The Suicide Squad

The Suicide Squad is a 2021 superhero film based on the DC Comics team Suicide Squad, and is written and directed by James Gunn. It is a standalone sequel to Suicide Squad (2016), and the tenth film in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). It follows Super-Villains Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker and a collection of cons at Belle Reve prison who join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X where they are heavily-armed and dropped off at the remote, enemy-infused island of Corto Maltese.

The star-studded cast includes Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, John Cena, Joel Kinnaman, Sylvester Stallone, Viola Davis, Jai Courtney, and Peter Capaldi.

David Ayer was set to return as director for a Suicide Squad sequel but he chose to develop a Gotham City Sirens film instead. Gunn was hired to write and direct the film after being temporarily fired by Disney and Marvel Studios as the director of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023). He drew inspiration from war films and John Ostrander's 1980s Suicide Squad comics, and decided to explore new characters in a story separate from the first film's narrative, though some cast members do return from Suicide Squad.

Peacemaker, a spin-off television series starring Cena, is set to debut on HBO Max in January 2022.

The Suicide Squad is set for release in theaters and IMAX on August 6th. It will also be available on HBO Max for 31 days from theatrical release. Watch the official trailers below.

Read our full SPOILER-FREE review for The Suicide Squad here.

Mr. Corman

Mr. Corman is a 2021 comedy-drama television series created, written, directed and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

The series follows the days and nights of Josh Corman, an artist at heart but not by trade. Things haven’t been going his way lately – his lifelong dream of a career in music didn't pan out and he finds himself teaching fifth grade at a school in the San Fernando Valley, his ex-fiancé Megan has moved out and his high school buddy has moved in. Aware that he still has a lot to be thankful for, Josh struggles nevertheless through universal feelings of anxiety, loneliness and self-doubt.

Mr Corman premieres August 6th on Apple TV+. Watch the official trailer below.

Nine Days

Nine Days is a 2021 drama written and directed by Edson Oda, his directorial debut. Spike Jonze serves as an executive producer. It tells the story of Will, an arbiter who judges souls before they inhabit bodies in the living world. He lives in an isolated house in the middle of a desert scape, interviewing candidate souls for the opportunity to be born; if they are not selected, Will gives them a parting memory before their existence is erased.

The cast includes Winston Duke, Zazie Beetz, Benedict Wong, Tony Hale, and Bill Skarsgård.

Nine Days had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 27th, 2020. It is scheduled to be released by Sony Pictures Classics in limited theaters on July 30th, 2021, with a wide release on August 6th. Watch the official trailer below.

Naked Singularity

Naked Singularity is a 2021 comedy drama, directed by Chase Palmer in his directorial debut, from a screenplay by Palmer and David Matthews. It is based on the 2008 novel of the same name by Sergio De La Pava.

It tells the story of Casi (John Boyega), a promising young NYC public defender whose idealism is beginning to crack under the daily injustices of the very justice system he’s trying to make right. Doubting all he has worked for and seeing signs of the universe collapsing all around him, he is pulled into a dangerous high-stakes drug heist by an unpredictable former client (Olivia Cooke) in an effort to beat the broken system at its own game

The full cast includes John Boyega, Olivia Cooke, Bill Skarsgård, Ed Skrein, Linda Lavin, and Tim Blake Nelson. The film had its world premiere at the San Francisco International Film Festival, on April 9th, 2021.

Naked Singularity is set to hit select theaters August 6th, with a VOD release a week later on August 13th. Watch the official trailer below.

An American Pickle

Director Brandon Trost

Genre Comedy | Drama

Cast Seth Rogen, Sarah Snook, Sean Whalen, Jorma Taccone

Rating PG-13

Release Date August 6th, 2020 (HBO Max)

“An immigrant worker at a pickle factory is accidentally preserved for 100 years and wakes up in modern day Brooklyn.”

Directed by Brandon Trost (This is the End, Neighbors) and based on Simon Rich’s New Yorker novella, An American Pickle tells the story of an immigrant worker who falls into a vat of pickles and is brined for 100 years. The brine preserves him perfectly, and when he emerges in present day Brooklyn, he finds that he hasn't aged a day. Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, An American Pickle:

• Initially intended for theatrical release later this year, Sony made the decision to sell the Seth Rogen comedy to the Warner Media streaming service, HBO Max.

• From the producers of The Disaster Artist and 50/50.

Star Trek: Lower Decks

Genre Animation | Action | Adventure

Cast Tawny Newsome, Jack Quaid, Noël Wells, Gillian Vigman

Rating Unrated

Series Premiere August 6th, 2020 (CBS All Access)

“The support crew serving on one of Starfleet’s least important ships, the U.S.S. Cerritos, have to keep up with their duties, often while the ship is being rocked by a multitude of sci-fi anomalies.”

A CBS All Access animated series, Star Trek: Lower Decks follows the support crew serving on one of Starfleet's least important ships, the U.S.S. Cerritos, working to keep up with their duties, often while the ship is being rocked by a multitude of sci-fi anomalies. Check out the official trailer below!!

Better Call Saul: Season 4

Genre Crime | Drama

Cast Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks, Rhea Seehorn, Patrick Fabian

Rating TV-MA

Series Premiere Monday August 6th, 2018 9:00PM EST (AMC)

“The trials and tribulations of criminal lawyer, Jimmy McGill, in the time leading up to establishing his strip-mall law office in Albuquerque, New Mexico.”

The hit AMC Breaking Bad spinoff series Better Call Saul is returning for a 4th season, and hardcore fans of the show (myself included) know that things were really starting to heat up by the end of last season. With that being said, the August 6th premiere date cannot come soon enough!! Check out the official teaser trailer below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, Better Call Saul:

• The salon where the "temporary" office of Jimmy (Bob Odenkirk) is, is the one that he (as Saul Goodman) offers to sell to Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) for money laundering in Breaking Bad (2008).
•   It is known that in Breaking Bad (2008), Jimmy (Bob Odenkirk) was first seen in the 8th episode of season 2. It is not a coincidence that Better Call Saul's first episode premiered on February 8. "08/02" (episode/season, day/month).