In June, fire lit up the skies as season 2 of House of the Dragon brought more bloodshed and flying dragons to HBO and Max subscribers’ TV sets around the globe. It’s tough to top that, but the network/streamer is set to do just that in July with a stacked slate of originals and library titles.
From the series debuts of Kite Man: Hell Yeah! and Hard Knocks: Offseason with the New York Giants to the streaming debut of one of 2024’s best movies so far, Love Lies Bleeding, HBO and Max will have plenty to offer for anyone in your household.
Editor’s note: This list may not be comprehensive and is subject to change by the network.
90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way, Season 6 (TLC)
America’s Best Towns to Visit
Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One (2021)
Batman: The Long Halloween, Part Two (2021)
Candyman 3: Day of the Dead (1999)
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love (2019)
Posse: The Revenge of Jessie Lee (1993)
Saw 3D: The Final Chapter (2010)
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002)
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World (2011)
Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Contraband: Seized at the Border, Season 4 (Discovery)
Hard Knocks: Offseason with the New York Giants (HBO Original)
Mecum Full Throttle: Indianapolis IN 2024 (Motor Trend)
Barnwood Builders, Season 18 (Magnolia Network)
Beachfront Bargain Hunt Renovation, Season 9 (Magnolia Network)
Care Bears: Unlock the Magic (Specials): The Star of a Thousand Wishes (2024)
Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives, Season 48 (Food Network)
King of Zanzibar (Max Original)
Belly of the Beast: Bigger and Bloodier (Discovery)
Sydney Harbor Shark Invasion (Discovery)
BBQ Brawl, Season 5 (Food Network)
Great White Serial Killer: Sea of Blood (Discovery)
Shark Frenzy: Mating Games (Discovery)
Shark Frenzy: Mating Games (Discovery)
Signs of a Psychopath, Season 7 (ID)
Two Guys Garage, Season 23 (Motor Trend)
Bobby’s Triple Threat, Season 3 (Food Network)
Monster Hammerheads: Species X (Discovery)
My Big Fat Fabulous Life, Season 12 (TLC)
Mecum Main Attractions: Indianapolis IN (Motor Trend)
Alien Sharks: Ghosts of Japan (Discovery)
Expedition Unknown: Shark Wrecks of WWII (Discovery)
Caught! When Sharks Attack (Discovery)
Christina on the Coast, Season 5 (HGTV)
Great White Danger Zone (Discovery)
MILF of Norway, Season 1 (Max Original)
Teen Torture Inc. (Max Original)
Shark Attack Island (Discovery)
Sharks of the Dead Zone (Discovery)
Mothersharker: Hammertime (Discovery)
Alex vs. America, Season 4 (Food Network)
In the Eye of the Storm, Season 1 (Discovery)
Mary Makes It Easy, Season 4 (Food Network)
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Two (2024)
The Black Widower: The Six Wives of Thomas Randolph, Season 1 (ID)
Welcome to Plathville, Season 6 (TLC)
Kite Man: Hell Yeah! Season 1 (Max Original)
Chopped, Season 58 (Food Network)
Secrets & Spies: A Nuclear Game (CNN Originals)
Charlie Hustle & The Matter of Pete Rose (HBO Original)
Guy’s Grocery Games, Season 36 (Food Network)
Full Custom Garage, Season 4 (Motor Trend)
Mecum Full Throttle: Kissimmee Summer Special 2024 (Motor Trend)
Violent Earth with Liev Schreiber (CNN Originals)
China just gave Hollywood a cautionary tale about AI filmmaking. Sanxingdui: Future Past, billed as the country's first fully AI-generated movie, hit theaters on October 23 and bombed at the box office.
According to Futurism, the film's reported $1.5 million production budget landed on more than 10,000 screens. Yet it pulled in only about $181,000, averaging roughly $20 per screen, making the budget difficult to recover.
Some of the best shots in Grok Imagine’s AI-made Odyssey don’t contain actors. Ancient landscapes stretch into the distance. Close-ups of grimy hands suggest people who have touched something rougher than a keyboard. For a few seconds, the illusion holds.
https://twitter.com/imagine/status/2113712964419063911
YouTube videos could soon look better without eating quite so much data, right? Thankfully, the platform plans to introduce a new video format called AV2 on its web player in early 2027, promising more efficient streaming and potentially fewer playback hiccups on slower internet connections. The big headline is a roughly 30% improvement in compression efficiency over AV1, YouTube's existing video format. That doesn't guarantee every video will use 30% less data, but it could make streaming a little easier on both internet connections and data allowances.
What is AV2, and why should viewers care?