From Chadwick Boseman to Kamal Hassan, from Barack Obama to Cobra Kai and more

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Chadwick Boseman honored with a posthumous Emmy

Chadwick Boseman was given an honorable tribute at the Creative Arts ceremony. He was awarded a posthumous Emmy for outstanding character voice-over for his role as an alternate version of Star-Lord in Marvel’s What If…? series, in the episode “What If… T’Challa Became a Star-Lord?”. Other nominees for the category included F. Murray Abraham from Moon Knight, Julie Andrews for Bridgerton and more. The award was the late actor’s first nomination and victory for an Emmy.

Barack Obama Wins Emmy for outstanding narration for Netflix docuseries

The former president of the United States, Barack Obama, achieved his first Emmy for outstanding narration for the Netflix docuseries Great National Parks. He also has two Grammys for his contributions to spoken word albums about the beauty of Africa’s beaches, Japan’s islands, and Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.

Thalapathy Vijay joins Kamal Haasan for the first time ever on the silver screen

Asuran Director Vetrimaaran is rumored to have made the most iconic casting direction of all time by joining Tollywood’s biggest names Thalapathy Vijay and Kamal Haasan. The director has confirmed his intentions to work with Hassan and is also all set to sign Vijay as well for a film. The word on the street is that the project could very well be a much anticipated Vetrimaaran film that was discussed with Vijay

OTT releases for the week

Cobra Kai S5 - 9th Sep - Netflix

The original ‘karate kids’ Johnny Lawrence and Daniel LaRusso must set aside their differences to join hands with the help of their students to stop Terry Silver and the Cobra Kai for season 5 of the series. It will premiere on 9th September on Netflix

Wedding Season - 8th Sep - Disney + Hotstar

Bride Katie walks down the aisle to find every single member of the groom’s side and the groom murdered. As fingers point to Katie’s lover Stefan, then to Katie herself, and then to Katie's ex-husband, a murder mystery is born. Find out who the husband is on Disney + Hotstar this Thursday.

Pinocchio - 8th Sep - Disney + Hotstar

Tom Hanks will be puppeteering as Geppetto with Benjamin Evan as Pinocchio for an all-new musical fantasy premiering on 8th September on Disney + Hotstar

Thor - Love and Thunder - 8th Sep - Disney + Hotstar

Get ready to catch Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman reunite for Taika Waititi’s Thor: Love and Thunder on your small screen. The blockbuster will be available to stream on Disney + Hotstar this Thursday.

Ek Villain Returns - 9th Sep - Netflix

John Abraham and Arjun Kapoor star in the sequel Ek Villan, titled Ek Villain Returns. The action thriller also stars Disha Patani and Tara Sutaria and will be available on Netflix this Friday.

Paappan: 7th September 2022 - Zee5

Watch as Malayalam superstar Suresh Gopi rolls back the years as he plays the lead in the crime-thriller Paapan. Directed by Joshy, the film is set to make its OTT debut on Zee5 on the 7th of September.

Well that's the OTTplay Sizzling news for today , until the next time it's your host Nikhil signing out.

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• Written by Meenakshi Suresh