Time to bust out the AC, as temperatures rise in the month of July. The summer has been hotter than hot for Universal and Disney and there’s still more to come. What better time to hit the movie theaters with Magic Mike XXL, Minions and Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation all releasing. If you want to surround yourself with movies, TV shows and comic books galore though there’s the annual San Diego Comic-Con, this time a couple weeks early. We’ve also listed submission deadlines for Oscar qualifying film festivals. Check out our calendar below for July’s events and let us know in the comments below if there’s any other events worth noting.
July Events Calendar
Wednesday, July 1 Happy Birthday Princess Diana, Missy Elliott, Pamela Anderson, Liv Tyler FILM: Magic Mike XXL, Terminator: Genisys, A Poem Is a Naked Person, Faith of Our Fathers, Mala Mala Ann Arbor Film Festival Submission Deadline LA Cinema Festival of Hollywood through July 2 La Costa Film Festival with Mandalay Sports Open Registration for The Reel Pitch Contest, now through July 31 TV- Food Paradise International (NEW) on Travel Channel, Monster In My Family (NEW) on Lifetime Movie Network, Flipping Out on Bravo, BBQ Crawl on Travel, Extant on CBS
Thursday, July 2 Happy Birthday Peter David, Lindsay Lohan, Ashley Tisdale TV- Food Fighters on NBC
Friday, July 3 Happy Birthday Tom Cruise, Olivia Munn, Patrick Wilson FILM - Jimmy’s Hall, I-Lived, Amy, Zarafa, In Stereo, Stray Dog, Antboy 2, Jackie & Ryan, Stung, Cartel Land, Closer to God LA Int'l Short Film Festival Submission Deadline TV- Mysteries at the Monument on Travel Cinespia - The Goonies + Fireworks
Saturday, July 4 Happy Independence Day! Happy Birthday Malia Obama, Geraldo Rivera StreetFoodCinema - Jaws Eat/See/Hear- Jaws Cinespia- Top Gun + Fireworks
Sunday, July 5 Happy Birthday Edie Falco, Eva Green
Monday, July 6 Happy Birthday Sly Stallone, Kevin Hart, 50 Cent, George W. Bush TV- Talia's Kitchen (NEW) on Nickelodeon, Chasing Life on ABC Family, Penn & Teller: Fool Us on CW, Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations on Travel
Tuesday, July 7 Happy Birthday Ringo Starr, Michelle Kwan FILM- Aurora iCannes International Film Festival (Beverly Hills) TV- Hollywood Cycle (NEW) on E!, Hollywood Game Night on NBC, Total Divas on E!
Wednesday, July 8 Happy Birthday Jaden Smith, Kevin Bacon, Sophia Bush, Toby Keith The Martha's Vineyard Film Fest through August 26 Festival of the Arts/Pageant of the Masters (Laguna Beach) through August 31 TV- Million Dollar Listing San Francisco (NEW) on Bravo, Why? With Hannibal Buress (NEW) on Comedy Central, The Spoils Of Babylon on IFC
Thursday, July 9 Happy Birthday Tom Hanks San Diego Comic-Con International through July 12 Outfest through July 19 TV- Dates (NEW) on CW, Living With the Enemy (NEW) on Lifetime, Teen Mom 2 on MTV, Dominion on SyFy
Friday, July 10 Happy Birthday Sofia Vergara, Jessica Simpson FILM- The Suicide Theory, Mad Women, The Gallows, 10,000 KM, What We Did On Our Holiday, Minions, Selfless, Tangerine, Nowitzki: The Perfect Shot, Do I Sound Gay? TV- Sex With Brody (NEW) on E!, Treehouse Masters on Animal Planet, Masters of Illusion on CW, Redwood Kings on Animal Planet
Saturday, July 11 Bushwick Art Book & Zine Fair through July 12 TV- Livin' Lozada (NEW) on OWN, Dr. Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet (NEW) on Animal Planet, Flex & Shanice on OWN StreetFoodCinema- Back to the Future Eat/See/Hear- Old School Cinespia - A Hard Day's Night
Sunday, July 12 Happy Birthday Michelle Rodriguez, Topher Grace Cinanima Film Festival Submission Deadline TV- Naked and Afraid XL (NEW) on Discovery, The Strain on FX, Basketball Wives LA on VH1, Ray Donovan on Showtime, Masters of Sex on Showtime
Monday, July 13 Happy Birthday Harrison Ford TV- Southern Fried Road Trip (NEW) on Food, Running Wild with Bear Grylls on NBC
Tuesday, July 14 Happy Birthday Jane Lynch, Matthew Fox, Tommy Mottola Fantasia Int'l Film Fest (Montreal) through August 4 TV- Escaping Polygamy (NEW) on Lifetime Movie Network, My Giant Life (NEW) on TLC
Wednesday, July 15 Happy Birthday Gabriel Iglesias, Arianna Huffington, Forest Whitaker, Adam Savage ESPN ESPY Awards FILM- Court Clermont-Ferrand Int'l Shorts Film Fest Submission Deadline California Women’s Film Festival through July 16 TV- The Jim Gaffigan Show (NEW) on TV Land, Impastor (NEW) on TV Land, Lachey's Bar (NEW) on A&E, I Am Jazz (NEW) on TLC, Wahlburgers on A&E, Donnie Loves Jenny on A&E
Thursday, July 16 Happy Birthday Will Ferrell TV- Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll (NEW) on FX, Married on FX, Friends of the People on truTV
Friday, July 17 Happy Birthday Mark Burnett, David Hasselhoff, Donald Sutherland Disneyland Opened Today in 1955 FILM- Lila and Eve, Trainwreck, Ant-Man, All Creatures Big And Small, The Look of Silence, Alleluia, Catch Me Daddy, A Hard Day, Boulevard, Bonobos, The Stanford Prison Experiment, Mr. Holmes, El Ardor, Twinsters Giffoni Film Fest (Italy) through July 26 TV- Treasure Quest: Snake Island (NEW) on Discovery, BoJack Horseman on Netflix
Saturday, July 18 Happy Birthday Vin Diesel, Kristen Bell, Wendy Williams, Chase Crawford TV- Hell on Wheels on AMC, Debbie Macomber's Cedar Cove on Hallmark StreetFoodCinema- Three Amigos Eat/See/Hear- Wedding Singer Cinespia - Grindhouse
Sunday, July 19 Happy Birthday Benedict Cumberbatch, Jared Padalecki TV- Port Protection (NEW) on NatGeo, Welcome To Sweden on NBC
Monday, July 20 Happy Birthday Julianne Hough, Carlos Santana, Omar Epps, Gisele Bundchen TV- Yukon River Run (NEW) on NatGeo
Tuesday, July 21 Colorado International Film Festival TV- The Agent (NEW) on Esquire, Knock Knock Live (NEW) on FOX, Big Smo on A&E
Wednesday, July 22 Happy Birthday Selena Gomez, Danny Glover, David Spade Downtown Film Festival L.A. through July 26 TV- Gamer’s Guide To Pretty Much Everything (NEW) on Disney XD, Twinning (NEW) on VH1, The Next Great Burger (NEW) on Esquire, Home Free (NEW) on FOX, Last Comic Standing on NBC, Dating Naked: Playing For Keeps on VH1
Thursday, July 23 Happy Birthday Daniel Radcliffe, Paul Wesley, Slash, Marlon Wayans
Friday, July 24 Happy Birthday Jennifer Lopez, Anna Paquin, Lynda Carter FILM- The Young Kieslowski, American Heist, Lucky Stiff, Warx2, Horse Money, Phoenix, Irrational Man, Five Star, Big Significant Things, Jack Strong, Samba, Dark Was the Night, Southpaw, The Vatican Tapes, Paper Towns, Pixels, The Outrageous Sophie Tucker, A Gay Girl in Damascus: The Amina Profile, Unexpected La Jolla International Fashion Film Festival through July 25 LA Int'l Short Film Festival through July 31
Saturday, July 25 Happy Birthday Matt LeBlanc, Geoffrey Zakarian, DB Woodside Qualcomm Ultra HD 4k Mobile Challenge, San Diego Film Fest StreetFoodCinema- Election, Raising Arizona Eat/See/Hear- Love Actually Cinespia - Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Sunday, July 26 Happy Birthday Sanda Bullock, Jason Statham, Mick Jagger TV- Answered Prayers (NEW) on TLC, I Am Cait (NEW) on E!, Stewarts & Hamiltons (NEW) on E!
Monday, July 27 Happy Birthday Maya Rudolph, Taylor Schilling, Triple H, Alex Rodriguez, Cassandra Clare Bugs Bunny Debuted this day in 1940
Tuesday, July 28 Traverse City Film Fest (Michigan) through August 2 TV- Face Off on SyFy
Wednesday, July 29 FILM - Vacation, Listen to Me Marlon TV- Fameless (NEW) on truTV, Randy Jackson Presents: America's Best Dance Crew on MTV, The Carbonaro Effect on truTV, #CandidlyNicole on VH1
Thursday, July 30 Happy Birthday Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lisa Kudrow, Terry Crews LA Latino Int'l Film Fest Submissions Deadline Melbourne Int'l Film Fest through August 16 1st Color Movies Shown this date in 1928 TV- Review on Comedy Central
Friday, July 31 Happy Birthday JK Rowling, Rico Rodriguez, Wesley Snipes Rocky Mountain Book & Paper Fair through August 1 FILM- 6 Ways to Die, Haganenet, Beyond the Brick: A LEGO Brickumentary, The End of the Tour, Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation, Jenny's Wedding, Extinction, Best of Enemies TV- Wet Hot American Summer: First Day At Camp (NEW) on Netflix, Cold Justice: Sex Crimes (NEW) on TNT, BUNK’D (NEW) on Disney, Atlanta Plastic (NEW) on Lifetime, Strike Back on Cinemax, Sky 1
–Note all events are subject to change. If you would like to add events to our monthly calendar, please email marketing@ssninsider.com with the details.–