The TV series to watch in August

August arrives and the holidays begin, but not for the TV series which in fact offer important news in the hottest month of the year. To reign supreme in the coming weeks is certainly everything that revolves around the fantasy genre in its various forms. Surely the most awaited series is House of the Dragon, the prequel to Game of Thrones, but there is no shortage of forays into the science fiction of Star Wars with Andor, in the Marvel world with She-Hulk, but also a very ambitious adaptation like that of The Sandman.

Among the novelties of the month there are also the serial reboot of the cult film Winning Girls, entitled A League of Their Own, and the author experiment by Olivier Assays Irma Vep. Some titles also return: both Locke & Key and the dystopian See come to an end with their third season, as well as the second cycle of episodes Made for Love.

But here is the calendar of the main TV series in arrival in August:

Irma Vep - miniseries from 3 August on Sky Atlantic and Now Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.

The series signed by Olivier Assayas is coming author of the 1996 film of the same name, and acclaimed at the last Cannes Film Festival: Oscar winner Alicia Vikander plays Mira, a movie star tired of blockbusters who arrives in France to interpret the remake of an author classic, Les Vampires. But soon character and performer will begin to merge.

The Sandman - first season starting August 5th on Netflix Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.

From the dreamlike and revolutionary comic series by Neil Gaiman, finally arrives the serial adaptation The Sandman: a sect imprisons Morpheus (Tom Sturridge), one of the Eternals that make up the family of Death (Kirby Howell-Baptiste ); once free, however, the king of dreams will have to restore order to his universe. Also starring Gwendoline Christie as Lucifer, Charles Dance, Jenna Coleman.

Locke & Key - Season 3 from August 10 on Netflix Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.

The fantasy series centered on the Locke family and the mysterious mansion in which several keys open as many universes is back with its final season. Following the defeat of Dodge, the protagonists will have to face the extreme threat posed by Frederick Gideon before they can regain their own home.

watch on Netflix A League of Their Own - first season August 12 on Prime Video Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.

The spirit of the 1992 cult film Winning Girls, starring Geena Davis, Lori Petty, Madonna and Rosie O'Donnell, lives on in this serial adaptation that updates the tale of the formation of a women's baseball league in the United States during the First World War. The protagonist and co-creator is Abbi Jacobson, who became famous with Broad City, but the cast also includes Chanté Adams, D'Arcy Carden and Kelly McCormack.

watch on Prime video Progetto Lazarus - first season from 12 August on Sky Atlantic and Now Content the latest recruit from Project Lazarus, a team of agents who regularly prevent the end of the world by resetting time. But when the woman he loves is killed and his colleagues refuse to use their power to save her, George rebels against the system.

Bad Sisters - season one April 12 on Apple TV + Natalie Seery Sharon Horgan, actress, writer and director known for Hbo series such as Catastrophe and Divorce, lands on Apple with the remake of a Flemish series called Clan: it is a mix between a thriller and a dark comedy in which four of five sisters begin planning the murder of her husband of the fifth, only to have to escape the insurance adjusters when the man dies in earnest.

watch on apple tv Power Book III: Raising Kanan - second season starting August 14 on Starzplay Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.

The spin-offs of the Power series continue on Starzplay: in this second cycle of the third parallel series we focus once again on the character played in the original production from 50 Cent, Kanan Stark; set in the nineties, the story tells his path to crime.

watch on starzplay She-Hulk: Attorney at Law - first season from August 17th on Disney + Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.

The side of the Marvel Cinematic Universe continues to expand on Disney +: new entry in the superhero family is Jennifer Walters, played by Tatiana Maslany, who receives the ability to transform into a monstrous green creature after a transfusion of blood by cousin Bruce Banner, played once again by Mark Ruffalo. You will have to learn to control her new condition and to reconcile it with the work of a lawyer.

watch on disney + Alma-first season from August 19th on Netflix Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.