This week’s streaming releases sees the return of Ted Lasso, the Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle movie finally gets its streaming debut, the debut of new Star Wars anime series The Ninth Jedi, plus more!
SERIES
Star Wars: Visions Presents – The Ninth Jedi S1
5 August 2026 – Disney+
Well, here’s something you don’t see every day. A side project anthology series, getting multiple spinoff anthology series! Star Wars: Visions launched back in 2021, giving a bunch of anime studios creative freedom to come up with their own standalone stories inspired by the Star Wars mythos. We’ve had three nine-episode volumes since then, now the anthology is getting a spinoff in the form of Star Wars: Visions Presents, which will be taking some of the more popular of the standalone stories in those three volumes, and giving them full seasons. First of these is The Ninth Jedi, which already had two shorts in Volume 1 and Volume 3, respectively. Still set in a time long after Force users have seemingly disappeared, this eight-episode season continues the story of Lah Kara as she trains in the ways of the Jedi under Margrave Juro.
Sterling Point S1
5 August 2026 – Prime Video
Over time, each of the major streaming services have seemingly become the home of certain flavours of entertainment. And if your flavour of choice is teen coming-of-age dramas, then Prime Video is definitely the place to be! The latest addition to the stable is Sterling Point, which follows Annie Jacobson (Ella Rubin), a born and bred 17-year-old New York girl who lives in the city with loving adoptive father (Jay Duplass) and twin brother (Keen Ruffalo). When her reclusive grandfather – her deceased biological mom’s father – passes away, Annie’s life gets flipped upside down when learns that he left her a small island in Canada as her inheritance. Travelling there to discover why her mysterious grandfather would leave her an island, she instead finds new friends, budding romances, and untold family secrets.
Ted Lasso S4
5 August 2026 – Apple TV+
Although it no longer holds the title thanks to Severance, during its three-season run, sports-comedy-drama Ted Lasso was the biggest show on Apple TV+, pulling in huge audience numbers, mountains of critical praise, and a record-breaking tally of awards nominations and wins, before ending on a beloved final note. So, of course it’s being brought back. Now usually when this happens, it’s purely for profit instead of creative reasons, but stowing my cynicism for this one and just like Ted Lasso himself, I will believe! If you’re wondering what story there is to tell given how perfectly the show ended before, season four will find Jason Sudeikis’ titular coach leaving his quiet life in the USA once again and returning to AFC Richmond. This are slightly different at the London based football club though, as Lasso has now been brought on to coach the club’s newly formed second-division women’s team. Fan-favorite characters like Rebecca Welton (Hannah Waddingham), Coach Beard (Brendan Hunt), Roy Kent (Brett Goldstein), and Keeley Jones (Juno Temple), and Leslie Higgins (Jeremy Swift) all return, with a few new faces, most notably Ted’s now-teenaged son Henry (Grant Feely) who has become a skilled footballer himself.
The Shards S1
6 August 2026 – Disney+
Another day, another TV series from prolific creator Ryan Murphy. The Shards is billed as both a “seductive drama” and “autofiction horror” – make of that what you will – and sees Murpy adapting author/screenwriter Bret Easton Ellis’ (American Psycho) 2023 novel of the same name. Set against the vivid backdrop of 1980s Los Angeles, The Shards is a fictionalized memoir of Ellis’ final year in high school and follows a group of privileged high school seniors at an elite prep school as they “navigate identity, sex, jealousy, obsession and the dangers lurking beneath the surface of American adolescence.”
MOVIES
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle
29 July 2026 – Crunchyroll
We generally don’t feature anime movie releases on here, but Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle (yes, that is actually the full title) is no normal anime movie. The first of three feature film adaptations of the “Infinity Castle” arc of the popular manga, Infinity Castle is a direct follow-up to the fourth season of the award-winning Demon Slayer anime series. The planned movie trilogy is set to wrap up the story of Tanjiro and the rest of the Demon Slayer Corp’s fight against demon lord Muzan Kibutsuji in the biggest way possible. And I mean that literally. When Infinity Castle got its cinematic release late last year, anime streamer Crunchyroll made it very clear that the movie would not get a home release for at least a year, so if you want to see it, you have to go to a cinema. And to say that this tactic was just successful would be one of the biggest understatements in history. Working off a production budget of $20 million, Infinity Castle ended its theatrical run with a staggering $793.5 million global tally. That number earned it a whole bunch of accolades that I’m too lazy to type out so I will just copy from Wikipedia: “the highest-grossing Japanese film, the highest-grossing R-rated animated film, the second-highest-grossing adult animated film and the first R-rated non-American and animated film to gross over $700 million mark, as well as overtaking The Simpsons Movie (2007) as the highest-grossing film based on an animated television series and the second highest-grossing traditionally animated film, behind The Lion King (1994).” On top of that, Infinity Castle was also beloved by critics, winning a record-breaking seven awards including Film of the Year at the 10th Crunchyroll Anime Awards, and being nominated for Best Motion Picture – Animated at the 83rd Golden Globe Awards. And now you can finally watch it at home.
The Devil Wears Prada 2
29 July 2026 – Disney+
It took two whole decades, but this year fans of 2006’s The Devil Wears Prada finally got to reunite with their fashionista faves as the long-gestating sequel hit cinema screens. The Devil Wears Prada 2 brought back stars Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci, and more, as well as writer Aline Brosh McKenna and director David Frankel, and miraculously they managed to create magic once more as the film was a huge box office hit. If you missed it in theatres though, you can now check it out at home. For the uninitiated, the 20-year-later sequel sees Andy Sachs (Hathaway) return to Runway, the iconic fashion magazine where she once became assistant to battleaxe editor Miranda Priestly (Streep). Now though, the power dynamic is very different as Miranda needs Andy’s help to navigate a new modern media landscape that is very far removed from the days of printed magazines.