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HBO Now August Highlights, Including ‘The Righteous Gemstones’ And A New ‘Succession’ Season

HBO Now August Highlights, Including ‘The Righteous Gemstones’ And A New ‘Succession’ Season

HBO kicks off the month of August with the return of a sleeper hit, a new comedy, and a couple of blockbuster favorites. Succession returns to give fans more Roy family drama before Danny McBride’s dark comedy about a televangelist empire makes waves. In addition, Aquaman lands on the streaming platform this month in case superhero fatigue just hasn’t hit you yet. Here’s everything coming to (and leaving) HBO this August.

Succession was a surprise hit for HBO when it debuted last summer. Apparently, we all love watching the drama of a media mogul trying to secure his legacy while managing his truly terrible offspring. Season two picks up where we left off, with the family trying to cover up a murder, fend off a takeover, and buy out a rival conglomerate. Logan’s still battling health issues, Kendall’s still reeling from accidentally killing someone, Roman’s throwing out snarky comments at every turn, and Holly Hunter arrives to cause even more chaos.

Danny McBride, John Goodman, and Adam Devine team up to bring us a new dark comedy about another dysfunctional family. This time it’s the Gemstones, a wealthy brood of Jesus freaks who mask their greed and illegal activity with a bunch of “Amens” and tax writeoffs. McBride plays the heir apparent to this televangelist empire with Goodman playing his aging father and Devine rounding out things as the “edgy” one of the family as all three try to get rich and perform mass baptismals.

Jason Momoa returns as the sea-dwelling superhero in this kind-of origin flick that explores Aquaman’s beginnings as a child torn between two worlds, and his eventual ascension to king of the underwater world. Amber Heard joins him as Meera, a woman trying to prevent her people from destroying humanity, but Momoa’s cocky, fun-loving hero is the star here as he fumbles his way through saving Earth and reuniting with his family.

Here are all the titles coming and going on HBO NOW in August:

Theatrical Premieres:

A Lego Brickumentary, 2014 (8/1)

Boy Erased, 2018 (8/2)

The Favourite, 2018 (8/3)

Aquaman, 2018 (8/10)

The Mule, 2018 (8/27)

Mortal Engines, 2018 (8/24)

Can You Ever Forgive Me, 2018 (8/31)

Series Premieres:

A Black Lady Sketch Show, (8/2)

Pico De Neblina, (8/9)

Hard Knocks: Training Camps with the Oakland Raiders, (8/6)

Succession, Season 2 (8/11)

Our Boys, (8/12)

The Righteous Gemstones, (8/18)

Series Finales:

Euphoria, Season 1 (8/4)

Divorce, Season 3 (8/5)

Original Programming:

My Favorite Shapes by Julio Torres (8/10)

Alternate Endings: Six New Ways to Die in America (8/14)

Entre Nos: Gina Brillion (8/16)

Farruko: En Letra de Otro (8/23)

Estrenos:

Marisol, 2019 (8/1)

Me 3.769, 2019 (8/1)

El Angel (AKA The Angel), 2019 (8/2)

Miss Bala, 2019 (8/2)

No me digas solterona (AKA Don’t Tell Me Spinster), 2019 (8/9)

Que Te Juegas (AKA Get Her… If You Can), 2019 (8/16)

Starting August 1:

Arizona, 2018

Body Heat, 1981

Brothers, 2009

Chariots of Fire, 1981

Conviction, 2010

Dangerous Liaisons, 1988

Deliver Us From Eva, 2003

The Dilemma, 2011

Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story, 2005

Fly Me to the Moon, 2008

Getaway, 2013

Going the Distance, 2010

The Lost Boys, 1987

Just Like Heaven, 2005

Out of Africa, 1985

Rio, 2011

Search Party, 2016

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, 2004

Ending August 31:

50 First Dates, 2004

Alpha and Omega 2: A Howl-iday Adventure, 2014

Alpha and Omega 4: The Legend of the Sawtoothed Cave, 2015

Alpha and Omega 5: Family Vacation, 2015

Date Night (Extended Version), 2010

Diary of a Wimpy Kid, 2010

Down a Dark Hall, 2018

Geostorm, 2017

Green Zone, 2010

Ocean’s 8, 2018

Shrek 2, 2004

Sinister 2, 2015

Super Troopers 2, 2018

Tag, 2018

The Best Man, 1999

The Bourne Identity, 2002

The Bourne Supremacy, 2004

The Grudge (Extended Version), 2004

The Lego Ninjago Movie, 2017

The Mask, 1994

The Pelican Brief, 1993

The Prestige, 2006

The Wolfman, 2010

Tully, 2018

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