With Shiddat and Sardar Udham, brothers Sunny and Vicky Kaushal each have a film of their very own in October 2021. Vicky performs the titular freedom fighter who assassinated a British officer in Sardar Udham, coming October 16 to Amazon Prime Video. And in Shiddat, Sunny is attempting to woo Radhika Madan, accessible October 1 on Disney+ Hotstar Multiplex. Meanwhile, Taapsee Pannu is preventing the athletics authorities in Rashmi Rocket, out October 15 on Zee5. Emraan Hashmi’s horror remake Dybbuk can also be anticipated in October on Amazon Prime Video. And lastly, Dhruv Sehgal and Mithila Palkar return for Little Things season 4, premiering October 15 on Netflix.

Internationally, we now have the return of Tom Hardy and his alien symbiote in Venom: Let There Be Carnage, accessible solely in cinemas. Venom: Let There Be Carnage releases October 15 in India. There’s additionally the big-budgeted sci-fi epic Dune, releasing October 22 in cinemas, and on HBO Max (solely within the US). The third season of Succession — an HBO sequence oft in comparison with Game of Thrones — begins October 18 on Disney+ Hotstar. Zack Snyder’s zombie heist film Army of the Dead is getting a Europe-set financial institution heist prequel in Army of Thieves, rolling in October 29 on Netflix.

And initially of the month, Jake Gyllenhaal stars in an American remake of a Danish film. The Guilty is on the market October 1 on Netflix. Elsewhere, we have the animated Netflix epic Maya and the Three on October 22, and Issa Rae with Insecure season 5 beginning October 25 on Disney+ Hotstar.

On October 7, Prime Video will supply a Malayalam-language remake of Andhadhun with Bhramam. Apple TV+ has the bilingual sitcom Acapulco (October 8) and the critically-acclaimed documentary The Velvet Underground (October 15).

Netflix has three returning sequence in On My Block season 4 (October 4), You season 3 (October 15), and Locke & Key season 2 (October 22). Plus, a brand new providing in Maid a few single mom (Margaret Qualley, from Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) attempting to flee an abusive relationship. Maid arrives October 1 on Netflix.

Voot Select has a bunch of latest choices, together with CSI: Vegas (October 7) that is a sequel to long-running CSI, haunted home sitcom Ghosts (October 8), and cult favorite remake 4400 (October 26). And lastly, Nancy Drew begins its third season October 9 on Voot Select.

With that, this is our October 2021 information to Netflix, Disney+ Hotstar, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Zee5, HBO Max, Voot Select, and the cinemas.

The Guilty

When: October 1
Where: Netflix

Jake Gyllenhaal stars on this American remake of this 2018 Danish film about at some point of a police officer (Gyllenhaal) demoted to working at an emergency name centre which seems to be much more eventful than he may have anticipated, after he will get a name from a kidnapped lady. The 2018 Danish film was a terrific train in minimalism — drawing a lot rigidity from its restricted setting — and it would be attention-grabbing to see if director Antoine Fuqua and screenwriter Nic Pizzolatto can ship that too.

Shiddat

When: October 1
Where: Disney+ Hotstar

Sunny Kaushal (The Forgotten Army), Radhika Madan (Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota), Mohit Raina (Mumbai Diaries 26/11) and Diana Penty (Cocktail) star on this romantic drama that chronicles two parallel tales — one with Kaushal and Madan, and the opposite with Raina and Penty — from Jannat director Kunal Deshmukh. Delayed a yr as a result of COVID-19, Shiddat skips cinemas for a streaming debut.

Guilty Party

When: October 14
Where: Voot Select

Kate Beckinsale performs discredited journalist Beth Baker who tries to resurrect her profession by proving the innocence of a younger African-American mom (Jules Latimer) serving a life sentence for homicide. But pardon my easy description — this is not a darkish drama. It’s in actual fact a darkish comedy.

Geoff Stults, Tiya Sircar, Alanna Ubach, Laurie Davidson, and Andre Hyland additionally star. Dead to Me author Rebecca Addelman is behind this half-hour 10-episode sequence. Two Guilty Party episodes drop at premiere, adopted by weekly instalments.

Little Things

When: October 15
Where: Netflix

Following a grown-up third season, creator and star Dhruv Sehgal is aiming to exit on a excessive together with his millennial couple sequence. The fourth and last season of Little Things finds Dhruv Vats (Dhruv Sehgal) and Kavya Kulkarni (Mithila Palkar) making the tough transition from younger like to a extra mature relationship. That means navigating questions round dedication, well being, ambition and household, and in doing so, being as trustworthy and intimate with one another as they have been prior to now.

All Little Things season 4 episodes will likely be accessible directly on launch date.

Rashmi Rocket

When: October 15
Where: Zee5

Taapsee Pannu performs a serial-winning observe athlete who finds herself embroiled in a authorized battle with the nation’s athletic federation after it bans her over a nonsensical hyperandrogenism coverage. For anybody who is aware of something about Indian athletics, it is clear that nationwide champion and LGBTQ+ activist Dutee Chand is a big inspiration for this movie. The Rashmi Rocket trailer would not outright acknowledge it, choosing the extra generic “inspired by the struggles of several female athletes.”

Priyanshu Painyuli, Abhishek Banerjee, Shweta Tripathi, and Supriya Pathak additionally star. Akarsh Khurana (Karwaan) directs off a screenplay by Aniruddha Guha (Malang) and Kanika Dhillon (Haseen Dillruba).

Venom: Let There Be Carnage

When: October 1 (USA), October 14 (India)
Where: Cinemas

Given the all-out horribleness of the primary movie — aptly summarised by its personal dialogue, “like a turd in the wind” — you’d think about {that a} sequel would by no means occur. But due to the $856.1 million (about Rs. 6,350 crores) that Venom garnered on the field workplace, Tom Hardy and his alien symbiote are again. They are joined by Woody Harrelson’s serial killer Cletus Kasady, who appeared in Venom‘s finish credit, with Hardy’s investigative reporter Eddie Brock drawn to Kasady.

Drawn too shut apparently, as Kasady takes a chunk out of Brock — and finally ends up together with his symbiote Carnage. Michelle Williams and Reid Scott additionally return from the unique. Naomie Harris joins as Kasady’s love curiosity and the superpowered Shriek, whereas Stephen Graham performs a detective attempting to resolve the Kasady instances. Andy Serkis directs Venom: Let There Be Carnage.

Watch the Final Trailer for Venom: Let There Be Carnage in English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu

Tom Hardy in Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Photo Credit: Jay Maidment/Sony Pictures

Sardar Udham

When: October 16
Where: Amazon Prime Video

Vicky Kaushal performs freedom fighter Udham Singh who took revenge for the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh bloodbath by travelling to London 21 years later and assassinating Michael O’Dwyer, Punjab’s then-lieutenant governor. Madras Cafe and Gulabo Sitabo director Shoojit Sircar is on the helm, of what looks as if will likely be an expansive recount of Indo-British relations at the moment.

Sardar Udham was shot in India, the UK, Russia, Germany, and Ireland. Delayed over a yr because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is lastly now ended up a streaming unique with Amazon.

Succession

When: October 18
Where: Disney+ Hotstar

The 2020 Emmy best-drama winner returns after two years — delayed due to the continued coronavirus pandemic — with its third season that brings in Alexander Skarsgård as techbro Lukas Matsson, Adrien Brody as billionaire activist investor Josh Aaronson, Sanaa Lathan as high-profile lawyer Lisa Arthur, and Linda Edmond as White House aide Michelle-Anne Vanderhoven amongst others.

Of course, the query on everybody’s lips is what is going on to occur to the Roys. The dramatic second season ended with all-out drama, as Kendall (Jeremy Strong) received his groove again and threw his father Logan (Brian Cox) below the bus. And if the trailer is something to go by, Succession season 3 isn’t going to be quick on extra drama. Nine episodes of it (as an alternative of 10, due to COVID-19 once more).

One episode every week till December 13.

Dune

When: October 22
Where: Cinemas + HBO Max

Thirty-seven years for the reason that first characteristic adaptation by David Lynch, Arrival and Blade Runner 2049 director Denis Villeneuve give us his tackle what’s been ceaselessly described as an unfilmable sci-fi epic novel. He’s assembled a terrific ensemble solid for what it is value, with Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Zendaya, Dave Bautista, Stellan Skarsgård, Javier Bardem, and Jason Momoa a part of the proceedings.

Villeneuve — and Dune followers — actually need the primary movie to succeed as a result of this isn’t an entire story. The Dune director has ceaselessly spoken about Dune: Part Two, from how its existence will depend on Dune’s efficiency to Zendaya taking up as protagonist within the sequel. Will we truly get to see it? Time will inform. But for now, we will lastly soak up Dune: Part One. Available in cinemas in India and the US, and in addition on HBO Max (for the primary month) within the US.

Watch the Final Dune Trailer in English and Hindi

Josh Brolin, Oscar Isaac in Dune
Photo Credit: Chia Bella James/Warner Bros.

Invasion

When: October 22
Where: Apple TV+

X-Men veteran Simon Kinberg and Hunters creator David Weil are behind this $200-million alien invasion sequence that follows an ensemble solid — Sam Neill, Shamier Anderson, Golshifteh Farahani, Firas Nassar, Shiori Kutsuna, Tara Moayedi, and Daisuke Tsuji — scattered throughout the globe. Naturally, Invasion was filmed throughout the globe too, together with New York, Morocco, Manchester, and Japan.

Three Invasion episodes debut upon premiere, with the remaining seven following weekly thereafter.

Maya and the Three

When: October 22
Where: Netflix

Emmy-winner and The Book of Life director Jorge R. Gutiérrez provides a nine-part animated fantasy sequence that pulls on Mesoamerica mythology, cleaning soap operas, and The Wizard of Oz. It’s set pre-conquest, earlier than Spain invaded the Aztec Empire within the sixteenth century.

In it, the titular fifteen-year-old princess (Zoe Saldaña) enlists the assistance of a Caribbean wizard, an albino archer, and an enormous barbarian from the mountains to fulfil a prophecy and put an finish to a battle that has erupted between the people and the Gods.

Gabriel Iglesias, Stephanie Beatriz, Diego Luna, Gael García Bernal, Alfred Molina, Allen Maldonado, Danny Trejo, Cheech Marin, Rosie Perez, Queen Latifah, Wyclef Jean, and Rita Moreno additionally lend their voice skills.

Maya and the Three is a four-and-a-half-hour epic divided into 9 episodes, accessible to binge directly.

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Insecure

When: October 25
Where: Disney+ Hotstar

Co-creator, star and author Issa Rae is ready to bid goodbye to her comedy-drama sequence, as its characters — performed by Rae, Yvonne Orji, Jay Ellis, Natasha Rothwell, Amanda Seales, and Courtney Taylor — consider their relationships, each new and previous, in an effort to determine who and what comes with them on this subsequent section of their lives. The fifth and last season of Insecure will run for 10 episodes, wrapping up post-Christmas on December 27.

Army of Thieves

When: October 29
Where: Netflix

Six years earlier than the occasions of Zack Snyder’s zombie heist film Army of the Dead initially of the zombie apocalypse, Matthias Schweighöfer’s German safecracker Ludwig Dieter is employed by a mysterious lady (Nathalie Emmanuel, from Fast & Furious 9) for a sequence of safecracking heists. Think of it as The Italian Job whereas a zombie menace grows globally. That’s how Snyder and director Schweighöfer pitched it to Netflix too.

Guz Khan, Ruby O. Fee, Stuart Martin, Jonathan Cohen, Noemie Nakai, John Bubniak, and Peter Simonischek additionally star. Hans Zimmer collaborated on the background rating.

Watch the Army of Thieves Trailer

Matthias Schweighöfer in Army of Thieves
Photo Credit: Stanislav Honzik/Netflix

Dybbuk

When: October TBA
Where: Amazon Prime Video

Emraan Hashmi stars within the lead of this Hindi-language remake of the 2017 Malayalam-language supernatural horror Ezra — which in itself was a remake of the 2012 American film The Possession — a few couple caught up with a haunted dybbuk field. (The actual dybbuk story is a component Jewish mythology and half eBay promoting tactic, the stuff that Internet goals are made from.)

Darshana Banik, Pranay Ranjan, Manav Kaul, Denzil Smith, Vipin Sharma, Ivan Sylvester Rodrigues, and Nikita Dutta additionally star. Ezra writer-director Jay Krishnan returns in each capacities.