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18 Facts About What’s Streaming On Netflix In August

By:: Andres Diplotti; Erik Barnes

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18 Facts About What’s Streaming On Netflix In August

August is coming. It’s the last full month of the summer. Gone will be the days of hard lemonade and spiked Kool-Aid from your friend who hasn't realized yet that he should have outgrown that drink in college. Soon will come the months of spiked pumpkin lattes and mulled wine from that one friend of yours that takes Dungeons and Dragons way too seriously. For now though, we champion through the last days of the summer.

To help our quest through August, Netflix has some new additions to its library of movies and TV shows. It can help conquer the blistering heat by chilling inside and enjoying some streaming media for a few hours or half-a-day, depending on what you are going to binge. In any case, good stuff and good times are on the way.

Here are some facts about the television shows and films that are coming to Netflix this month.

18 The Nice Guys

August on NETFLIX August 9 The Nice Guys Shane Black recycled some dialogue snippets from Iron Man 3 for this better-received action movie set in 1970s Los Angeles. CRACKED.COM — Source: Screen Rant

17 Spider-Man 2

August on NETFLIX August 1 spider-Man 2 Doctor Octopus was going to show up in the first movie, but Sam Raimi thought it would get muddled with all the other plot points, and saved Doc Ock for the sequel. CRACKED.COM — Source: Behind The Scenes (via YouTube)

16 Tower Heist

August on NETFLIX Tower Heist Ben Stiller got $15 million for the movie. The budget was $75 million, and the film made $152.9 million at the box office. You do the math. August 1 CRACKED.COM — Source: The Piracy Years

15 Skyfall

August on NETFLIX August 5 skyfall Naomie Harris spent six months training with a barber to shave Daniel Craig with a straight razor, as movies can't usually afford having the star's throat accidentally slit mid-production. CRACKED.COM — Source: Screen Rant

14 Men in Black 3

August on NETFLIX August 1 Men in Black 3 Sacha Baron Cohen was being headhunted to play Boris, but the part ultimately went to Jemaine Clement. CRACKED.COM — Source: Metro

13 The Informer

August on NETFLIX italian padled Jeszone ruta Cry 60 August YOUR купки NAY souters 5 The Informer Aside from New York, several scenes were shot at Gloucester Prison, in the United Kingdom. CRACKED.COM — Source: Gloucestershire Live

12 Super Giant Robot Brothers

August on NETFLIX super Giant Robot Brothers August 3 The show is directed by Mark Andrews, director of Brave, with Metalocalypse's Tommy Blacha as the showrunner. CRACKED.COM — Source: Animation World Network

11 Never Have I Ever

August on NETFLIX August 12 season 3 Never Have I Ever Mindy Kaling did a casting call on social media in order to find real teenagers, instead of the usual 20-somethings playing high schoolers. CRACKED.COM — Source: BuzzFeed

10 DOTA: Dragon's Blood

August on NETFLIX August 11 season 3 DOTA: Dragon's Blood The show comes from the same studio as The Legend of Korra. The South Korean Studio Mir also animated shows like The Boondocks and Voltron: Legendary Defenders. CRACKED.COM — Source: Studio Mir

9 The Cuphead Show

August on NETFLIX The cuphead August 19 show season 2 The show's composer also did SpongeBob SquarePants. Ego Plum made music for a ton of popular cartoons, including Jellystone! and Star vs. The Forces of Evil. CRACKED COM — Source: Wikipedia

8 Clusterf**k: Woodstock '99

August on NETFLIX F August 2 clusterf**k: woodstock '99 Three people died at the modern reboot of the peaceful music festival, which was rife with trouble, poor preparation, and chaos. CRACKED.COM — Source: MTV

7 The Age of Adaline

August on NETFLIX August 1 The Age of Adaline Blake Lively was pregnant while shooting, so great strides were taken to hide her baby bump. CRACKED.COM — Source: Herald Weekly

6 13: The Musical

August on NETFLIX CHR August 12 13: The Musical This is based on the Broadway musical that launched Ariana Grande's career. Grande, however, will not be reprising her breakout role as Charlotte. CRACKED.COM — Sources: People, IMDb

5 Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie

August on NETFLIX August 5 Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie Raphael is the oldest turtle here instead of Leonardo. Another change is that he wields a pair of tonfa instead of his usual sai. CRACKED.COM — Source: ChannelFrederator/YouTube

4 The Sandman

August on NETFLIX August 5 The sandman Mark Hamill will voice Merv Pumpkinhead, the janitor of the dream realm. Luke Skywalker himself joins the star-studded cast of this adaptation of the celebrated comic. CRACKED.COM — Source: Nerdist

3 Locke & Key

August on NETFLIX season 3 August 10 Locke & Key The show is shot in the same place as Police Academy. Toronto's Matheson Academy is the same school seen in the Steve Guttenberg movie. CRACKED.COM — Source: Atlas of Wonders

2 Look Both Ways

August on NETFLIX Look August 17 Both ways The original title was Plus/Minus. The movie follows one young woman within two realities: one where she becomes a mother, and another where she has a long career in Los Angeles. CRACKED.COM — Source: What's on Netflix

1 Day Shift

August on NETFLIX August 12 Day shift This vampire movie is the directorial debut of John Wick's stunt coordinator. J. J. Perry also worked on stunts for The Fate of the Furious and Django Unchained, among other films. CRACKED.COM — Source: Rolling Stone

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