna Lumley. Pop star Lady Gaga makes a guest star appearance as a teacher in Part 2. Mother-daughter dynamics are at the heart of the new season, said Millar. "It's about mothers and daughters, it's three generations of Addams women together. It's also about learning to not be in control of everything, for Wednesday. And it's really always about female friendship and female sisterhood," he said. Ortega, 22, also executive produced the new season. Rather than control, it gave her "freedom" she said. "She's kind of our cast spokesperson. Any time I felt like something needed to be said or if I had any ideas, she was always like, 'come to me and we'll make it work'. She just looks out for us," Emma Myers, who plays Wednesday's roommate Enid Sinclair, said. Filmmaker Tim Burton also returns as one of the directors and executive producers. "Wednesday" Season Two will be released in two four-episode installments, with Part One dropping August 6 and Part Two out on September 3.
BBC News
6 hours ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Wednesday: Jenna Ortega says sudden fame was 'very overwhelming'
Jenna Ortega has described the sudden fame that came with starring in Netflix hit Wednesday as "very overwhelming".The first season of the show about the Addams family's deadpan daughter became Netflix's most popular English-language series ever after its release in 22, told BBC culture correspondent Lizo Mzimba she was "very grateful and glad that it was able to resonate with people in the way that it did".But asked if she was ready for the attention that came with the series, the US actress replied: "Is anyone? No, I wasn't. I wouldn't want to know someone who is. I don't think that should ever be like a normal sort of [experience]." She added: "I'm still very appreciative and grateful. We didn't know that anyone was going to watch the show. You do these things and you don't know what's to come, so it was very overwhelming."The second season of Tim Burton's show, released next week, follows Wednesday Addams as she returns to Nevermore Academy, now under the leadership of a new also sees a bigger role for Wednesday's parents, who will have an increased presence on the school's campus, something Netflix has said results in "a rare new form of torture for a fiercely independent amateur sleuth". The greater prominence for father and mother Gomez and Morticia Addams gives a chance for the show to explore the family dynamics more deeply than it did in the first season."I think one of the reasons people resonate with the Addams family so much is their strangeness," Ortega reflects."They're a very cohesive unit, but they're also very different from one another and stand out. They shouldn't fit [together] but they do. And that's very relatable."She highlights the complex dynamic between Wednesday and Morticia, played by Catherine Zeta-Jones, and says she's looking forward to viewers "getting to see more" of the Welsh actress, who she describes as a "delicious, divine presence"."It's very typical for mother and daughter to butt heads," Ortega notes, "and the daughter wanting to be her own person and feel that maybe she's not being given the space she deserves or needs to come into her own."But also the mother's desire to look after her children and be protective, and not wanting them to have to deal with the same hardships that they may have faced in the past. Reading the scripts, it's very applicable to my experience as a teenager, and now."California-born Ortega has also starred in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Death of a Unicorn and two films in the Scream franchise, as well as TV series You and Jane the Virgin. But her best-known role is Wednesday Addams, a character known for her sharp wit, deadpan delivery and fascination with all things was first portrayed by Lisa Loring in The Addams Family TV series in the mid-1960s. Christina Ricci later took on the role for two movies in the early is flexing some different muscles for the forthcoming second season by also serving as an executive producer, something she says "was a great education for me... I tried to soak in as much as I possibly could".She acknowledges the three-year gap between the first and second season, but adds that it "allowed the dust and debris to settle a little". Viewers have been "very patient with us", Ortega smiles. "We made them wait for a long time. We do want to please them, but we want to do it in new and more exciting ways." Zeta-Jones says the second season gives her a bigger role after "just dropping in and setting up the matriarch of this central character" in the on the opening season, the actress recalls, felt "like you were at the grassroots of something".So when producers told her they wanted to use the second season to "really incorporate the family surrounding Wednesday, and really look at that dynamic between the mother and daughter, it was just a joy"."They created a lovely arc that didn't supersede the through story of Wednesday and her journey, it just padded it out beautifully and they fleshed our characters out great. At this point in my career, I feel so blessed to be part of this world."Other stars appearing in season two include Joanna Lumley as Wednesday's grandmother Hester Frump, Steve Buscemi as Nevermore principal Barry Dort, and Billie Piper as head of music Isadora Capri. 'Online communities can be isolating' Ortega suggests one of the reasons the show has resonated so widely is because it explores themes of "where we find our sense of community now"."I wasn't around in the 70s, but I hear stories of people knocking on their neighbours' doors, and the bikes going all throughout the city, and just expecting to meet someone at a certain time on a certain location."That contrasts hugely with the reliance on smartphones today, she notes. "People don't talk to each other in person. They're interacting and finding their community online, which can be very isolating."Also, there are so many voices and so many opinions that you're exposed to, much more than you would typically be, or that humans are kind of meant to be exposed to."So I think it's harder to find a sense of self. Young people are struggling to find, 'What makes my voice stand out? What is it about me in this world and this society today that gives me a sense of purpose or control or authority?'"According to Zeta-Jones, the Addams family are relatable precisely because "we embrace our idiosyncrasies", adding: "It's OK to be different, we don't try to box it, hide it, as a family we encourage it... it's the ultimate modern family."Ortega agrees: "There's great comfort in seeing people who are so obviously themselves, freely, and place priority where it matters, and that's your family, that's who's in front of you, your special interests, that's your strength and your courage and your confidence in your voice."It's very easy now to get swept up in some sort of sheep mentality, and I think it's so important for young people to see this family now more than ever." The first four episodes of Wednesday's second season are released on 6 August, with the remaining four released on 3 News used AI to help write the summary at the top of this article. 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