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12 Thrilling New OTT Releases This Friday: Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+ Hotstar, and Cinemas

New OTT Releases This Weekend – Friday, August 23, 2024: A Treat for Entertainment Enthusiasts

Ott Releases This Friday 23rd August

1. KALKI 2898 A.D

Platform: Netflix and Amazon Prime Video

Releasing: 22 August 2024

Description: The film envisions the contemporary avatar of Vishnu, the most worshipped Hindu god, who, according to legend, sent his avatar to Earth in this age to shield the world from evil. This modern-day avatar embarks on a mission to restore balance and shield humanity from the growing threat of evil.


2. Raayan

Platform: Amazon Prime Video

Releasing: 23 August 2024

Description: After a power-packed box office performance, the Tamil action thriller “Raayan” will make its digital premiere on Amazon Prime Video this coming Friday, August 23, 2024. His family gets brutally murdered; an ordinary man sets out to seek vengeance and is sent into the dark world of criminals by his pursuit of justice. The film’s plot is hinged on all the twists and turns that occur during this mission. The power performance of Dhanush is a launching pad for this movie.


3. The Crow

Platform: Theaters

Releasing: 23 August 2024

Description: Starring Bill Skarsgård and FKA Twigs, this gothic supernatural film serves as a contemporary remake of the classic 1994 movie “The Crow.” In the film, a musician named Eric Draven is grotesquely murdered, as is his fiancée, Shelly Webster. Now, an opportunity will be given to him to save her if he sacrifices himself again. But now, the question that begs asking is: Will he succeed in keeping her safe this time?.


4. Drive-Away Dolls

Platform: JioCinema

Releasing: 23 August 2024

Description: This comedy movie, directed by Ethan Coen, presents two ladies, namely, Jamie and Marian, who start a whimsical journey to Tallahassee. Their thoughts of a new beginning get gutted really fast since they encounter some criminals along the way. It’s one of many exciting new OTT releases slated for this week.


5. Incoming

Platform: Netflix

Releasing: 23 August 2024

Description: Another pick from the lot of newly released OTT films for this Friday would be “Incoming.” This coming-of-age movie will most definitely grab one’s attention. The storyline revolves around four entering freshmen in high school who maneuver through the ups and downs of growing up while preparing for their very first party at school. By chance, they come across a situation they never would have expected, which places an exciting spin on their journey.


6. Pachinko Season 2

Platform: APPLE TV+

Releasing: 23 August 2024

Description: Friday also ushers in the much-awaited “Pachinko” Season 2, along with other engaging new OTT releases like “Drive-Away Dolls,” “Follow Kar Lo Yaar,” and more. The new episodes of this popular K-drama trace, unforgettably if poignantly, the saga of a Korean immigrant family down four generations as they move from 1915 to 1989, wrestle with, and sometimes succumb to a host of problems in their adopted homeland. This series is an adaption of the 2017 novel of the same name by Min Jin Lee and still contains elements relating to resilience and survival in a new world.


7. Blink Twice

Platform: Theaters

Releasing: 23 August 2024

Description: Love psychological thrillers? Then don’t miss this read. “Blink Twice” is the story of Slater King, a tech billionaire who asks Frida, a cocktail waitress, to join him for a getaway in his isolated private island. What starts out to be an exciting ‘breakaway’ soon develops into a terrifying ordeal with mysterious events unfolding one by one. Will Frida survive the nightmare? This film stars Channing Tatum, Naomi Ackie, Christian Slater, and Simon Rex—essentially, stars one wants to see in a movie from this genre.


8. The Frog

Platform: Netflix

Releasing: 23 August 2024

Description: Arriving on OTT this Friday: new releases, headlined by the suspense mystery thriller The Frog. K-drama about a mysterious woman who turned up at a holiday rental and turned her life upside down. Above all, it is the all-star cast that has Kim Yoon Seok, Yoon Kye Sang, Ko Min Si, and Lee Jung Eun in it; yet another reason for it to be a part of your watch list.


9. Follow Kar Lo Yaar

Platform: Amazon Prime Video

Releasing: 23 August 2024

Description: Follow Kar Lo Yaar is the reality show in its final preparations, which will emanate the daily life of an Internet sensation, Uorfi Javed. As she got associated with working along with a talent agency to revamp her professional image, moved from the usual drama to conceive a new public personality, this will be portrayed in this Amazon Prime Video series.


10. Alien: Romulus

Platform: Theaters

Releasing: 23 August 2024

Description: The seventh installment in the Alien franchise, Alien: Romulus, promises to deliver an action-filled ride where a group of young space settlers discovers the most terrifying life form while trying to scratch out the old and abandoned dark corners of a space station. This coming sci-fi thriller will come with amazing on-screen appearances such as Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Isabela Merced, Spike Fearn, and Aileen Wu.


11. Blood For Dust

Platform: Lionsgate Play

Releasing: 23 August 2024

Description: Cliff, a salesman turned to a life of crime after being laid off, had much darker secrets in his past. Falling ill to provide for his family, he becomes embroiled—through his out-of-work friend and former colleague Ricky—in dangerous drug and arms trafficking activities for a cartel. This tense, suspenseful drama follows Cliff as what was once an orderly life becomes a perilous fight for survival, often likened to such television series as Breaking Bad and Fargo.


12. Tikdam

Platform: JioCinema

Releasing: 23 August 2024

Description: Tikdam is an emotive story of a quaint village in Uttarakhand that takes as its protagonist the relentless struggle of a father for a better tomorrow for his children. It is a beautiful presentation of family bonds and community spirit against the backdrop of the picturesque locales of the region.


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