Netflix Summer Round Up: Wednesday S2, Hostage, Thursday Murder Club Lead August

• Wednesday Season 2 streams in two parts: Part 1 on Aug 6 and Part 2 on Sept 3.
• Limited series Hostage premieres Aug 21, starring Suranne Jones as a UK prime minister opposite Julie Delpy as France’s president.
• The Thursday Murder Club debuts Aug 28 with Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley, and Celia Imrie, directed by Chris Columbus.
• August also brings the romance My Oxford Year, now streaming after its Aug 1 launch.

Netflix’s summer push is built around event TV. Wednesday returns with a split rollout, giving fans a mid summer binge and an early September finish that keeps the conversation going between drops. The series has dominated the Top 10 since launch, and the two part cadence gives the platform two marketing beats instead of one.

On the thriller side, Hostage lands Aug 21 with Suranne Jones as a British prime minister navigating a kidnapping and blackmail crisis during a state visit, while Julie Delpy plays the French president caught in the same web. It is a compact, high stakes limited series that leans on star power and a pressure cooker premise designed for quick, weekend long viewing.

Rounding out the month, The Thursday Murder Club arrives Aug 28 with an ensemble of heavy hitters under Chris Columbus, adapting Richard Osman’s bestseller into a warm, comic mystery set in a retirement community. If you want something lighter right now, the Sofia Carson and Corey Mylchreest romance My Oxford Year is already live and trending, making it an easy add to the queue while you wait for the late August premieres.