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New on Prime Video and Freevee in August 2022

Ron Howard–directed survival film Thirteen Lives, A League of Their Own series adaptation, The Outlaws season 2, Sylvester Stallone in fantasy-actioner Samaritan, and more headed to Amazon's Prime Video and free sister streaming service Freevee.

by Aaron Pruner | July 27, 2022 | Comments

TAGGED AS: Amazon, Film, movies, Prime Video, streaming, television, TV

Thirteen Lives, Ron Howard’s retelling of the true story of the rescue of a Thai soccer team and their coach, stars Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell, and Joel Edgerton. A League of Their Own — the television adaptation of Penny Marshall’s classic 1992 baseball movie, from co-creators Will Graham and Abbi Jacobson — makes its debut on Amazon Prime Video’s streaming service in August. Also joining this month are the second season of thriller The Outlaws, which stars Stephen Merchant and Christopher Walken, the action-fantasy film Samaritan, starring Sylvester Stallone, the third season of Making the Cut and more. Read on to find out what is headed to Prime Video and sister service Freevee this month, with a few highlights noted at the top.

Description: Picking up a few months after the climax of season 1, in season 2, the Outlaws still have time to serve on their sentences, but quickly realize the criminal underworld isn’t done with them yet — not by a long shot. This ragtag group of misfits’ shared past comes back to haunt them, in the shape of a terrifying London drug lord out for blood — The Dean.

Premiere Date: August 5

Description: Starring stars Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell, and Joel Edgerton and directed by Ron Howard, Thirteen Lives recounts the incredible true story of the tremendous global effort to rescue a Thai soccer team who become trapped in the Tham Luang cave during an unexpected rainstorm. Faced with insurmountable odds, a team of the world’s most skilled and experienced divers — uniquely able to navigate the maze of flooded, narrow cave tunnels — join with Thai forces and more than 10,000 volunteers to attempt a harrowing rescue of the twelve boys and their coach. With impossibly high stakes and the entire world watching, the group embarks on their most challenging dive yet, showcasing the limitlessness of the human spirit in the process.

Premiere Date: August 5

Description: A League of Their Own evokes the joyful spirit of Penny Marshall’s beloved classic, while widening the lens to tell the story of an entire generation of women who dreamed of playing professional baseball, both in and outside of the AAGPBL. The show follows Carson (Abbi Jacobson) and Max (Chanté Adams) and a new ensemble of sharp and hilarious characters as they carve their paths toward the field, along the way finding their teams and themselves.

Premiere Date: August 12

Description: Thirteen-year-old Sam Cleary (Javon “Wanna” Walton) suspects that his mysterious and reclusive neighbor Mr. Smith (Sylvester Stallone) is actually a legend hiding in plain sight. Twenty years ago, Granite City’s super powered vigilante, Samaritan, was reported dead after a fiery warehouse battle with his rival, Nemesis. Most believe Samaritan perished in the fire, but some in the city, like Sam, have hope that he is still alive. With crime on the rise and the city on the brink of chaos, Sam makes it his mission to coax his neighbor out of hiding to save the city from ruin.

Premiere Date: August 26
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