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  • ‘Ozark’ final season debuts at No. 1 on Netflix

    By IANS

    LOS ANGELES: Netflix’s show ‘Ozark’ Season 4, Part 1, is drawing more viewers than any other TV series in its debut week on the streamer.

    The first half of the final season of the Jason Bateman-led drama landed at No. 1 on Netflix’s English-language TV Top 10 list for the week of January 17-23, with 77 million hours viewed in just its first three days.

    Coming in second place was “The Boys” executive producer Rebecca Sonnenshine’s horror series ‘Archive 81’, which racked up 71 million hours viewed in its second week after launch, an impressive rise after debuting at No. 7 on the list last week, reports variety.com.

    Also making return appearances on the English-language TV Top 10 were ‘Stay Close’, ‘Cobra Kai’ Season 4, ‘The Witcher’ Season 2, ‘Manifest’ Season 1, ‘Cheer’ Season 2 and ‘Emily in Paris’ Season 2.

    Newbies for the week were the third season of ‘Too Hot to Handle’, which came in third place with 41 million hours viewed, and the first season of ‘Ozark’.

    On the non-English Top 10 list, the Colombian love story ‘Cafe con Aroma de Mujer’ was atop the list for the third consecutive week in a row with 96 million hours. The fourth season of “El marginal” was in a distant second with 22 million hours.

    In the film categories, ‘The Royal Treatment’ launched at No. 1 on the English-language Top 10 with 42 million hours watched in its first four days. ‘Brazen’, the romantic thriller based on the novel of the same name by Nora Roberts, was in silver with 28.6 million hours.

    The Polish flick ‘How I Fell in Love With a Gangster’ was once again at the top of the non-English language film ranks with 8.7 million hours viewed. In the No. 2 slot was “Photocopier” with 6.9 million hours viewed.

  • Henry Cavill’s ‘The Witcher’ returning with season two in December

    By PTI
    LOS ANGELES: The much-awaited second season of “The Witcher”, starring Henry Cavill in the lead, will premier on Netflix on December 17.

    The announcement was made during the first-ever WitcherCon, a virtual event that presented deep dives into the making of ‘The Witcher’ games, live action series and anime film.

    The event also featured a number of interactive panels with “The Witcher” team, including Cavill, Anya Chalotra, Freya Allan, Mimi M Khayisa, Paul Bullion, showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich and writer Declan de Barra.

    Created by Hissrich, the show is based on the book series by Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski.

    It tells the adventures of monster hunter Geralt of Rivia and his run-ins with enemies and deadly creatures.

    The sophomore season will see Geralt protecting Ciri (Allan) at his childhood home in the hopes of keeping the young princess safe from the great powers within herself.

    New cast members include Adjoa Andoh, Kim Bodnia, Cassie Clare, Liz Carr, Graham McTavish, Kevin Doyle, Simon Callow and Chris Fulton.

    Filming on season two had started in February 2020 but came to a halt soon due to the coronavirus pandemic.

    Production resumed in August 2020 but was halted again in November due to multiple positive COVID-19 cases. It finally wrapped up production in April this year.

    During the event, an anime movie from the franchise was also announced.

    Titled “The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf”, the movie will focus on Vesemir, a young witcher who escaped a life of poverty to slay monsters for coin.

    It will be released on Netflix on August 23.