To promote HBO NOW, the stand-alone subscription service for cord-cutters, HBO is highlighting new and returning TV series, premiering in February. New HBO TV shows debuting next month include: Vinyl, Gonzaga: The March to Madness, and Animals.
TV series returning to HBO in February include Girls, season five; Togetherness, season two; VICE, season four; and Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, season three.
The press release also lists theatrical premieres; previously released films; American Black Film Festival finalists; and Spanish-language programming. Check it out:
HBO NOW Highlights — February 2016
The month of February is packed with premieres on HBO NOW — from the returns of a few fan-favorite series to the debut of several box office behemoths.
New original programming in February includes the series premiere of Vinyl, the highly anticipated new drama series from executive producers Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger and Terence Winter that takes viewers on a ride through the sex- and drug-addled music business at the dawn of punk, disco, and hip-hop in 1970s New York. Also new is Gonzaga: The March to Madness, which chronicles the basketball team of Gonzaga University during its 2015–16 season, and Animals, an animated late-night series produced by Duplass Brothers Television that focuses on the downtrodden creatures native to Earth’s least habitable environment: New York City. Returning favorites include new seasons of Girls, Togetherness, VICE and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.
Ballers fans who just can’t get enough Dwayne Johnson will want to check out the debut of both San Andreas and Furious 7, two of the highest grossing movies of 2015, and there will be plenty of ogling opportunities with both Magic Mike and Magic Mike XXL starting in February. Other notable theatrical titles include Kung Fu Panda, hot on the heels of Kung Fu Panda 3’s theatrical release in January, plus Transformers, Coraline and One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
Additional highlights include four short films that were selected as finalists at the 18th Annual HBO Short Film Competition as part of the 2015 American Black Film Festival.
New Original Programming:
- Race: HBO First Look (2/4)
- VICE: Season 4 Premiere (2/5)
- Animals.: Season 1 Premiere (2/5)
- Vinyl: Season 1 Premiere (2/14)
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2/14)
- Gonzaga: The March to Madness (2/16)
- Girls: Season 5 Premiere (2/21)
- Togetherness: Season 2 Premiere (2/21)
Theatrical Premieres:
I Origins, 2014 (2/1)
A Walk among the Tombstones, 2014 (2/6)
Annabelle, 2014 (2/7)
Furious 7, 2015 (original and extended cuts) (2/13)
Magic Mike XXL, 2015 (2/20)
San Andreas, 2015 (2/27)
Estrenos en Español:
El adios¸ 2015 (2/5)
Hilda, 2014 (2/5)
Sirope vivo, 2015 (2/12)
La pantalla desnuda, 2014 (2/19)
ABFF Short Films
Black Card (2/1)
First Date, Last Date (2/1)
Joy (2/1)
Stanhope (2/1)
Starting February 1:
Ali, 2001
Bad Santa, 2003
Camp Nowhere, 1994
Club Paradise, 1986
Coraline, 2009
Evan Almighty, 2007
Get Shorty, 1995
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, 1998
Jonas Brothers: The Concert Experience, 2009
Kung Fu Panda, 2008
Magic Mike, 2012
One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, 1975
Road House, 1989
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, 2007
The Piano, 1993
The Wicker Man, 2006
Transformers, 2007
What Happens in Vegas, 2008
Ending February 29:
A.I. Artificial Intelligence, 2001
Blade, 1998
Blade Runner, 1982
Blades of Glory, 2007
Divergent, 2014
Dreamgirls, 2006
The Drop, 2014
Eragon, 2006
Get on Up, 2014
Ghost Town, 2008
Horrible Bosses 2, 2014
Manhattan, 1979
The Maze Runner, 2014
Mrs. Doubtfire, 1993
The Next Best Thing, 2000
Pootie Tang, 2001
Titanic, 1997
The Waterboy, 1998
V for Vendetta, 2005
Are you a cord-cutter? Do you subscribe to HBO NOW? Whether you get HBO via cable or subscription, which TV shows premiering in February, do you most want to see? Tell us.
