Freaky Tales sets streaming date on HBO Max: Here's when to watch the Pedro Pascal film online

Freaky Tales is a film in the anthology action-comedy genre that had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 18, 2024, and was released theatrically on April 4, 2025. The film is written and directed by Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden.

Here is the official synopsis as per Letterboxd,

In 1987 Oakland, a mysterious force guides The Town’s underdogs in four interconnected tales: teen punks defend their turf against Nazi skinheads, a rap duo battles for hip-hop immortality, a weary henchman gets a shot at redemption, and an NBA All-Star settles the score.

More than a year after its world premiere, the film is finally releasing on a streaming platform. Let's find out more about where to stream it and when.

Freaky Tales HBO Max release date is out

Freaky Tales will be making its streaming debut in the United States on HBO Max on Friday, August 8, 2025. The movie is set to premiere on HBO Linear on Saturday, August 9, at 8:00 p.m. ET.

The film is produced by Ryan Fleck, Anna Boden, Poppy Hanks, and Jelani Johnson. Here is a list of its cast members:

Pedro Pascal as Clint
Tom Hanks as Hank
Jay Ellis as Sleepy Floyd
Marteen as Kohlrabi
Angus Cloud as Travis
Normani as Entice
Dominique Thorne as Barbie
Ben Mendelsohn as the guy
Too Short as narrator
Ji-young Yoo as Tina
Tim Armstrong as Psytopics Actual Client
Jack Champion as Lucid
Keir Gilchrist as Josh
Sleepy Floyd as sleepy fan
Marshawn Lynch as bus driver

Freaky Tales consists of four stories that take place in 1987 Oakland, California. All the interconnected stories take place around real-life historical events. The stories are called Strength in Numbers: The Gilman Strikes Back, Don't Fight the Feeling, Born to Mack, and The Legend of Sleepy Floyd.

In an IndieWire interview, Ryan Fleck revealed the things he wanted to incorporate from the 1980s. He said,

"I didn’t know what it was going to be about, but I knew it was going to have that Sleepy Floyd game be a part of it, because I heard that game on the radio as a 10-year-old kid, and it was just such a wild game to hear on the radio. We used [sportscaster] Greg Papa’s [original] play-by-play, which he re-recorded for the movie. He calls Sleepy Floyd “Superman,” that’s a real thing during the game, so he just created this image of a basketball player superhero in my head."

Fleck further spoke about intertwining real events in the film.

"So I’ve been pitching versions of a movie called “Freaky Tales” to Anna ever since I’ve known her, this is like 20 years. It started with, “Oh, is it a Too $hort biopic?” “Is it like an ‘Almost Famous’ journalist who becomes friends with him and they go on a day, they spend the day together?”

The film's streaming debut will give an opportunity to people who missed it in the theaters to finally watch it in the comfort of their homes. Freaky Friday will start streaming on HBO Max on August 8, 2025.