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FOR RELEASE AUGUST 3, 2026
BYLINE: By Demi Taveras  
Photo Credit: Courtesy of MovieStillsDB 
Photo Caption: Halle Bailey, left, and Rege-Jean Page star in "You, Me & Tuscany."
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"The Shards" (TV-MA) -- Teen drama lovers, you continue to be fed this year, and this latest thriller series hails from none other than creator Ryan Murphy ("The Beauty") and screenwriter Bret Easton Ellis ("American Psycho"). This series is based on Ellis' semi-autobiographical novel from 2023 and takes place in 1981 Los Angeles. Igby Rigney ("Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy") lands his first main role in a TV series as he plays 17-year-old Ellis during his senior year of prep school. He feels like he's on top of the world with his girlfriend and group of friends, until the arrival of a new student named Robert (Homer Gere) shakes up their dynamic. Simultaneous with Robert's arrival is the unexpected presence of a serial killer named the Trawler, who begins abducting people across the city. The first two episodes premiere on Aug. 5. (Hulu)
"The Devil's Mouth" (PG-13) -- Speaking of teen dramas, this survival thriller film features a cast with a couple of actors who got their big breaks in one! Lana Condor ("To All the Boys") and Gavin Casalegno ("The Summer I Turned Pretty") star alongside Kathyrn Newton ("Ready or Not 2") as a group of friends who wish to have one last adventure together in Thailand before graduating from college. So, the friends decide to sign up for a guided swim tour through a cave system called The Devil's Mouth. All is well upon entering the cave, until they probe deeper into the cave and discover a deadly bull shark. With it out for blood, these amateur cave dwellers will have to play the longest waiting game of their lives to see if they can escape this hell in one piece. Out now. (Amazon Prime Video)
"You, Me & Tuscany" (PG-13) -- Halle Bailey ("The Color Purple") and Rege-Jean Page ("Black Bag") lead this oh-so-romantic comedy film premiering on Aug. 7. Bailey plays Anna, a young chef who put her culinary aspirations on hold after the death of her mother. After spending the night with an Italian man named Matteo (Lorenzo de Moor), who mistakenly tells her about his empty villa in Tuscany, Anna impulsively decides to fly to Tuscany and stay in Matteo's villa without his knowledge. Once there, she immediately gets caught by his relatives and, to save face, states that she's Matteo's fiancee. While this appeases his family momentarily, she also encounters Matteo's cousin, Michael (Page), and feels an intense romantic connection with him. Talk about trouble in Tuscany! (Peacock)
"Alley Cats" (TV-MA) -- This British adult-animated series comes from the mind of Ricky Gervais ("The Office"), which we all should know by now is a perverse and hysterical place. The series follows a gang of feral cats, led by a large orange cat named Gus (Gervais), as they spend their time frolicking in alleys, neighborhoods, cemeteries and parking lots. While these cats do ordinary cat things like play-fight, scratch up furniture, and jump on people, they also ponder their existence and what it really means to be a beautiful ball of fluff in such a dangerous world. The six-episode series premieres on Aug. 7. (Netflix)
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