With ah hugely successful launch under their belts, the team at Paramount+ has set their sights on a summer of huge content. The streamer has announced titles that will be joining the library in July, including brand new episodes of Strange New Worlds and our new favourite, Halo.
Highlights for July include the arrival of the latest Scream movie, the second season of iCarly and brand new episodes of Fairly Odd Parents: Fairly Odder.
For those who have already started watching the platform’s brilliant original content, there will be new episodes arriving each Wednesday across the month. These include:
- Halo – episodes 5-8
- Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber – episode 5-7
- The Man Who Fell to Earth – episode 5-8
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – episode 5-8
- Queen of the Universe – episode 3-6
New original series highlights include:
Victoria’s Secret: Angels & Demons – box set drops July 15
Produced boy Emmy Award-winning production company Film 45, in association with Endeavor Content and Hulu, Victoria’s Secret: Angels & Demons will uncover the secrets of the Victoria’s Secret empire and ask thought provoking questions on the influence of fashion and advertising on our lives.
This series chronicle the untold story behind the iconic brand. How the retailer that once defined out culture’s definition of sex and beauty with images of Angels splashed across its catalogues suffered a turbulent fall from grace, with its CEO Les Wexner embroiled in scandal with accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, is revealed through an in-depth examination.
Girl, Taken – documentary available from July 25
Girl, Taken follow the story of Celeste and Morne Nurse, whose baby daughter Zephany was stolen from hospital three days after her birth in Cape Town, April 1997. For 17 years, the devastated couple searched for Zephany, regularly make media appeals, hiring private detectives and following false leads. Then in 2015, their second daughter Cassidy enrolled in a new school, where other pupils pointed out how an older pupil Miche Solomon looked very much like Zephany.
DNA samples confirmed that Miche was Zephany and how she had grown up only a few miles from the Nurse’s home. The Nurses were overjoyed and became media darlings around the world. However, the arrest and trial of the seamstress whom Miche knew as her loving mother devastated her and she ultimately chose to remain with the kidnapper’s family. Against all expectations the Nurses lost their daughter a second time. This film follows the process of two broken families climbing the difficult path towards forgiveness and wholeness. Produced by Soils Films, in association with Screen Ireland, M-Net and Abacus Media Rights.
The Thing About Pam – box set drop on July 21
This true-crime limited series is based on the 2011 murder of Betsy Faria that resulted in her husband Russ’s conviction, although he insisted he didn’t kill her. Russ was later exonerated, but this brutal crime set off a chain of events that would expose a diabolical scheme deeply involving Pam Hupp played by Renee Zellweger.
Additional cast includes Josh Duhamel, Judy Greer, Katy Mixon, Glenn Fleshler, Gideon Adlon, Sean Bridgers, Suanne Spoke and Mac Brandt.
I Love That For You – box set drop on July 21
Inspired by true events, this new comedy follows childhood leukaemia survive Joanna Gold (Vanessa Bayer) as she chases her lifelong dream of becoming a home shopping channel host. Shedding her “cancer girl” label, she moves away from her parents, starts a budding romance for the first time in her adult life and befriend her idol (Molly Shannon), the charismatic star of the network. But when a little white like to her boss (Jennifer Lewis) turns into a big snowy avalanche, Joanna finds that living the dream comes with a hefty price tag.
Fairly Odd Parents: Fairly Odder – box set drop on July 4
Combining live action and animation, The Fairly Odd Parents: Fairly Odder will pick up years after the original ended by following Timmy Turner’s cousin Vivian “Viv” Turner and her new stepbrother Roy Raskin as they navigate life in Dimmsdale with the help of their fairy godparents, Wanda and Cosmo.
Ty Turner uproots his life to reunite with his high school sweetheart Rachel Raskin in the down of Dimmsdale, thrusting his cautious 13 year-old daughter Viv in to a new world where she does not fit in. Once there, Viv’s cousin Timmy entrusts his fairy godparents Wanda and Cosmo to help her adjust by taking her under their wings. Witnessing the fairy transfer take place, Viv’s charismatic new stepbrother Roy also inherits them, and the two siblings must take turns making wishes. Together they learnt to overcome the obstacles in their path, all with the help from their new wand-wielding and wish-granting fairy godparents.
Kamp Koral: Spongebob’s Under Years – box set drop on July 11
Kamp Koral: Spongebob’s Under Years is the first-ever SpongeBob SquarePants spinoff. The CG-animated prequel series follows 1- year-old SpongeBob SquarePants and his pals during summer sleep away camp where they spend their time building underwater campers, catching wild jellyfish and swimming in Lake Yuckymuck at the craziest camp in the kelp forest, Kamp Koral.
Kamp Koral: Spongebob’s Under Years features Tom Kenny (SpongeBob), Bill Fagerbakke (Patrick) and Rodger Bumpass (Squidward) reprising their iconic roles. Carlos Alazraqui and Kate Higgins join as new characters Nobby and Darlene, narwhal siblings who live in the woods surrounding the camp.
Big Nate – box set drop on July 25
Big Nate is a comedy about a sixth-grade kid who has a never-ending need to prove his awesomeness to the world. Whether he’s dealing with disasters at home or detention at school Nate Wright is no stranger to a challenge. Luckily, he’s able to to express himself through the world of cartoons that he creates. Charming, mischievous, and a magnet for misadventure – trouble is always fun when Nate is around, just ask his friends!
In the series premiere “The Legend of the Gunting”, Nate has multiple detentions on the docket, as per usual. But this time he is only one detentions away from a fate only whispered about in the halls of P.S. 38. The unhinged new kid, meanwhile, is determined to become Nate’s prank partner. Jack Black guest stars as Brand Gunter, a prankster of epic proportions and Nate’s inspiration, and Daniel Jacobs lends his voice as Bentley Carter, the new kid at P.S. 38 eager to wreak havoc through the school on teachers and students alike.
iCarly Season 2 – box set drop on July 18
Based on the original hit sitcom, iCarly follows Carly Shay, the original influencer, and her friends as they navigate work, love and their family in the 20s.
The 10-episode second season of Paramount+’s iCarly picks up right after the first season ended, with Carly refocusing her attention on her friends and family following her romantic complications, all while working to boost her revived web channel. Spencer an dHarper must also navigate new personal and career developments, while Freddie balances raising Millicent with a new app and a new girlfriend.
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