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From Jedis to a sexologist, we round up some upcoming shows–both new and returning on our watchlist–this summer

This was supposed to be the post-pandemic (fingers crossed!) year as we got out of our pajamas and explored the world outside our homes. But with so many glorious films and TV series streaming straight into our homes and more on its way, it’s going to be tough to do that. This summer, movie stars Ewan McGregor and Fawad Khan will be seen in episodic dramas while the likes of Cillian Murphy, Millie Bobby Brown and Jitendra Kumar are returning as characters in shows that are much-loved.

Obi-Wan Kenobi: Season 1 (Disney+Hotstar)Premiere Date: 25 MayEwan McGregor is firing up his lightsaber once again for the Disney+Hotstar series that traces Obi-Wan Kenobi’s journey in the bleak years after the end of Star Wars: Episode III–Revenge of the Sith, when the Jedi order has crumbled. Obi-Wan, like all of the surviving Jedi, is on the run and being chased by Darth Vader and his Inquisitors.Why we’re looking forward to it: The series marks a reunion of Obi-Wan and his friend-turned-foe Darth Vader (played by Hayden Christensen).

Obi-Wan Kenobi: Season 1 (Disney+Hotstar)

Premiere Date: 25 May

Ewan McGregor is firing up his lightsaber once again for the Disney+Hotstar series that traces Obi-Wan Kenobi’s journey in the bleak years after the end of Star Wars: Episode III–Revenge of the Sith, when the Jedi order has crumbled. Obi-Wan, like all of the surviving Jedi, is on the run and being chased by Darth Vader and his Inquisitors.


Why we’re looking forward to it:

The series marks a reunion of Obi-Wan and his friend-turned-foe Darth Vader (played by Hayden Christensen).

Stranger Things: Season 4 (Netflix)Premiere Date: Vol. 1 drops on 27 May; Vol. 2 premieres on 1 JulyWhile Jim Hopper (David Harbour) is trapped in Russia, the kids in Demogorgon-free Hawkins, Indiana are separated after the Battle of Starcourt at the end of season three. But they’ll all be brought together by another supernatural threat in what is the sci-fi series’ longest season yet.Why we’re looking forward to it: According to news reports, the new season has a per-episode cost of $30 million. The phrase ‘spare no expense’ has never been more accurate.Image: Netflix

Stranger Things: Season 4 (Netflix)

Premiere Date: Vol. 1 drops on 27 May; Vol. 2 premieres on 1 July

While Jim Hopper (David Harbour) is trapped in Russia, the kids in Demogorgon-free Hawkins, Indiana are separated after the Battle of Starcourt at the end of season three. But they’ll all be brought together by another supernatural threat in what is the sci-fi series’ longest season yet.


Why we’re looking forward to it: According to news reports, the new season has a per-episode cost of $30 million. The phrase ‘spare no expense’ has never been more accurate.

Image: Netflix

Thar (Netflix Original Film)Premiere Date: 6 MaySet in the 1980s, Thar is the story of Siddharth (Harshvarrdhan Kapoor), an antiques dealer whose visit to a remote village in Rajasthan coincides with a spate of violent killings. As the outsider, he immediately rouses local cop Surekha Singh’s (Anil Kapoor) suspicion.Why we’re looking forward to it: The last time this father-son duo shared screen (albeit briefly) was in the highly entertaining AK vs AK (2020).Image: Netflix

Thar (Netflix Original Film)

Premiere Date: 6 May

Set in the 1980s, Thar is the story of Siddharth (Harshvarrdhan Kapoor), an antiques dealer whose visit to a remote village in Rajasthan coincides with a spate of violent killings. As the outsider, he immediately rouses local cop Surekha Singh’s (Anil Kapoor) suspicion.


Why we’re looking forward to it: The last time this father-son duo shared screen (albeit briefly) was in the highly entertaining AK vs AK (2020).

Image: Netflix

The Boys: Season 3 (Amazon Prime Video)Premiere Date: 3Now that his beloved wife Becca (Shantel VanSanten) has really died, Billy Butcher (Karl Urban) and his ragtag vigilante team are on the warpath against Vought and Homelander (Antony Starr). Joining the fray this season is a curious collection of newcomers that includes Jensen Ackles’ Soldier Boy.Why we’re looking forward to it: The sixth episode of the upcoming season (written by Jessica Chou) has Butcher and the crew crashing Vought’s ultra-secret annual supes Bacchanalia also known as Herogasm. If it’s anything as described in the comics, it’s going to be off-the-charts.

The Boys: Season 3 (Amazon Prime Video)

Premiere Date: 3

Now that his beloved wife Becca (Shantel VanSanten) has really died, Billy Butcher (Karl Urban) and his ragtag vigilante team are on the warpath against Vought and Homelander (Antony Starr). Joining the fray this season is a curious collection of newcomers that includes Jensen Ackles’ Soldier Boy.


Why we’re looking forward to it:

The sixth episode of the upcoming season (written by Jessica Chou) has Butcher and the crew crashing Vought’s ultra-secret annual supes Bacchanalia also known as Herogasm. If it’s anything as described in the comics, it’s going to be off-the-charts.

Ms. Marvel: Season 1 (Disney+Hotstar)Premiere Date: 8 JuneKamala Khan, a 16-year-old Pakistani American from Jersey City aka Ms Marvel is the latest in a series of superheroes created for Marvel’s ‘now more inclusive’ Cinematic Universe. The comics were launched in 2013, giving the world its first-ever female teen Muslim superhero. Even as Kamala (Iman Vellani) struggles with finding her identity, navigating high school and mean girls, she develops powers similar to her idol Captain Marvel after chancing upon a mystical bracelet.Why we’re looking forward to it: Fawad Khan. That’s it–that’s the reason.

Ms. Marvel: Season 1 (Disney+Hotstar)

Premiere Date: 8 June

Kamala Khan, a 16-year-old Pakistani American from Jersey City aka Ms Marvel is the latest in a series of superheroes created for Marvel’s ‘now more inclusive’ Cinematic Universe. The comics were launched in 2013, giving the world its first-ever female teen Muslim superhero. Even as Kamala (Iman Vellani) struggles with finding her identity, navigating high school and mean girls, she develops powers similar to her idol Captain Marvel after chancing upon a mystical bracelet.


Why we’re looking forward to it:

Fawad Khan. That’s it–that’s the reason.

Peaky Blinders: Season 6 (Netflix)Premiere Date: 10 JuneFour years after he held a gun to his head, Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy) is back for the final season of the much-loved Birmingham-based atmospheric gangster drama. With Mosley still at large and multiple other threats at play, this season promises to be the deadliest yet.Why we’re looking forward to it: It’s a series finale d-uh! This season also marks the return of Tom Hardy as Alfie Solomons and Anya Taylor-Joy as Gina Gray.

Peaky Blinders: Season 6 (Netflix)

Premiere Date: 10 June

Four years after he held a gun to his head, Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy) is back for the final season of the much-loved Birmingham-based atmospheric gangster drama. With Mosley still at large and multiple other threats at play, this season promises to be the deadliest yet.


Why we’re looking forward to it: It’s a series finale d-uh! This season also marks the return of Tom Hardy as Alfie Solomons and Anya Taylor-Joy as Gina Gray.

Only Murders in the Building: Season 2 (Disney+Hotstar)Premiere Day: TBABeloved amateur sleuths and podcast hosts Mabel (Selena Gomez), Charles (Steve Martin) and Oliver (Martin Short) are implicated in the shocking death of Arconia Board President Bunny Folger (Jayne Houdyshell). As they race to unmask her killer, the trio are also dealing with being subjects in a competing podcast.Why we’re looking forward to it: Season 1 of OMITB had a rosterful of A-list cameos, and the second season is going to be no different with Shirley MacLaine, Amy Schumer and Cara Delevingne heading to the Arconia.

Only Murders in the Building: Season 2 (Disney+Hotstar)

Premiere Day: TBA

Beloved amateur sleuths and podcast hosts Mabel (Selena Gomez), Charles (Steve Martin) and Oliver (Martin Short) are implicated in the shocking death of Arconia Board President Bunny Folger (Jayne Houdyshell). As they race to unmask her killer, the trio are also dealing with being subjects in a competing podcast.


Why we’re looking forward to it:

Season 1 of OMITB had a rosterful of A-list cameos, and the second season is going to be no different with Shirley MacLaine, Amy Schumer and Cara Delevingne heading to the Arconia.

Loot: Season 1 (Apple+)Premiere Date: TBABillionaire Molly Novak’s (Maya Rudolph) perfect life comes crashing when she discovers that her husband of 20 years has betrayed her. She starts spiralling publicly and her life becomes tabloid fodder.Why we’re looking forward to it: This work-place comedy comes from Emmy-winning creators Alan Yang (Master of None) and Matt Hubbard (30 Rock) and also marks Michaela Jae Rodriguez’s first series role since her Emmy-nominated performance in Netflix’s Pose.Image: Apple+

Loot: Season 1 (Apple+)

Premiere Date: TBA

Billionaire Molly Novak’s (Maya Rudolph) perfect life comes crashing when she discovers that her husband of 20 years has betrayed her. She starts spiralling publicly and her life becomes tabloid fodder.

Why we’re looking forward to it: This work-place comedy comes from Emmy-winning creators Alan Yang (Master of None) and Matt Hubbard (30 Rock) and also marks Michaela Jae Rodriguez’s first series role since her Emmy-nominated performance in Netflix’s Pose.

Image: Apple+

Doctor Arora: Season 1 (Sony LIV)Premiere Date: TBAThere’s a new ‘Gupt Rog Visheshgya’ (sexologist) in town and his name is Dr Arora (Kumud Mishra). From a groom who can’t ‘perform’ on his wedding night to a teen obsessed with porn, Dr Arora’s clientele is diverse and very relatable.Why we’re looking forward to it: Show creator Imtiaz Ali (Highway, Jab We Met) returns to serialised story-telling after a very long gap.

Doctor Arora: Season 1 (Sony LIV)

Premiere Date: TBA

There’s a new ‘Gupt Rog Visheshgya’ (sexologist) in town and his name is Dr Arora (Kumud Mishra). From a groom who can’t ‘perform’ on his wedding night to a teen obsessed with porn, Dr Arora’s clientele is diverse and very relatable.


Why we’re looking forward to it: Show creator Imtiaz Ali (Highway, Jab We Met) returns to serialised story-telling after a very long gap.

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