Every month, Amazon adds several new series and movies to its streaming service, Prime Video, and September 2022 will be no different.
Below is everything set to hit and leave Prime Video in Canada. Amazon also shared some featured titles coming to Prime Video Channels, which are add-on channels with additional content for extra subscription fees (they’re noted below):
September 1st
The Girl On The Train
DC’s Stargirl: Season 3
September 2nd
The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power (Amazon Original)
September 5th
Rick & Morty: Season 6 — on Adult Swim Channel
September 6th
Petite Maman
September 8th
Last Seen Alive
September 9th
Flight/Risk (Amazon Original)
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills: Seasons 1- 2
Netflix has confirmed that its highly anticipated original film, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, will begin streaming on December 23rd. The film will also premiere in theatres “on a to-be-announced date,” as well as at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.
Glass Onion is a writer-director Rian Johnson’s sequel to his 2019 critically-acclaimed Knives Out and once again stars Daniel Craig’s Benoit Blanc, who’s now trying to solve a mystery in Greece. The sequel features an ensemble supporting cast that includes Edward Norton, Dave Bautista, Kathryn Hahn, Jessica Henwick, Kate Hudson, Janelle Monáe, Leslie Odom, Jr. and Ethan Hawke. Most of the cast can be seen in a newly released image from the film (see above).
Following the success of the first Knives Out, several studios bid for the rights to the two sequels Johnson was planning. In the end, Netflix beat out Amazon and Apple in a deal worth $469 million USD (about $611 million CAD). Details on the third Knives Out film have yet to be revealed.
Disney has announced several new titles that will hit Disney+ worldwide on September 8th as part of its second annual Disney+ Day event.
Leading the pack is Marvel’s Thor: Love and Thunder, which opened in theatres on July 8th, making its Disney+ debut a mere two months later. Here’s the full list of Disney+ Day premieres:
Cars on the Road — animated series
Dancing with the Stars: The Pros’ Most Memorable Dances — special
Epic Adventures with Bertie Gregory — docuseries
Frozen and Frozen 2 Sing-Alongs — lyrics-supported versions of the animated films of the same name
Growing Up — docuseries
Marvel Studios’ Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder — documentary
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi’s Return — documentary
Pinocchio — feature film
Thor: Love and Thunder — feature film
Tierra Incógnita — original series produced in Latin America
Welcome to the Club — The Simpsons short
It’s worth noting that Disney+ Day coincides with Disney’s annual D23 fan convention in Anaheim. The company is expected to make a variety of announcements related to Disney+ programming, including Marvel and Star Wars. A first-ever video game-specific presentation will also be held during D23.
Ahead of the launch of Season 3 of See, Apple TV+ has made the entire first season free until August 29th.
The entire first season of #SEE is available to watch for free for a limited time, where available, now until August 29th on Apple TV+ https://t.co/ob2XpCzClo
The third and final season of the Jason Momoa-led series hits on August 26th. The eight-episode conclusion will continue weekly until October 14th, 2022.
Alongside Momoa, See stars Sylvia Hoeks, Hera Hilmar, Christian Camargo, Archie Madekwe, Nesta Cooper, Tom Mison, Olivia Cheng, Eden Epstein, Michael Raymond-James, David Hewlett and Trieste Kelly Dunn.
Apple TV+ is available in Canada for $5.99 a month.
The Sandman is Netflix’s most recent fantasy series about the Endless of Dreams. The series focuses on Morpheus as he journeys across the dreaming and waking worlds.
From the mind of Neil Gaiman, a two-part bonus episode of THE SANDMAN, featuring the stories “A Dream of a Thousand Cats” and “Calliope,” is now streaming only on Netflix. pic.twitter.com/0z71QUNStG
When the show first appeared on Netflix, it had a 10-episode season, but Netflix has surprised viewers with an 11th bonus episode. This two-part eleventh episode is called A Dream of a Thousand Cats/Calliope.
This episode is pretty cool as it includes both 2D and 3D animations.
“We endeavoured to make the animated version of ‘A Dream of a Thousand Cats’ as mesmerizing and hypnotic as we could by utilizing the magic of real oil paintings on canvas,” explains Hisko Hulsing, the director and production designer of the episode. “We combined the paintings with classically drawn 2D animation, based on realistic 3D animation of telepathic cats in order to create a trippy world that feels both grounded and dreamy at the same time. Untold Studio’s in London created the breathtaking 3D animation of the cats. The wonderful 2D animation, oil paintings and stylizing were all done at Submarine Studio’s in Amsterdam.”
This episode features Canada’s Sandra Oh, Michael Sheen, James McAvoy, David Tennant and the creator of The Sandman, Neil Gaiman.
More than three years after Game of Thrones ended, HBO is officially set to release its second series in the world of Westeros, House of the Dragon, on August 21st.
Set two hundred years before Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon follows the beginning of the end of House Targaryen and the events leading up to the deadly Dance of the Dragons. The series was co-created by George R. R. Martin, the writer of the A Song of Ice and Fire books upon which Game of Thrones (with Colony‘s Ryan J. Condal) is based and stars Paddy Considine, Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy, Steve Toussaint, Eve Best, Fabien Frankel, Sonoya Mizuno and Rhys Ifans.
Canadians looking to check out the prequel series can do so through Bell’s Crave streaming service, the Canadian home of Game of Thrones. The first episode will premiere on Crave on August 21st at 6pm PT/9pm ET, with new episodes dropping every Sunday at 9pm ET. The series’ first season will run for 10 episodes.
It’s worth noting that as part of its big marketing campaign for House of the Dragon, Bell is running a Crave promotion. From August 17th until September 6th, new, reactivating and upgrading Crave subscribers can get an annual Crave Total subscription for $149.90 CAD plus tax, $50 off the regular price. For context, a monthly Crave Total membership costs $19.99/month.
Every week, MobileSyrup outlines some of the most notable movies and TV shows that recently hit Canadian streaming platforms.
Our ‘Streaming in Canada’ column typically focuses on new content from Amazon Prime Video, Crave and Netflix, but other services like Apple TV+ and Disney+ are mentioned when relevant. Premium video on demand (PVOD) platforms are also fair game as movies continue to come to digital early amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Finally, we’ll highlight shows or movies that are made by Canadian companies, involve notable Canadian cast or crew and/or are filmed in Canada.
Amazon Prime Video
A League of Their Own [Amazon Original]
In 1943, a group of women set out to form their own professional baseball team.
Inspired by Penny Marshall’s 1992 film of the same name (which was itself based on a true story), A League of Their Own was created by Will Graham (Mozart in the Jungle) and Abbi Jacobson (Broad City) and stars Jacobson, Chanté Adams (Roxanne Roxanne), D’Arcy Carden (The Good Place), Gbemisola Ikumelo (Famalam) and Vancouver’s Kelly McCormack (Killjoys). Toronto’s Patrick J. Adams (Suits) also has a recurring role.
Amazon Prime Video Canada release date: August 12th, 2022 Genre: Sports, comedy-drama Runtime: Eight episodes (46 to 60 minutes each)
The full list of movies and shows hitting Prime Video Canada this month can be found here.
Apple TV+
Five Days at Memorial [Apple Original]
A New Orleans hospital deals with a major crisis after Hurricane Katrina ravages the city.
Based on Sheri Fink’s 2013 non-fiction book of the same name, Five Days at Memorial was adapted by John Ridley (12 Years a Slave) and Carlton Cuse (Lost) and stars Vera Farmiga (Bates Motel), Cherry Jones (24), Cornelius Smith Jr. (Scandal) and Robert Pine (CHiPs).
It’s worth noting that the Five Days at Memorial was filmed in both Ontario and Louisiana.
Apple TV+ Canada release date: August 12th, 2022 (first three episodes, new episodes every Friday) Genre: Medical drama Runtime: Eight episodes (39 to 47 minutes each)
In Vancouver-based WildBrain’s latest Peanuts special for Apple TV+, Lucy starts up her own school for the gang, only to discover that teaching is harder than it sounds.
Apple TV+ Canada release date: August 12th, 2022 Genre: Animated, family Runtime: 38 minutes
Jake’s search to find a way to repair his daughter’s beloved android companion leads him to begin reconnecting with his family.
After Yang was written and directed by Kogonada (Columbus) and stars Colin Farrell (The Lobster), Jodie Turner-Smith (Queen & Slim), Justin H. Min (The Umbrella Academy), Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja (iCarly) and Haley Lu Richardson (The Edge of Seventeen).
Original theatrical release date: March 4th, 2022
Crave release date: August 12th, 2022 Genre: Sci-fi, drama Runtime: 1 hour, 36 minutes
A young boy and his working-class family deal with the tumultuous times of late 1960s Northern Ireland.
Belfast was inspired by writer-director Kenneth Branagh’s (Macbeth) own childhood and stars Caitríona Balfe (Outlander), Jamie Dornan (The Fall), Judi Dench (Shakespeare in Love), Ciarán Hinds (There Will Be Blood) and newcomer Jude Hill.
Original theatrical release date: November 12th, 2021
Crave release date: August 12th, 2022 Genre: Coming-of-age drama Runtime: 1 hour, 37 minutes
Three Drag Race fan-favourites — Toronto’s Brooke Lynn Hytes with Jujubee and Monét X Change — give different A-listers makeovers before they battle it out in classic Drag Race fashion.
A standard Crave subscription is priced at $19.99/month, with Starz costing an additional $5.99/month. A mobile-only subscription is also available for $9.99/month.
The full list of movies and shows hitting Crave this month can be found here.
Disney+
I Am Groot [Disney+ Original]
A series of shorts following Baby Groot between the events of Guardians of the Galaxy and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.
I Am Groot was created by Kirsten Lepore (Adventure Time) and once again features Vin Diesel and Bradley Cooper as Groot and Rocket Raccoon, respectively.
Disney+ Canada release date: August 10th, 2022 Genre: Animated short Runtime: Five shorts (five to six minutes each)
The full list of movies and shows that hit Disney+ Canada this month can be found here.
Netflix
Day Shift [Netflix Original]
A blue-collar dad secretly hunts vampires to provide for his family.
Day Shift was directed by J.J. Perry (Bullet to the Head) and stars Jamie Foxx (Django Unchained), Dave Franco (The Disaster Artist), rapper Snoop Dogg and Natasha Liu Bordizzo (The Society).
Mirana, Davion, Luna and their allies join Invoker and Terrorblade’s fight for control of the universe.
Based on Valve’s DOTA 2 video game, DOTA: Dragon’s Blood was developed by Ashley Miller (Fringe) and features the voices of Yuri Lowenthal (Marvel’s Spider-Man), Josh Keaton (The Spectacular Spider-Man), Lara Pulver (Sherlock), Tony Todd (Candyman) and Troy Baker (The Last of Us).
Netflix Canada release date: August 11th, 2022 Genre: Animated, fantasy Runtime: Eight episodes (25 to 28 minutes each)
In 2019, then-17-year-old Anthony Templet quickly admitted to shooting and killing his father, but his motive has since proven to be much more complex.
Netflix Canada release date: August 9th, 2022 Genre: True crime documentary Runtime: Three episodes (37 to 46 minutes each)
In this third and final season, the Locke family uncovers more magic and faces a demonic new foe.
Locke & Key is based on Joe Hill’s graphic novel of the same name and stars Darby Stanchfield (Scanda), Toronto’s Connor Jessup (Falling Skies), Emilia Jones (CODA) and Jackson Robert Scott (It).
It’s worth noting that Locke & Key was filmed in Toronto.
Netflix Canada release date: August 10th, 2022 Genre: Fantasy, horror Runtime: Eight episodes (34 to 47 minutes each)
Devi is finally dating her dream guy, but she soon realizes that relationships — and all of the drama that can come from them — are a lot to handle.
Never Have I Ever was created by Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher (The Mindy Project) and stars Mississauga, Ontario’s Maitreyi Ramakrishnan (returning in her breakout role), Jaren Lewison (Tag), Darren Barnett (American Pie Presents: Girls’ Rules), Poorna Jagannathan (The Night Of), Ramona Young (Legends of Tomorrow) and Lee Rodriguez (Grown-ish).
It’s worth noting that the series has been renewed for a fourth and final season.
Netflix Canada release date: August 12th, 2022 Genre: Coming-of-age, comedy-drama Runtime: Ten episodes (25 to 32 minutes each)
Amazon’s Prime Video has revealed behind-the-scenes details on a number of Ontario filming locations in The Boys.
In a Twitter thread, the official Prime Video Canada account broke some of these down, including the particularly amusing tidbit that a key Season 3 scene set in Russia involved Brantford, Ontario. The scene in question follows The Boys as they break into a Russian facility, and the exterior for this location was actually a courthouse near Brantford’s City Hall.
In #TheBoys Season 3, the crew heads to Russia to follow a lead on Soldier Boy. This external shot of the facility is actually a courthouse located near City Hall in Brantford, Ontario. pic.twitter.com/dM11LYljH8
Given that the show primarily films in Toronto, it’s fun to see a smaller city in Southwestern Ontario also factor into the production. Another highlight of the Twitter thread is the fact that part of The Boys‘ Season 2 premiere — in which The Deep (Chase Crawford) causes a stir at a water park — was shot at Brampton’s Wet ‘n Wild park.
In the Season 2 premiere of #TheBoys, we find The Deep – after getting kicked out of The Seven – causing a ruckus at a water park. That’s the Wet ‘n’ Wild Toronto park located in Brampton, Ontario. pic.twitter.com/5vdQB9BhLs
Other locations that Prime Video Canada spotlighted are a little more obvious, like Homelander (Antony Starr) and Stormfront (Aya Cash) holding a press conference in front of Toronto’s Roy Thomson Hall.
Did you catch this one? The historic Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto serves as the setting for Vought Tower in #TheBoys. You can also see the venue’s beautiful interior used as the lobby for Vought’s headquarters in the series. pic.twitter.com/a02ZtzJf5x
The Boys is one of Prime Video’s most popular TV series, which makes it especially notable that it’s shot in Ontario. On top of that, the superhero series is executive produced by Vancouver’s Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg and co-stars Mississauga, Ontario’s Nathan Mitchell as Black Noir.
The first three seasons of The Boys are currently streaming on Prime Video, with the fourth season expected to begin filming in a few weeks. Who knows where in Ontario Season 4 might shoot?
Apple is reportedly investing further into podcasts to create content that can potentially be adapted into series for its Apple TV+ service.
According to Bloomberg, Apple’s recent production deal with the Pulitzer Prize-winning podcast company Futuro Studios includes a stipulation that the tech giant is afforded the first crack at adapting any resulting podcasts.
So far, Apple has already produced two series based on podcasts: one based on Wondery’s WeCrashed: The Rise and Fall of WeWork (starring Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway), and the other on Joe Nocera’s The Shrink Next Door (starring Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd).
It’s unclear how well WeCrashed and The Shrink Next Door performed, given that Apple reveals little data about TV+. That said, other streaming services have adapted podcasts into acclaimed series, such as Amazon (Homecoming with Julia Roberts and Janelle Monáe) and Hulu (The Dropout starring Amanda Seyfried.)
For now, it seems like Apple is taking a measured approach to its podcast plans. Bloomberg reports that Apple has spent up to $10 million USD (about $12.7 million CAD) on deals with podcast companies like Futuro, which is a far cry from the hundreds of millions spent by the likes of Spotify.
It’s worth noting that Apple could also opt to leverage Futuro podcasts as a way to complement existing shows, as it has done for The Problem with Jon Stewart and For All Mankind. However, the company did not respond to Bloomberg‘s report when the outlet reached out for comment.
Disney has confirmed pricing and a launch date for its lower-priced, ad-supported membership for Disney+.
Debuting in the U.S. on December 8th, this new tier will be called ‘Disney+ Basic’ and be priced at $7.99 USD/month (about $10.21 CAD). That’s the current price for Disney+ in the U.S. The existing ad-free membership, meanwhile, will be rebranded as Disney+ Premium and cost $10.99 USD/month (about $14.04 CAD), a 38 percent increase.
However, it’s yet clear what any of this means for Canada. MobileSyrup has reached out to Disney for confirmation on whether ‘Disney+ Basic’ will come to Canada and will update this story once a response has been received.
For context, Disney declined to comment earlier this year on whether the ad-supported tier would release in Canada. It should also be noted that Disney+ is quite different in Canada compared to the U.S. In Canada, Disney+ features a variety of titles that are in the U.S. on Hulu, a completely separate service that has optional bundles with Disney+. Additionally, Disney+ in Canada costs $11.99/month or $119.99/year, so the pricing is also different from the U.S. to begin with.
News of the Disney+ Basic launch came during Disney’s Q3 2022 earnings release, in which it also confirmed that it has reached 152.1 million Disney+ subscribers. This is well above the 147 million that analysts had forecast. Disney says only 100,000 new subscribers were in the U.S. and Canada, meaning the majority came from international markets.
