Besides Taskaree and The Rip, the second week of January opens with the return of HBO's Industry Season 4, which gets more treacherous and wild with new
cast additions from January 11 on JioHotstar. The Sonakshi Sinha starrer Nikita Roy also makes its OTT debut on the same day on JioHotstar. On January 12, get ready to relieve the heightened emotions of the last season of Netflix's Stranger Things as the documentary One Last Adventure shows fans what went into the making of the series. On January 15, a new British mystery series is upon us as Agatha Christie's Seven Dials adapts the author's 1929 story with stars Mia McKenna-Bruce, Helena Bonham Carter, and Martin Freeman on Netflix. Finally, if viewers are in the mood for some comedy, Riteish Deshmukh, Vivek Oberoi, and Aftab Shivadasi are back in Mastiii 4, which makes its OTT debut on January 16 on Zee5. Which title will you be watching this weekend?
The Night Manager Season 2 on Amazon Prime Video
Cast: Tom Hiddleston, Olivia Colman, Diego Calva, Camila Morrone
Release date: January 11
About the series: After a decade since it premiered, Tom Hiddleston is back as Jonathan Pine in the John le Carré adaptation. David Farr returns as writer as the spy thriller moves from the skyscrapers of London to the jungles of Colombia. Even after the death of Richard Roper (Hugh Laurie), Pine must take down another arms mercenary, Teddy (Diego Calva), who wants to follow in his footsteps.
READ REVIEW: The Night Manager Season 2
Taskaree: The Smuggler’s Web on Netflix
Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Amruta Khanvilkar, Nandish Singh Sandhu, Anurag Sinha, Sharad Kelkar
Release date: January 14
About the series: Created by Neeraj Pandey, the crime thriller stars Emraan Hashmi as a customs officer on a task force at Mumbai International Airport. With a team of honest officers, Hashmi's character Arjun Meena vows to dismantle the smuggling kingpin Bada Chaudhary, played by Sharad Kelkar. The cat-and-mouse drama takes viewers inside the fast-paced world of customs officers for the first time.
Hijack Season 2 on Apple TV
Cast: Idris Elba, Archie Panjabi, Christine Adams, Max Beesley, Toby Jones
Release date: January 14
About the series: The Emmy-nominated series returns with a new twist as the show goes underground, quite literally. Created by George Kay and Jim Field Smith, Hijack now takes place in Berlin as Idris Elba's Sam Nelson finds himself at the heart of another hostage situation with over 200 German and international citizens' lives at stake. Will Sam manage to diffuse the situation, or will it end in more loss?
The RIP on Netflix
Cast: Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Steven Yeun, Teyana Taylor, Sasha Calle, Kyle Chandler
Release date: January 16
About the series: Best friends Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are starring and producing the crime thriller The Rip. Directed by Joe Carnahan, the actors play Miami cops who discover a stash of millions in cash inside a run-down stash house, leading to distrust within the team and beyond. With a star-studded cast, the Netflix film promises a gritty mystery.
PONIES on JioHotstar
Cast: Emilia Clarke, Haley Lu Richardson, Adrian Lester, Artjom Gilz
Release date: January 16
About the series: Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke and The White Lotus actress Haley Lu Richardson are teaming up to become new CIA operatives, Bea and Twila, in the Cold War-era espionage thriller. Set in Moscow in 1977, the actresses play “PONIES” (persons of no interest) who are working as secretaries in the American Embassy until their husbands are killed under mysterious circumstances.
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