Weekend Releases on OTT and Theatres: Fantasy, Sci-Fi and Comedy this weekend

1) Black Adam( Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, 2 Hour 5 mins) :

 

Nearly 5,000 years after he was bestowed with the almighty powers of the ancient gods-and imprisoned just as quickly-Black Adam (Johnson) is freed from his earthly tomb, ready to unleash his unique form of justice on the modern world.Directed by Jaume Serra, Black Adams stars Dwayne Johnson as the titular protagonist - the antihero who turns saviour for the people of Kahndaq oppressed at the hands of the intergang. Release in theatres across India on 20th October 2022.

2) Four More Shots Please( Comedy, Drama, Series)

 

Produced by Pritish Nandy Communications, directed by Joyeeta Patpatia and written by Devika Bhagat, with dialogues by Ishita Moitra,the much-awaited Emmy-nominated Amazon Original will pick up from the dramatic note on which the second season ended, bringing back to screens the lives of four unapologetic, uninhibited, free-spirited women who live, love, blunder, and discover what continues to make them tick through their forever friendship in the city of Mumbai.

 

Featuring Kirti Kulhari, Sayani Gupta, Maanvi Gagroo, and Bani J in lead roles, Season 3 will see Prateik Babbar, Lisa Ray, Neil Bhooplam, Amrita Puri, Simone Singh, Rajeev Siddhartha and Samir Kochhar reprising their respective roles, whereas Jim Sarbh, Rohan Mehra, Shilpa Shukla and Sushant Singh will be joining the well-acclaimed Amazon Original this new season.The Amazon Original will stream on Prime Video from October 21 (midnight) in 240 countries and territories.

3) The Peripheral( Sci-Fi, Thriller, Series) :

 

The Amazon Original series THE PERIPHERAL is set in the future when technology has subtly altered society, a woman discovers a secret connection to an alternate reality as well as a dark future of her own.Flynne Fisher (Chloe Grace Moretz), her Marine veteran brother, Burton (Jack Reynor), and their dying mother live in a small town in the Blue Ridge Mountains in 2032. As their mother’s health deteriorates and the medical bills add up, Flynne and Burton make extra money playing simulations (Sims). The two siblings share Burton’s avatar, “jockeying” for high-paying customers to beat challenging game levels.

 

When Burton is offered a chance to beta test a new Sim, it’s Flynne who ends up playing, pretending to be her brother. The Sim takes place in London and it tasks Flynne with breaking into a corporation known as the Research Institute—to steal a valuable secret. When the assignment goes badly wrong, Flynne begins to realize the Sim is more real than she ever could have imagined.

 

The London she’s exploring exists in the future…year 2099. And what Flynne has uncovered in the Research Institute has put her and her family in grave peril. There are people from the future who want to use Flynne for the information she’s stolen…and there are others who want Flynne dead. Flynne encounters Wilf (Gary Carr) in Future London, a man who may be the key to unlocking the mystery at hand. But first, in her present, Flynne and Burton, along with his former elite military unit, must rally to save themselves from forces intent on killing them—forces sent from the future to reclaim the vital secret Flynne stole.

 

The Peripheral' premieres on Prime Video on October 21st, 2022 (Midnight) in India and across 240 countries and territories.

4) Tripling Season 3 : (Comedy, Zee5)

 

Chandan, Chanchal and Chitvan are back for some more spunky adventures and in theprocess, they garner life lessons.Starring Sumeet Vyas, Amol Parashar and Maanvi Gagroo in lead roles, the web series starts streaming on Zee 5 from 20-Oct-2022.

 

As the siblings struggle to handle the new problem besides their own lingering issues, the ZEE5 series turns out to be an emotional eye-opener that hits the emotional chord in unexpected ways. As a change, this one can safely be recommended as a family entertainer, best watched with one’s parents and siblings or children.Shernaz Patel and Kumud Mishra play the elderly couple here.

5) Ammu(Telugu Film)

 

Ammu (Aishwarya Lekshmi), ties the knot with Ravindranath (Naveen Chandra), a police officer. As days pass by, Ravindranath abuses Ammu both physically and mentally. A helpless Ammu bears everything until she meets a criminal named Prabhu (Bobby Simha) and comes up with a plan to get free from her husband. What is that plan? Why did she seek Prabhu’s help? Did she succeed? That forms the plot around the chilling case of domestic violence. Ammu is streaming on Amazon Prime Video.