OTT Releases 9th to 15th August
The Pickup
Platform: Prime Video
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Pete Davidson, Keke Palmer
Genre: Action comedy
What starts as a routine cash pickup explodes into chaos when seasoned armoured truck driver Russell and his reckless rookie partner Travis are ambushed by a ruthless crew led by Zoe. With bullets flying and trust in short supply, the mismatched duo must outsmart the gang, survive the heist—and maybe, just maybe—save each other.
Mickey 1
Platform: Jio Hotstar
Cast: Mark Ruffalo, Robert Pattinson, Patsy Ferran
Genre: Space thriller
In 2054, Mickey Barnes joins a deep-space colonisation mission to the frozen planet Niflheim, a crew member designed to die and be reprinted. But when Mickey’s 17th version is revived while his 18th clone is still alive, things spiral into a surreal crisis. As native predators, Creepers close in, Mickey finds himself caught in a battle over identity, survival, and what it truly means to be human when your life can be rebooted at will.
Platonic (Season 2)
Platform: Apple TV+
Cast: Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne, Luke Macfarlane
Genre: Slice of life
Will and Sylvia are back—and their messy, magnetic friendship is as boundary-blurring as ever. With Will’s brewery dream in ruins, he jumps into a reckless new startup, while Sylvia juggles a shaky legal comeback and an unemployed husband at home. But as their co-dependence deepens, romantic tensions rise, friends pull away, and one misguided matchmaking attempt threatens to blow it all up.
FILM RELEASES
Weapons
Release: August 8
Cast: Julia Garner, Josh Brolin, Alden Ehrenreich
Genre: Thriller
One night at exactly 2:17 am, seventeen children bolt from their homes and disappear into the darkness. One stays behind. All eighteen are classmates. The questions are immediate—and chilling. Why did they run? Where did they go? What unspeakable force pulled them out? What unfolds is a mind-bending, twisted descent into a mystery that only gets stranger with every answer.
Freakier Friday
Release: August 8
Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, Julia Butters
Genre: Adventure
Anna is juggling life, love, and a teenage daughter of her own, Harper. When Anna gets engaged to Eric, tensions rise between Harper and her soon-to-be stepsister Lily. The girls hatch a plan to sabotage the wedding—and thanks to a mysterious twist of fate, both generations of women find themselves walking in each other’s shoes. Literally.
Together
Release: August 8
Cast: Dave Franco, Alison Brie, Damon Herriman
Genre: Horror
Years into their relationship, Tim and Millie escape city life for a fresh start in the countryside—clinging only to each other. But as simmering tensions rise, a chilling encounter with an eerie, unnatural force begins to unravel their love, their sanity… and their very flesh.