View From the Peak - Everything Coming to Paramount+ in August

 

Summer is in full swing, and it is way too hot to go outside. Instead, why don’t you stay in and stream something cool from the snow-capped peaks of Paramount Mountain? In August, premium subscribers can savor the exciting season premieres of the SHOWTIME hits Billions and The Chi. Romantics in the mood for a summer fling will enjoy the Paramount+ Original movie Love in Taipei. You can avoid getting sunburn out on the links and stream CBS Sports' coverage of the PGA Tour Championship from the comfort of your home. Or you can watch things really heat up in the epic action-adventure film Transformers: Rise of the Beasts which makes its streaming debut on the service today. For a closer look at all the entertainment coming to Paramount+ in August, check out the latest edition of View from the Peak.

BEHIND THE STREAMS

Jacob Latimore and Birgundi Baker in The Chi The Chi In August, the SHOWTIME original series The Chi, by creator and executive producer Lena Waithe, will kick off its sixth season. The series revolves around the many residents of a neighborhood in Chicago’s South Side and explores themes of family, mental health, gentrification and economic empowerment, giving the audience a panoramic view of the city itself. Having grown up near 70th street in the Chatham community herself, it was crucial for Waithe to accurately portray the many facets of her hometown and the city has always been one of the shows’ main characters. During production, several cast members reflected on the series’ appreciation for its namesake city. While on set, series star Alex Hibbert said “Chicago is a beautiful place. Even with all the violence going on in this world there is beauty in it, just like a rose growing out of concrete. That’s what we’re trying to show, the beauty, the depth, the melanin.” Series star Birgundi Baker also believes the show has given viewers a larger view of the city, and noted during production, “I think The Chi does a great job of showing all the different colors of Chicago. It’s really given the city a light to be seen in different colors and different ways and is a reminder of how beautiful the city is and how beautiful it has always been and how beautiful the people are.” Feel the breeze by the Windy City when The Chi season six premieres on the Paramount+ with SHOWTIME plan on August 4.

WATCH THE TRAILER

Daniel Breaker, Corey Stoll, Toney Goins, Damian Lewis, Asia Kate Dillon, David Costabile, Paul Giamatti, Maggie Siff, Sakina Jaffrey, Dola Rashad and Jeffrey DeMunn in Billions.   Billions   All good things come to an end and next month, the hit SHOWTIME series, Billions, will debut its seventh and final season. In season seven, conflict comes to a head when longstanding loyalties are called into question which will determine who ultimately ends up on top, and who will be taken down. In this final clash, a familiar face returns with fan-favorite hedge fund manager Bobby “Axe” Axelrod, played by Damian Lewis. “Being back on Billions is great,” said Lewis as production began. “Bobby's been away for a bit, but Bobby's back and he'll be causing some mischief as per usual. We’ve got a fantastic story for this season when we learn exactly what he has been doing.” When it was announced that this would be the show’s last season, longtime members of the cast shared their own feelings about bringing the story to a close. “It feels surreal to be wrapping it up,” said series regular Maggie Siff, who plays Axe Capital’s performance coach Wendy Rhoades. “I think it's just dawning on me that this is the last.” Paul Giamatti, who plays Attorney General of New York Chuck Rhoades, echoed these sentiments, saying, “I’ve played this character now for seven seasons. It’s a strange thing doing it for this long. It really becomes a part of you.” If you mess with a bull market, you’ll get the horns when Billions season seven premieres on the Paramount+ with SHOWTIME plan on August 11.

WATCH THE TRAILER

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Ashley Liao and Ross Butler in Love in Taipei In August, viewers will follow the romantic adventures of Ever Wong in the Paramount+ Original movie Love in Taipei. Since the film’s story is adapted from Abigail Hing Wen’s New York Times bestselling YA romance novel Loveboat, Taipei, we sat down with the author, who also served as executive producer on the film, to get an inside look at the story. What was it like to see your story go from novel to screenplay? Interest for a book-to-screen adaptation began as soon as we announced the book deal, with producers and scouts calling my agent before the book even debuted.  With such a uniquely Asian American story, it was important for me to serve as an active executive producer to preserve the authenticity of the story. The first step was the challenge of condensing a 400-page novel into a 100-page script! Fortunately, our screenwriter Charlie Oh was incredible at condensing without losing connection to the characters — check out all the meet-cutes!  What has it been like to see your characters brought to life by the actors? A writer’s life can be solitary with made-up characters in your head and a blank page before you. So it was incredibly rewarding to work with people who knew these characters as well as I did — and to see them come to life!  My novel is so deeply personal to me. And from commenting on every draft of the script, to reviewing audition tapes, to watching and alt-ing take after take scene after scene on set — I experienced myself iterating over and over. What was very important for the filmmakers to get right about the Taipei setting? The best part was filming in Taipei with a director and production crew that knew and loved the city. From Taipei 101 to the Lin Family Gardens to Dadaocheng Wharf, I love how much the film showcases some of the highlights of Taipei that I fell in love with as a student on the Loveboat program myself. What do you hope audiences will take away from the film? That people who have been traditionally marginalized can have the spotlight. That there is diversity among Asians and Asian Americans. That they can be the main characters of their own lives. And that their stories matter.  Set sail on the Loveboat when Love in Taipei premieres on August 10.

DID YOU KNOW?

Today Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, the latest film in the hit Paramount Pictures franchise which opened to #1 at the domestic box office and grossed over $420M worldwide, has joined the prominent lineup of blockbuster theatrical movies on Paramount+. Rise of the Beasts adds a new faction to the Transformers franchise: the maximals, a race of evolved beast-robot hybrids hailing from a jungle planet.   Cowabunga! Ahead of the theatrical release of the movie Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, Paramount+ will be the streaming home of the amphibious franchise with a collection that includes the films Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III, TMNT (2007), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, the documentary Turtle Power and the Nick series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012) and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. After spending nearly a decade trying to find success in films, Elvis Presley had hit an extreme low point in his career—but a single one-hour special became the most-watched show of the year, restored Presley to stardom and changed the pop-culture landscape forever. The new feature length documentary Reinventing Elvis: The ’68 Comeback explores how the special came to be made, featuring expert commentary from historians and original attendees alike. Did you know members of the press are eligible for a complimentary subscription to Paramount+ with SHOWTIME? Send a note to press@paramountplus.com to sign up today.

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ORIGINALS, EXCLUSIVES & PREMIERES 8/1: Mixtape premiere 8/4: The Chi Season 6 premiere* 8/5: ShoBox* 8/8: Never Seen Again Season 4 premiere 8/10: Love In Taipei premiere 8/11: All Up in the Biz* 8/11: Billions Season 7 premiere* 8/15: Reinventing Elvis: The ’68 Comeback premiere LIBRARY SHOWS August 2 Air Disasters (Season 17) Air Warriors (Season 9-10) Big Brother (Season 25)* Butterbean's Cafe (Season 2) Ollie's Pack (Season 1) August 4 Secret Celebrity Renovation (Season 3)* August 9 RuPaul's Drag Race (Season 15) RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race (Season 1-2) Superfan (Season 1)* Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012) (Seasons 4 -5) August 10 The Challenge: USA (Season 2)* August 11 PAW Patrol: Moto Pups The Challenge: USA (Season 2) August 23 The First of Us (Season 1) August 24 Football Must Go On (Season 1) MOVIES August 1 Adventureland Basic Instinct* Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey* Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure* Black Snake Moan Boogie Nights* Casino* Cop Land* Cousins Danny Collins* Dead Again Dinner For Schmucks Domestic Disturbance Double Jeopardy (1999) Downhill Racer El Dorado Explorers* Fatal Instinct* Firewalker* Force Majeure* French Postcards Ghost Town Gone Baby Gone Hard Rain* I.Q.* Indecent Proposal Jacob's Ladder Jade* Jennifer 8 Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius King Kong (1976) Kinky Boots* (2006) Last Holiday Need For Speed* Neil Young: Heart Of Gold Nightwatch* Orange County* Playing By Heart* Rat Race (2001) Regarding Henry* Rescue Dawn* Rosemary's Baby* Rudy Sahara* She's All That* She's Having A Baby* She's Out of My League She's the Man Shooter Shut In* Sicario Snow Day (2000) Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III The Bigfoot Trap* The Color of Money The Crow* The Devil Inside* The Faculty The Fighter The Forger* The Grifters* The Honeymooners (2005) The Ladies Man The Last Airbender* The Midnight Meat Train* The Running Man The Thing Called Love: Director's Cut* The Truman Show The Uninvited The Whale* Thelma & Louise* TMNT (2007) What's Eating Gilbert Grape* Win A Date With Tad Hamilton! Without a Paddle*v Wolf* Zodiac* August 10 The Pink Panther (2006)* August 15 Sick of Myself* August 16 Catch Me If You Can* War of the Worlds (2005) August 17 Mercy August 19 Sabotage* August 23 Bringing Out the Dead Coneheads Machete Kills* August 24 Organ Trail SPORTS 8/5: NWSL – San Diego Wave FC vs. Angel City FC 8/5: Campeonato Brasileirão Série A – Fluminense vs. Palmeiras 8/5: BIG3 Basketball 8/5 - 8/6: PGA Tour – Wyndham Championship (Third and Final Round Coverage) 8/6: NWSL – OL Reign vs. Portland Thorns FC 8/6: Professional Bull Riding – PBR Team Series: Kansas City 8/6: Takeya Pickleball Showcase 8/12: 3ICE Championship 8/12 - 8/13: PGA Tour – FedEx St. Jude Championship (Third and Final Round Coverage) 8/13: BIG3 Basketball 8/13: Campeonato Brasileirão Série A – Grêmio vs. Fluminense 8/13: Campeonato Brasileirão Série A – Flamengo vs. São Paulo 8/16: UEFA Super Cup – Manchester City vs. Sevilla 8/19: BIG3 Basketball 8/19: Start of 2023 Serie A Season 8/19: NWSL – San Diego Wave FC vs. NJ/NY Gotham FC 8/19: Campeonato Brasileirão Série A – São Paulo vs. Botafogo 8/19 - 8/20: PGA Tour – BMW Championship (Third and Final Round Coverage) 8/20: Professional Bull Riding – PBR Team Series: Nashville 8/20: NWSL – Portland Thorns FC vs. North Carolina Courage 8/25: NFL ON CBS (Preseason) – Detroit Lions @ Carolina Panthers 8/26: Serie A – AC Milan vs. Torino 8/26: BIG3 Basketball Celebrity Game, All-Star Game & Championship 8/26 - 8/27: PGA Tour – TOUR Championship (Third and Final Round Coverage) 8/27: Professional Bull Riding – PBR Team Series: Austin 8/27: NWSL – Washington Spirit vs. Portland Thorns FC 8/27: Campeonato Brasileirão Série A – Botafogo vs. Flamengo Throughout August: NWSL competition Throughout August: Italian Serie A competition Throughout August: UEFA Champions League Qualifiers Throughout August: Argentina Liga Profesional de Fútbol competition Throughout August: Campeonato Brasileirão Série A competition Throughout August: Combate Global competition * Title is available to Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers. Dates for library titles are subject to change. Paramount+ Premium subscribers will have access to CBS titles to stream live via the live feed of their local CBS affiliate on the service as well as on-demand. Essential tier subscribers have access to these titles on-demand the day after they air.