It’s time for your weekly update of the latest OTT releases and the next seven days have the perfect blend of movies and TV shows to satiate all your bingeing needs. Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt reunite nearly twenty years later as Miranda Priestly’s glossy print empire faces dreary days yet in ; the doctors of RK Multispeciality Hospital navigate fresh emergencies, fractured relationships and a hospital without Deepa Balu in HeartBeat Season 3; limited series The Bombing of Pan Am 103 dramatises the largest murder investigation in the history of British policing after a bomb destroyed Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988; Bruce Timm’s hard-boiled 1940s animated reimagining of Gotham’s darkest vigilante returns with the Riddler, Roxy Rocket and the Joker in Batman: Caped Crusader season 2.
Chinna Chinna Asai (July 28)
A Mexican teen suspense micro-series presented in short-form episodes, Final Project sees Tamara transfer to a new school in hopes of a fresh start, only to become the target of relentless cyberbullying and a dangerous anonymous online challenge created by one of her classmates. As the harassment escalates, she is pulled into a dark bond with her tormentor that forces her to question how far she is willing to go to stop being a victim. Stars Isabella Tena, Tristán Maze and Daniela Martínez.
The Devil Wears Prada 2 (July 29)
Nearly twenty years after Andy Sachs survived her tenure as Miranda Priestly’s assistant, she returns to Runway, this time as its new features editor, hired to help Miranda navigate a publishing industry upended by AI and a looming hostile takeover. Miranda’s former first assistant Emily Charlton, now a high-powered executive at Dior, holds the advertising money Runway desperately needs, making her simultaneously the key to saving the magazine and its most formidable obstacle. Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt reprise their roles alongside Stanley Tucci, Tracie Thoms and Tibor Feldman, with Kenneth Branagh, Simone Ashley, Justin Theroux, Lucy Liu, Patrick Brammall, Pauline Chalamet, B.J. Novak and Caleb Hearon joining the cast.
Streaming on JioHotstar
The Devil’s Mouth (July 29)
Five college friends sign up for a guided swim through The Devil’s Mouth, a remote cave system along Thailand’s coast, for one final adventure before real life begins. A freak storm the previous week flooded the caves with sea life, most of which died in the freshwater, except for one fast, silent and deadly predator, now hunting the group through a labyrinth of narrow underwater corridors. The film stars Kathryn Newton, Lana Condor, Gavin Casalegno, Nico Hiraga, Tommi Rose and Tayme Thapthimthong (The White Lotus) as their guide.
Streaming on Prime Video
The Idaho College Murders: College Nightmare (July 29)
On November 13, 2022, four University of Idaho students—Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle—were found stabbed to death at an off-campus home in Moscow, Idaho. For weeks, no suspect was identified, and the tight-knit college town was awash in fear. This three-part documentary series chronicles the case from the night of the killings through the eventual arrest of Bryan Kohberger, a PhD criminology student who lived nearby. The series features unprecedented access to bodycam police footage, victim family interviews and archival materials.
Streaming on Netflix
The Bombing of Pan Am 103 (July 30)
It was the fateful day of December 21, 1988, when Pan Am Flight 103 was destroyed by a bomb over the small Scottish town of Lockerbie, killing all 259 passengers and crew on board and 11 people on the ground, making it the deadliest act of terrorism on British soil. What followed was the largest murder investigation in the history of Scottish policing, conducted jointly by Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary and the FBI across 21 countries. This six-part limited series dramatises that investigation and the decades-long pursuit of those responsible. Connor Swindells, Patrick J. Adams, Peter Mullan, Tony Curran, Eddie Marsan, Douglas Hodge, Lauren Lyle, Kevin McKidd and Phyllis Logan feature in pivotal roles.
Streaming on Netflix
Balan: The Boy (July 31)
This psychological thriller follows Balan, a young boy raised inside a women’s correctional facility by his mother, known only as Amma. After leaving the facility, Amma keeps changing their identities to protect them from a past she refuses to name. When she mysteriously disappears, a teenage Balan sets out to uncover the truth about who she was and why they spent their lives running. Adhisheshan K.R. and Muhammad Zinaan play Balan at different ages, with Farzana Palathingal as Amma. Tovino Thomas also stars in an extended cameo.
Streaming on ZEE5
Batman: Caped Crusader season 2 (July 31)
Bruce Timm, J.J. Abrams and Matt Reeves’s hard-boiled animated reimagining of Batman’s early years returns for its second season, set in a 1940s noir version of Gotham City. Hamish Linklater returns as Bruce Wayne, with Jason Watkins as Alfred, Krystal Joy Brown as Barbara Gordon and Eric Morgan Stuart as Commissioner Gordon. Season 2 goes deeper into Gotham’s criminal underworld, introducing fan-favourite characters including the Riddler, Carrie Kelley, Roxy Rocket, and the Joker, voiced by Matthew Needham. Jamie Chung reprises Harley Quinn alongside the returning ensemble.
Streaming on Prime Video
HeartBeat season 3 (July 31)
This Tamil medical drama returns to RK Multispeciality Hospital for a third season, picking up from where season 2 left off. Reena’s journey takes centre stage as she navigates a more demanding phase of her career alongside fractured personal relationships. The new season introduces fresh interns and new complications while continuing the show’s blend of life-or-death emergencies and emotional character drama. Anumol, Charukesh, Karthik Kumar, Sabareesh and Yogalakshmi return, while Deepa Balu, a key part of the previous seasons, is absent this time.