What to Stream This Week? Check Out These Releases on Max, Netflix, and More

The world simply wouldn’t be the same without a Zack Snyder director’s cut released every few years. This week, we’re getting two of them. Both Rebel Moon – Part One: Director’s Cut and Rebel Moon – Part Two: Director’s Cut drop on Netflix this week, promising to deliver Snyder’s “true vision” for the films he directed and co-wrote, as well as over an hour of additional footage. The new, extended versions arrive on August 2.

It’s been a big summer for new SpongeBob content on streaming. Paramount Plus already debuted its new series, Kamp Koral: SpongeBob’s Under Years, on July 10, and this week, another translocation set in the SpongeBob universe arrives on Netflix. Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie takes Sandy and SpongeBob to Texas to save their friends when Bikini Bottom is fished out of the ocean. Get ready to meet Sandy’s family when the film arrives on August 2.

The final few episodes of the newest season of Too Hot To Handle drop on Netflix this week, bringing with them the suspenseful conclusion of who can abstain from kissing, touching, or sex the longest. Yes, the series about “naughty nymphos” (Netflix’s term, not mine) trying to hold out for a cold, hard cash prize (and maybe even a real relationship with someone) will air its final three episodes of the season on Friday, August 2.

The new Apple TV Plus docuseries Cowboy Cartel (so close, yet so far from Beyoncé’s recent masterpiece Cowboy Carter!) tells the story of a real-life FBI investigation into a horse racing money laundering operation that turned deadly when it was revealed that the criminals behind it were a Mexican drug cartel called Los Zetas. The four-episode series debuts in its entirety on August 2.

The dragon wars and the battle between former BFFs Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke) and Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) are almost over (just kidding, they’re just getting started) in House of the Dragon. The HBO series concludes season two on Sunday, August 4 with a fiery episode that will definitely have us scratching our blonde wigs and wondering who really rules the Seven Kingdoms. Don’t worry, we’ll find out eventually now that season three has been greenlit. You can watch the season finale on HBO and Max at 9/7/16 ET.

In 1964, Hollywood icon Elizabeth Taylor was interviewed by journalist Richard Meryman, and those tapes have been turned into a new documentary that offers an intimate look at the actress’ career, personal life, and personality. Elizabeth: The Lost Tapes premieres Saturday, August 3 on HBO and Max.

Fry, Bender, Leela and the rest of the Futurama characters are back for a new season of Hulu’s revival of the beloved series originally created for Fox by Matt Groening. The new season, which consists of 10 new episodes and features most of the same voice actors (including Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Billy West and Tress MacNeille) who starred in the original show, premieres July 29.

Following its box office success earlier this spring, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, the fourth film in the series’ latest reboot, arrives on Hulu on August 2. For the record, all nine previous Planet of the Apes films are also available on Hulu, from 1968’s Planet of the Apes to 2017’s War for the Planet of the Apes.

The season finale of Starz’s travel and culture series Down In The Valley airs on Friday, August 2, wrapping up the first season of a show that has exposed some of the lesser-known sides of the Deep South. P-Valley star Nicco Annan hosts the series, which “explores the fascinating duality of the Deep South through a kaleidoscopic, marginalized lens,” according to Starz. Following Friday’s season finale, Starz will also host an end-of-season marathon on its broadcast network on August 9, with all episodes available to stream.