Coming to Max in September 2024: ‘The Penguin,’ ‘I Saw the TV Glow,’ More

From Naples to Gotham City, let Max pick your end-of-summer destination!

This September, leading up to the release of the highly anticipated HBO Original series “The Penguin,” starring Colin Farrell as Batman’s avian antagonist, Max has also curated a “DC Universe” collection, including the Michael Keaton-led “Batman” films beginning with 1989’s “Batman,” the hit adult-animated series “Harley Quinn,” and the 11-time Emmy-winning “Watchmen,” among many others.

But beyond Gotham, it’s a busy month for HBO and Max, which will premiere the fourth and final season of “My Brilliant Friend,” based on Elena Ferrante’s novels, as well as the two-part Original Documentary “Wise Guy: David Chase and the Sopranos,” an up-close look at the creative process behind the cultural phenomenon and HBO anchor.

Also new to the streamer’s collection this month are several titles from Discovery, Food Network, and more, including Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki’s latest “The Boy and the Heron,” plus A24’s allegorical horror-drama “I Saw the TV Glow” and its dystopian war thriller “Civil War.”

Find out everything coming to the Max this month, including The Streamable’s top picks for your watch list!

What are the 5 Best Shows, Movies, and Specials Coming to Max in September 2024?

“The Boy and the Heron” | Friday, Sept. 6

The Oscar and Golden Globe-winning animated film from Studio Ghibli Film and famed filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki follows young Mahito Maki, who loses his mother in a hospital fire and a series of mysterious events lead him to a secluded and ancient tower, home to a mischievous gray heron that helps him on an epic journey through a fantastic world shared by the living and the dead. Luca Padovan leads the voice cast of the English-language cast, with Robert Pattinson, Christian Bale, Dave Bautista, Gemma Chan, Willem Dafoe, Karen Fukuhara, Mark Hamill, and Florence Pugh.

Watch the trailer for “The Boy and the Heron” below:

“Wise Guy: David Chase and the Sopranos” | Sunday, Sept. 7

David Chase set out to make a show about his relationship with his mother and in doing so shifted television history forever. “The Sopranos” creator and writer gets the spotlight in this new two-part documentary from Alex Gibney (“Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief”), offering a unique window into his creative process and psyche, with clips from the show, audition videos, behind-the-scenes footage, and interviews from Lorraine Bracco, Edie Falco, and Michael Imperioli.

Watch the trailer for “Wise Guy: David Chase and the Sopranos” below:

“My Brilliant Friend” Season 4 Premiere | Monday, Sept. 9

The international series adaptation of Elena Ferrante’s four-novel series closes out with Season 4, as the fourth installment, “Story of the Lost Child,” delves into the adult lives of Elena and Lila during the turmoil of Italy in the late 1980s. Alba Rohrwacher, Irene Maiorino, Fabrizio Gifuni, Stefano Dionisi, Anna Rita Vitolo, Pier Giorgio Bellocchio, Daria Deflorian, Lino Musella, Eduardo Scarpetta, Edoardo Pesce, and Sonia Bergamasco lead the series to its end. The first episode of the 10-episode final season will premiere at 9 p.m. ET/PT on HBO and will be available to stream on Max with new episodes available on subsequent Mondays.

Watch the trailer for “My Brilliant Friend” Season 4 below:

“The Penguin” | Thursday, Sept. 19

Colin Farrell’s Oz Cobb gets the spotlight in the much-anticipated “The Batman” follow-up, premiering on HBO at 9 p.m. on Sept. 19 (after moving over to the cabler from previously being branded a Max exclusive). The eight-episode limited series, which tracks The Penguin’s rise to power in Gotham’s criminal underworld, will also star Cristin Milioti, Rhenzy Feliz, Michael Kelly, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Deirdre O’Connell, Clancy Brown, James Madio, Scott Cohen, Michael Zegen, Carmen Ejogo, Theo Rossi, Mark Strong, and more.

Watch the trailer for “The Penguin” below:

“I Saw the TV Glow” | Friday, Sept 20

Written and directed by Jane Schoenbrun, A24’s latest horror-drama fever dream stars Justice Smith as Owen, a teenager just trying to make it through life in the suburbs alive when a classmate (Brigette Lundy-Paine) introduces them to a mysterious late-night supernatural TV show not so much cracks as punches a hole through their reality, causing them to question their identities. Helena Howard, Lindsey Jordan, Conner O’Malley, Emma Portner, Ian Foreman, Fred Durst, and Danielle Deadwyler make up the supporting cast, among others.

Watch the trailer for “I Saw the TV Glow” below:

What Shows, Movies, and Specials Are Coming to Max in September 2024?

September 1

• 21 & OVER (2013)
• Addicted (2014)
• Anaconda (1997)
• Batman: Gotham by Gaslight (2018)
• Boogie Nights (1997)
• Braddock: Missing In Action III (1988)
• Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1995)
• Care Bears: Unlock the Magic (Specials, S1D: The Bad Crowd Strikes Back!)
• Climax (2019)
• Creator League Showdown (Eps. 10–11)
• Criminal (2016)
• Disobedience (2018)
• Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
• Green Lantern: Beware My Power (2022)
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)
• Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone: Magical Movie Mode (2001)
• High-Rise (2016)
• Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)
• Independence Day (1996)
• Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
• Inherent Vice (2014)
• Ismael’s Ghosts (2018)
• Knight and Day (2010)
• Marcel the Shell with Shoes on (2022)
• Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016)
• Missing in Action (1984)
• Missing in Action 2 – The Beginning (1985)
• Need for Speed (2014)
• Paranoia (2013)
• Pulse (2005)
• Role Models (2008)
• Shrek Forever After (2010)
• Sunset Song (2016)
• Tell (2014)
• Tiny Furniture (2010)
• To Have and Have Not (1944)
• The Batman vs. Dracula (2005)
• The Big Chill (1983)
• The Big Sleep (1946)
• The Birdcage (1996)
• The Boss (2016)
• The Exorcist (1973)
• The Final Destination (2009)
• The Martian (2015)
• The Shining (1980)
• The Three Musketeers (2011)
• The Wolfpack (2015)
• The Wrecking Crew! (2015)
• Trick ‘r Treat (2009)
• Troll Hunter (2011)
• Vampires Suck (2010)
• Venus and Serena (2013)
• Viva (2016)
• Whose Streets? (2017)
• World’s Greatest Dad (2009)
• X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

June 24, 2022

Marcel is an adorable one-inch-tall shell who ekes out a colorful existence with his grandmother Connie and their pet lint, Alan. Once part of a sprawling community of shells, they now live alone as the sole survivors of a mysterious tragedy. But when a documentary filmmaker discovers them amongst the clutter of his Airbnb, the short film he posts online brings Marcel millions of passionate fans, as well as unprecedented dangers and a new hope at finding his long-lost family.

Civil War

April 10, 2024

In the near future, a group of war journalists attempt to survive while reporting the truth as the United States stands on the brink of civil war.

Bodies Bodies Bodies

August 5, 2022

In an isolated family mansion, a group of rich 20-somethings decides to play Bodies Bodies Bodies, a game where one of them is secretly a “killer” while the rest tries to “escape”. Things take a turn for the worse when real bodies start turning up, setting off a paranoid and dangerous chain of events.

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