What are the main HBO Max premieres in June 2024?

There’s plenty to suit all tastes next month on HBO Max - among the many highlights is the much-anticipated Season 2 of House of the Dragon. A second installment of the the prequel series to Game of Thrones premieres mid-month (Sunday 16 June), and before that, there is also Dakota Johnson’s 2022 comedy drama Am I OK?

Dakota Johnson is forced to do some serious soul searching in Am I OK? She stars as Lucy, a women who suffers a gender identity crisis just as she hits her early 30s, which has her best pal and lifelong friend Jane (played by Sonoya Mizuno) concerned for her welfare. Their friendship is put to the test when Lucy announces she is leaving LA for London. Directed by Tig Notaro and Stephanie Allynne, Am I OK? is story of self discovery that has a rating of 79% on Rotten Tomatoes. It airs on 6 June.

A lost earring, strangers looking for some connection in NYC

The following day sees Season One of Fantasmas, written and directed by Julio Torres. Torres plays himself in a a fantastical six-episode tale which begins when he loses a gold oyster earring of great sentimental value and scours New York City in a bid to find it. During his quest, he encounters a host of oddball characters - people from all walks of life conducting their own personal search, for meaning and something to hold on to in an increasingly daunting, hostile and isolating world.

Hannah Einbinder’s comedy special Everything Must Go airs on 13 June. Einbinder shows off her comedy timing and delivery with her acclaimed stand-up routine, recorded in front of a live audience at Los Angeles’ El Rey Theatre. “Like everyone else, we’re blown away by Hannah Einbinder’s performance on Hacks, and we look forward to working with her on her first stand-up special,” HBO Entertainment EVO Nina Rosenstein said.

‘House of the Dragon’ is back

House of the Dragon returns with new a handful of cast members - Clinton Liberty stars as Addam of Hull, a “dragonseed” with Valyrian ancestry while Jamie Kenna plays Ser Alfred Broome, who has a pivotal role in the war to come, as well as returning cast members: Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy, Eve Best and Steve Toussaint. We can’t divulge any more but the trailer was released on 14 May and the show airs on HBO Max on 16 June.

Four days later on 20 June, Slave Play. Not A Movie. A Play an adaptation of Jeremy O. Harris’ thought-provoking, genre-bending play written during his time studying at Yale which gained rave reviews during his recent sell-out run on Broadway. “It means a lot because I was a kid who didn’t see any access for myself in Broadway. I didn’t think there was a space for me there”. Slave Play follows three interracial couples who undergo therapy when their relationships start to founder. Slave Play received Tony 12 nominations - breaking the previous record for a non-musical play.

Other releases include Disciple, a Bill Teck-directed rock documentary, which takes a behind-the-scenes look at E Street band guitarist and activist Stevie Van Zandt, told through the eyes of those who were able to get close up and personal to him: Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Eddie Vedder, Bono, Maureen Van Zandt and Darlene Love. “At the end of the day, Steve is a true believer,” The Boss emphatically notes. Disciple premieres on Saturday 22 June.