Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Shiddat, Dune, Little Things 4, Rashmi Rocket, Sardar Udham, Army of Thieves, Dybbuk, The Guilty, Succession season 3, Invasion TV series, Maya and the Three, Insecure season 5 — the biggest movies and TV shows in October 2021 on Netflix, Disney+ Hotstar, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Zee5, HBO Max, Voot Select, and the cinemas.
With Shiddat and Sardar Udham, brothers Sunny and Vicky Kaushal both have a movie of their own in October 2021. Vicky plays the titular freedom fighter who assassinated a British officer in Sardar Udham, coming October 16 to Amazon Prime Video. And in Shiddat, Sunny is trying to woo Radhika Madan, available October 1 on Disney+ Hotstar Multiplex. Meanwhile, Taapsee Pannu is fighting the athletics authorities in Rashmi Rocket, out October 15 on Zee5. Emraan Hashmi’s horror remake Dybbuk is also expected 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 have the return of Tom Hardy and his alien symbiote in Venom: Let There Be Carnage, available only in cinemas. Venom: Let There Be Carnage releases October 15 in India. There’s also the big-budgeted sci-fi epic Dune, releasing October 22 in cinemas, and on HBO Max (only in the US). The third season of Succession — an HBO series oft compared to Game of Thrones — begins October 18 on Disney+ Hotstar. Zack Snyder’s zombie heist movie Army of the Dead is getting a Europe-set bank heist prequel in Army of Thieves, rolling in October 29 on Netflix. And at the start of the month, Jake Gyllenhaal stars in an American remake of a Danish movie. The Guilty is available October 1 on Netflix. Elsewhere, we’ve the animated Netflix epic Maya and the Three on October 22, and Issa Rae with Insecure season 5 starting October 25 on Disney+ Hotstar. On October 7, Prime Video will offer 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 series in On My Block season 4 (October 4), You season 3 (October 15), and Locke & Key season 2 (October 22). Plus, a new offering in Maid about a single mother (Margaret Qualley, from Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) trying to escape an abusive relationship. Maid arrives October 1 on Netflix. Voot Select has a bunch of new offerings, including CSI: Vegas (October 7) that’s a sequel to long-running CSI, haunted house sitcom Ghosts (October 8), and cult favourite remake 4400 (October 26). And lastly, Nancy Drew begins its third season October 9 on Voot Select. With that, here’s our October 2021 guide to Netflix, Disney+ Hotstar, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Zee5, HBO Max, Voot Select, and the cinemas. When: October 1 Where: Netflix Jake Gyllenhaal stars in this American remake of this 2018 Danish movie about one day of a police officer (Gyllenhaal) demoted to working at an emergency call centre which turns out to be a lot more eventful than he could have anticipated, after he gets a call from a kidnapped woman. The 2018 Danish movie was a terrific exercise in minimalism — drawing much tension from its limited setting — and it’d be interesting to see if director Antoine Fuqua and screenwriter Nic Pizzolatto can deliver that too. 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 in this romantic drama that chronicles two parallel stories — one with Kaushal and Madan, and the other with Raina and Penty — from Jannat director Kunal Deshmukh. Delayed a year due to COVID-19, Shiddat skips cinemas for a streaming debut. When: October 14 Where: Voot Select Kate Beckinsale plays discredited journalist Beth Baker who tries to resurrect her career by proving the innocence of a young African-American mother (Jules Latimer) serving a life sentence for murder. But pardon my straightforward description — this isn’t a dark drama. It’s in fact a dark comedy. Geoff Stults, Tiya Sircar, Alanna Ubach, Laurie Davidson, and Andre Hyland also star.
