The year 2023 has almost come to an end, and it has given us a wealth of genres and entertainment options to enjoy with our friends and family in our spare time. As the year winds down, we’re still waiting for the arrival of some highly anticipated OTT entertainment.
There is a wide variety of new releases available on OTT services, from action and adventure to romance and mystery. This roster of new releases on prominent OTTs including Netflix, Disney+ Hotstar, and Amazon Prime Video guarantees a little bit for everyone. The most anticipated most anticipated Netflix releases are here.
1. The Crown Season 6 (November 16 and December 14)
The last season of Netflix’s The Crown, which chronicles the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, will be aired in two parts on November 16 and December 14, 2023.
Peter Morgan’s The Crown is a drama about the life of Queen Elizabeth, the longest-reigning monarch of England. Following season 5’s emphasis on Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s divorce, the final season will begin with the death of the late princess in 1997 and continue into the 21st century.
Platform: Netflix
Trailer:
2. The Railway Men (November 18)
The Bhopal Gas Tragedy, which happened in December 1984, is the inspiration for the film The Railway Men. Thousands of people were exposed to poisonous Toxic methyl isocyanate gas that erupted from a storage tank at the Union Carbide India Limited pesticide facility, which had been constructed in 1969.
R Madhavan plays Central Railways’ GM Rati Pandey, Babil Khan plays a young, rookie loco pilot – Imad Riaz, Kay Kay Menon plays Bhopal Junction’s stationmaster Iftekaar Siddiqui, and Divyenndu plays Constable Balwant Yadav.
Platform: Netflix
Trailer:
3. Squid Game: The Challenge (November 22)
The new reality show Squid Game: The Challenge is inspired by the popular South Korean drama – Squid Game. Players in Squid Game were willing to risk their lives for the chance to win a large sum of money, but they quickly understood that the games they were being made to play were violent adaptations of activities they had enjoyed as children.
Netflix has transformed this idea into a reality competition, with competitors playing in games based on the popular dystopian show in a bid to win a jackpot of $4.56 million.
Platform: Netflix
Trailer:
4. The Village (November 24)
The young protagonist Yu Katayama (played by Tadanobu Asano), in this Japanese drama film directed by Michihito Fujii, is cruelly persecuted by a society that refuses to accept him as a worthy member.
Yu Katayama is a young guy who lived in a remote village of Kamonmura. He’s lived there since he was a kid, and a traumatic event from his history makes it impossible for him to leave. Yu works for a local waste management company to help pay off his mom’s debts. He is hopeless and has no dreams. Yu’s childhood buddy Misaki Nakai eventually moves back to Kamonmura from Tokyo. Yu’s life changed when she returned.
Platform: Netflix
Trailer:
5. The Archies (December 07)
Archie and the gang deal with love, friendship, and the future of Riverdale in the 1960s Indian setting, where a popular park is threatened by construction.
The Archies is a 1964 Anglo-Indian hill station adaptation of the iconic Archie Comics by Zoya Akhtar. Archie, played by Agastya, loves music and wants to be famous. Suhana portrays Veronica, who returns to Riverdale. When Veronica’s father takes over his business expansion dreams, their ideal country life is upended. Riverdale residents including Archie, Jughead, Reggie, Ethel, Betty, and Veronica would do everything to save their city and landmark.
Platform: Netflix
Trailer:
6. Gyeongseong Creature (December 22)
Gyeongseong Creature, a new Korean drama arriving on Netflix in December, combines rich historical drama and mystery to create a period piece you won’t soon forget.
Set in early 1945 while Korea was under Japanese colonial authority, the story revolves around two young people who discover weird monsters formed from greed and subsequently must struggle for existence in the city of Gyeongseong. However, they seem to find that there may be something more perilous than the monsters themselves.