What’s on TV this month?

A bundle of home box office blockbusters.oming soon to streaming services on your TV.

Amazon Prime Video

On July 3 2020, the second series of ‘Hanna’, based on the 2011 film of the same name, will premiere featuring Esme Creed-Miles (Dark River) as the eponymous role of the DNA enhanced super-soldier.  While the first series reimagined the events of the film, this series will take the story in a new direction.

Netflix

Cate Blanchett (Mrs. America) co-created, featured and executive produced the Australian drama series ‘Stateless’, released on 8 July 2020.  Also featuring Dominic West (Colette), Yvonne Strahovski (The Handmaid’s Tale) and Jai Courtney (Suicide Squad), the story focuses on four strangers whose lives intersect at an Australian immigration detention centre.  While Netflix will release the series worldwide, ‘Stateless’ attracted positive critical reception when aired by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation from March 2020.

Disney+

Winner of 11 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, from 16 nominations four years ago, the original Broadway production of ‘Hamilton’ received overwhelming critical and audience acclaim becoming a cultural phenomenon in the process. 

Premiering on 3 July 2020, the eve of the 244th anniversary of the United States’ independence, is a live recording, brought forward from its initial October 2021 release in response to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic.  

Edited together from three performances in June 2016, this television event features the original cast with Lin-Manuel Miranda (Mary Poppins Returns), who also wrote the music, lyrics and book, as the eponymous character.