Bad Monkey

Bad Monkey is a 2024 drama television series developed and executive produced by Bill Lawrence. A co-production between Warner Bros. Television, Two Soups Productions and Doozer Productions, it is based on the 2013 novel of the same name by Carl Hiaasen.

After getting bounced from the Miami PD, a former detective (Vince Vaughn) is demoted to restaurant inspector in the Florida Keys. An unusual new case might get him back in the department if he can get past a trove of oddballs, and one bad monkey.

The cast includes Vince Vaughn, Michelle Monaghan, Jodie Turner-Smith, Meredith Hagner, Rob Delaney, Natalie Martinez, L. Scott Caldwell, Ronald Peet, and John Ortiz. Ashley Nichole-Black, Victor Turpin, Charlotte Lawrence, and Alex Moffat.

Bad Monkey is scheduled to premiere on August 14th on Apple TV+. Watch the official trailer below.

Project Power

Director Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman

Genre Action | Crime | Sci-Fi

Cast Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jamie Foxx, Dominique Fishback, Machine Gun Kelly

Rating R

Release Date August 14th, 2020 (Netflix)

“On the streets of New Orleans, word begins to spread about a mysterious new pill that unlocks superpowers unique to each user. The catch: You don’t know what will happen until you take it. ”

What would you risk for five minutes of pure power?

On the streets of New Orleans, word begins to spread about a mysterious new pill that unlocks superpowers unique to each user. The catch: You don’t know what will happen until you take it. While some develop bulletproof skin, invisibility, and super strength, others exhibit a deadlier reaction. But when the pill escalates crime within the city to dangerous levels, a local cop (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) teams with a teenage dealer (Dominique Fishback) and a former soldier fueled by a secret vendetta (Jamie Foxx) to fight power with power and risk taking the pill in order to track down and stop the group responsible for creating it.

Check out the official trailer for the Netflix Original Film Project Power below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, Project Power:

• In October 2017, it was announced that Netflix had acquired Mattson Tomlin's spec script Power in a bidding war with several other studios. In May 2020, it was announced that the film will officially be titled Project Power.

Ted Lasso

Genre Comedy

Cast Jason Sudeikis, Stephen Manas, Colin Blyth, Phil Dunster

Rating TV-MA

Series Premiere August 14th, 2020 (Apple TV+)

“Small-time football coach Ted Lasso is hired to coach a professional soccer team in England, despite having no experience coaching soccer.”

Starring and co-created by Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso tells the story of small-time football coach Ted Lasso who is hired to coach a professional soccer team in England, despite having no experience coaching soccer. Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, Ted Lasso:

• The “Ted Lasso” character originated as a part of a NBC Sport promo series with Sudeikis. The popularity allowed for the network to create a series based on this character.

The Silencing

Director Robin Pront

Genre Action | Crime | Thriller

Cast Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Annabelle Wallis, Zahn McClarnon, Melanie Scrofano

Rating R

Release Date August 14th, 2020 (Limited & On-Demand))

“A reformed hunter living in isolation on a wildlife sanctuary becomes involved in a deadly game of cat and mouse when he and the local Sheriff set out to track a vicious killer who may have kidnapped his daughter years ago.”

From director Robin Pront, The Silencing is a drama thriller that tells the story of a reformed hunter living in isolation on a wildlife sanctuary who becomes involved in a deadly game of cat and mouse when he and the local Sheriff set out to track a vicious killer who may have kidnapped his daughter years ago. Check out the official trailer below!!

The One and Only Ivan

Director Thea Sharrock

Genre Animation | Adventure | Comedy

Cast Sam Rockwell, Angelina Jolie, Danny DeVito, Bryan Cranston

Rating PG

Release Date August 14th, 2020 (Disney+)

“A gorilla named Ivan tries to piece together his past with the help of an elephant named Stella as they hatch a plan to escape from captivity.”

The One and Only Ivan is a family adventure that tells the story of a gorilla named Ivan who tries to piece together his past with the help of an elephant named Stella as they hatch a plan to escape from captivity. Check out the official trailer for The One and Only Ivan below available so stream on Disney+ August 14th!!

Magic Camp

Director Mark Waters

Genre Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Cast Adam DeVine, Gillian Jacobs, Josie Totah, Aldis Hodge

Rating PG

Release Date August 14th, 2020 (Disney+)

“Andy, who, at the urging of his former mentor and Magic Camp owner Roy Preston, returns as a counselor to the camp of his youth hoping to reignite his career.”

From director Mark Waters (Freaky Friday), Magic Camp is a family comedy that tells the story of Andy, who, at the urging of his former mentor and Magic Camp owner Roy Preston, returns as a counselor to the camp of his youth hoping to reignite his career. Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, Magic Camp:

• Real-life magicians were employed to teach the actors and to maintain authenticity. Among them is acclaimed magician Justin Willman, who had worked with Gillian Jacobs on Love (2016).

• Filming took place on Disney's Golden Oak Ranch.

Boys State

Director Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss

Genre Documentary

Cast —

Rating PG-13

Release Date August 14th, 2020 (Limited & On-Demand)

“A thousand 17-year-old boys from Texas join together to build a representative government from the ground up.”

Boys State is a documentary that tells the story of a thousand 17-year-old boys from Texas join together to build a representative government from the ground up. Check out the official trailer below!!

Patient Zero

Director Stefan Ruzowitzky

Genre Action | Drama | Horror

Cast Natalie Dormer, Matt Smith, Clive Standen, Stanley Tucci

Rating R

Release Date August 14th, 2018 (On-Demand | Limited Theaters 9/14)

“After an unprecedented global pandemic turns the majority of humankind into violent “Infected,” a man gifted with the ability to speak the Infected’s new language leads the last survivors on a hunt for Patient Zero and a cure.”

From director Stefan Ruzowitzky, Patient Zero is a horror drama about an unprecedented global epidemic that turns humankind into violent "infected" who speak a new language, and all hope falls on a gifted man and his attempt to find a cure. The cast includes Natalie Dormer, Matt Smith, Clive Standen, and Stanley Tucci. Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, Patient Zero:

• The screenplay for this film was featured in the 2013 Blacklist; a list of the "most liked" unmade scripts of the year.
• Though Natalie Dormer and John Bradley both star in Game Of Thrones, they have never been in any scenes together. Dormer and Bradley will finally share the screen together in Patient Zero.