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Disney+ Hotstar December 2022: Govinda Naam Mera, Amsterdam, The Banshees of Inisherin, and More

Disney+ Hotstar December 2022: Govinda Naam Mera, Amsterdam, The Banshees of Inisherin, and More

Kartik Aaryan’s Freddy, Mohanlal-led Monster, and Big Bet starring Choi Min-sik is also part of the list.

Written by Rahul Chettiyar, Edited by Akhil Arora, Siddharth Suvarna | Updated: 9 December 2022 19:13 IST

Disney+ Hotstar December 2022: Govinda Naam Mera, Amsterdam, The Banshees of Inisherin, and More

Photo Credit: The Banshees of Inisherin

Colin Farrell in a still from The Banshees of Inisherin

Highlights

Christian Bale-led Amsterdam is now up for streaming
The Banshees of Inisherin, starring Colin Farrell is out December 14
Vicky Kaushal’s Govinda Naam Mera releases December 16

Disney+ Hotstar has announced a list of 42 movies and web series for release on its streaming platform in December 2022. Among new entries, David O. Russell's Amsterdam finally got its India premiere, transporting us back to the crime-ridden 1930s, to follow three close friends — Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, and John David Washington — who find themselves amidst one of the most outrageous events in American history. The film marks Russell's first film since the Academy Award-nominated Joy, and was released December 7 on Disney+ Hotstar. Exactly a week later, Martin McDonagh's latest Irish black comedy, The Banshees of Inisherin, will be available for streaming on the platform. The critically-praised film reunites Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson since 2008's In Bruges, and drops December 14.

From India, December 2022 kicked off with the Kartik Aaryan-led romance thriller, Freddy, which follows an eponymous shy, loner dentist, who moonlights as a killer with a knack for extracting pearly white teeth from his victims. On December 16, Disney+ Hotstar premieres a new Vicky Kaushal film, in which he plays a good-for-nothing background dancer, who is regularly abused by his wife Gauri (Bhumi Pednekar). Govinda Naam Mera follows the comedic antics of the said loser, who decides to murder his significant other when she rejects his plea for divorce.

Vicky Kaushal in a still from Govinda Naam Mera
Photo Credit: Disney+ Hotstar

Those who prefer shorter, bite-sized TV series can check out Hotstar Specials' Fall, a Tamil-language drama, that revolves around a suicide survivor who loses all her memories from 24 hours prior to the event. The first three episodes went up for streaming on December 9, with new ones following every Friday. Then there's Aashiqana season 2, which resumes its Monday-to-Sunday run, alongside the self-explanatory reality show Moving in with Malaika, airing Mondays through Thursday, exclusively on Disney+ Hotstar.

Disney also has some originals in store for us, starting with the new animated film Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again, which sees Nick Daley reluctantly following in his father's footsteps as the museum night watchman. However, when the sun goes down, an oversight causes the maniacal ruler Kahmunrah to escape, creating a trail of destruction and chaos. The other one is National Treasure: Edge of History, a sequel series to the Nicolas Cage-led treasure-hunting movies. While searching for a historical relic with the help of her friends, young DREAMer Jess stumbles upon a long-hidden secret regarding her father's death, a known thief. Harvey Keitel reprises his role as FBI agent Peter Sadusky in the show, which kicks off on December 14 with a two-episode premiere, followed by a weekly schedule.

Following the trend of rehashing the live-action film series with CGI animation, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules pits Greg against a new challenge — surviving the weekend with his aggressive older brother, Rodrick, while the parents are out of town. Similar to the original 2011 movie, this adaptation focuses on the underlying brotherly love, and how the two polar opposites work together to fix their complicated relationship. The film is now streaming on the platform.

Beyond that, Disney+ Hotstar carries over a bunch of TV series from past months. The newest in that lineup would be Willow, which sees Warwick Davis returning in the titular role — 20 years past the original film — joined by a new motley crew, who embark on a dangerous journey to the edge of the world. New episodes drop every Wednesday on Disney+ Hotstar. After that, you could catch up on The White Lotus season 2, as the fan-favourite, heartbroken Tanya McQuoid (Jennifer Coolidge) finds solace with a group of jolly, homosexual men in Sicily, Italy. New episodes of the HBO series drop every Monday, with episode 7 going live on December 12.

Tom Hollander and Jennifer Coolidge in a still from The White Lotus season 2
Photo Credit: HBO

On December 26, the English football league Premier League resumes its run, following a mid-season break, owing to the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. The last club matches were played nearly a month ago. Premier League action returns on Boxing Day, December 26, a little after the 2022 FIFA World Cup Final on December 18.

That leaves us with some Korean dramas, as Big Bet steals the show by casting celebrated actor Choi Min-sik (Oldboy), in the leading role of a crime drama. Set in the Philippines, the series chronicles the tale of a legendary casino king, who is now faced with the ultimate bet — his life — after getting tangled in a murder case. Big Bet premieres December 21 with the first three episodes, after which the remaining five will be released once every following week.

Filmmaker Takashi Miike, best known for creating gory and vile imagery — as seen in Audition (1999), and Visitor Q — brings a new series, adapted from a webtoon of the same name. In it, the “ordinary life” of an immortal human being is turned upside-down, when an organ donor kidnaps him and steals one of his eyes. However, an odd connection allows him to see through the missing eye, which is now transplanted into the skull of a serial killer. All six episodes of Connect are now available to watch on Disney+ Hotstar.

There are some Japanese dramas making their way onto the platform as well. First up is Gannibal, a horror series that explores a long-running rumour about the cannibalistic mountain village of Kuge. The series is out December 14. On the same day, My Family deals with a well-off family, who suffer the worst nightmare, when their young daughter gets kidnapped.

Disney+ Hotstar December 2022 releases — the full list

With that, here's the full list of movies and TV shows coming to Disney+ Hotstar in December 2022. We've marked Disney+ and Hulu originals in bold.

December 1
Big Sky: Season 3, weekly
Abbot Elementary: Season 2, weekly
Shaq: Season 1
Repeat

December 2
Freddy
Pentatonix: Around the World for the Holidays
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Monster
Fleishman is in Trouble: Season 1, weekly
The L Word: Generation Q: Season 3, weekly
The First Responders: Season 1, Fri–Sat, weekly

December 5
Moving in with Malaika: Season 1, Mon–Thurs weekly
The Simpsons: Season 34, weekly
Family Guy: Season 21, weekly
The White Lotus: Season 2, weekly

December 6
American Dad: Season 18, weekly

December 7
Amsterdam
Connect: Season 1
Tomorrow, I'll Be Someone's Girlfriend: Season 1
The Resident: Season 6, weekly
Welcome to Chippendales: Season 1, weekly
Pink Lie: Season 1, weekly
The Santa Clauses: Season 1, weekly
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't: Season 1, weekly
The Mysterious Benedict Society: Season 2, weekly
Revenge of Others: Season 1, two episodes weekly
Willow: Season 1, weekly

December 9
Fall: Season 1, weekly
Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again
Weekend Family Christmas Special

December 12
The Great North: Season 3, weekly

December 14
National Treasure: Edge of History: Season 1, weekly
The Banshees of Inisherin
Gannibal: Season 1, weekly
My Family: Season 1

December 16
Govinda Naam Mera
Le Pupille

December 21
Big Bet: Season 1, Episodes 1–3, weekly
Atom's Last Shot: Season 1, weekly

December 26
2022–23 Premier League

December 28
Yakuza Lover: Season 1, weekly

December 30
Beauty and The Beast: A 30th Celebration

Across December
Aashiqana: Season 2, Mon–Sat weekly
Pro Kabaddi League: Season 9
Hero ISL 2022–23

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Big Sky Season 3

Release Date 22 September 2022
Genre Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Cast
Katheryn Winnick, Kylie Bunbury, Dedee Pfeiffer
Director
David E. Kelley
Producer
Ross Fineman, David E. Kelley, Chris Nguyen-Gia, Matthew Tinker

Abbott Elementary Season 2

Release Date 22 September 2022
Genre Comedy
Cast
Quinta Brunson, Tyler James Williams, Janelle James, Lisa Ann Walter, Chris Perfetti, Sheryl Lee Ralph, William Stanford Davis, Zack Fox, Lela Hoffmeister, Reggie Hayes, Iyana Halley, Larry Owens, Ambrit Millhouse
Director
Randall Einhorn, Jay Karas, Shahrzad Davani, Matt Sohn, Dime Davis, Melissa Kosar, Justin Tan, Jennifer Celotta, Geeta Malik, Claire Scanlon, Ken Whittingham
Producer
Randall Einhorn, Justin Halpern, Patrick Schumacker, Quinta Brunson

Shaq

Release Date 24 November 2022
Genre Biography
Cast
Rick Fox, Dwyane Wade, Pat Riley, Derek Fisher, Anfernee Hardaway, Lucille O'Neal, Brian Shaw, Jamal Harrison, Lateefah Harrison, Dennis Scott, Jerry West, Phil Jackson
Director
Robert Alexander
Producer
Nancy Abraham, Robert Alexander, Peter Berg, Brandon Carroll, Matthew Goldberg, Lisa Heller, Mike Parris, Perry Rogers, Colin Smeeton, Bentley Weiner

Freddy

Release Date 2 December 2022
Language Hindi
Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Cast
Jeniffer Piccinato, Kartik Aaryan, Alaya F, Tripti Agarwal
Director
Shashanka Ghosh
Producer
Narendra Hirawat, Shreyans Hirawat, Ekta Kapoor, Shobha Kapoor, Jay Shewakramani

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2022)

Release Date 2 December 2022
Language English
Genre Animation, Comedy, Drama
Cast
Brady Noon, Ethan William Childress, Hunter Dillon, Erica Cerra, Chris Diamantopoulos, Edward Asner, Linda Lavin, Loretta Devine, Priscilla Lopez, Nathan Arenas, Albert Tsai, Hudson Yang, Jimmy Tatro, Kimberly Brooks, Gracen Newton, Vincent Tong, Veena Sood
Director
Luke Cormican
Producer
Jeff Kinney

Monster

Release Date 21 October 2022
Language Malayalam
Genre Crime, Thriller
Cast
Mohanlal, Lakshmi Manchu, Lena, Honey Rose, Sudev Nair, Siddique, K. B. Ganesh Kumar, Jess Sweejan, Johny Antony, Arjun Nandhakumar, Kottayam Ramesh, Kailash, Edavela Babu, Biju Pappan, José Joel, Sadhika Venugopal
Director
Vysakh
Producer
Antony Perumbavoor

Fleishman Is in Trouble

Release Date 18 November 2022
Genre Drama
Cast
Jesse Eisenberg, Lizzy Caplan, Claire Danes, Adam Brody
Director
Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris, Robert Pulcini, Shari Springer Berman
Producer
Carl Beverly, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Susannah Grant, Sarah Timberman, Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris

The L Word: Generation Q Season 3

Release Date 19 November 2022
Genre Drama
Cast
Jennifer Beals, Katherine Moennig, Leisha Hailey, Arienne Mandi, Sepideh Moafi, Leo Sheng, Jacqueline Toboni, Rosanny Zayas, Jordan Hull, Jamie Clayton, Stephanie Allynne, Jillian Mercado, Sophie Giannamore
Director
Katrelle N. Kindred, Em Weinstein

The First Responders

Release Date 13 November 2022
Genre Action, Adventure, Drama
Cast
Kim Rae-won, Son Ho-jun, Gong Seung-yeon, Seo Hyun-chul, Kang Ki-doong, Ji Woo, Woo Mi-hwa, Jung Jin-woo, Lee Woo-je, Yang Jong-wook, Lee Hwa-jeong, Heo Ji-won, Son Ji-yoon, Jo Seung-yeon, Lee Do-yeop, Jeon Kook-hwan, Seo Jae-gyu, Jo Hee-bong
Director
Shin Kyung-soo
Producer
Park Young-soo, Jo Sung-hoon, Kim Yong-jin, Lee Him-chan, Park Sang-jin

Moving in with Malaika

Release Date 5 December 2022
Genre Reality
Cast
Malaika Arora

The Simpsons Season 34

Release Date 26 September 2022
Genre Animation, Comedy
Cast
Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright, Simu Liu, Melissa McCarthy

Family Guy Season 21

Release Date 26 September 2022
Genre Animation, Comedy
Cast
Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Mila Kunis, Mike Henry
Producer
Shannon Smith, Kim Fertman, Julius Sharpe

The White Lotus Season 2

Release Date 31 October 2022
Genre Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Cast
Jennifer Coolidge, Aubrey Plaza, Theo James, Tom Hollander, Haley Lu Richardson, Michael Imperioli, F. Murray Abraham, Meghann Fahy, Will Sharpe, Adam DiMarco, Leo Woodall, Sabrina Impacciatore, Simona Tabasco, Beatrice Grannò, Eleonora Romandini, Sean Thomas Simmons
Director
Mike White
Producer
Mike White, David Bernad

American Dad! Season 18

Release Date 25 January 2022
Genre Animation, Comedy
Cast
Seth MacFarlane, Wendy Schaal, Scott Grimes, Rachael MacFarlane, Dee Bradley Baker, Jeffrey Todd Fischer, Curtis Armstrong, Patrick Stewart, Kevin Michael Richardson, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Daisuke Suzuki, Mike Henry, David Koechner, Matt McKenna, Richard Kind, Chris Diamantopoulos, Alex Cuthbertson, Fred Tatasciore, Paget Brewster, Judah Miller
Director
Chris Bennett, Jansen Yee, Jennifer Graves, Joe Daniello, John O'Day, Josue Cervantes, Rodney Clouden, Shawn Murray, Tim Parsons
Producer
Kara Vallow

Amsterdam

Release Date 7 December 2022
Language English
Genre Crime, Drama, History
Cast
Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, John David Washington, Chris Rock, Anya Taylor-Joy, Zoe Saldaña, Mike Myers, Michael Shannon, Timothy Olyphant, Andrea Riseborough, Taylor Swift, Matthias Schoenaerts, Alessandro Nivola, Rami Malek, Robert De Niro
Director
David O. Russell
Producer
Arnon Milchan, Matthew Budman, Anthony Katagas, David O. Russell, Christian Bale

The Resident Season 6

Release Date 21 September 2022
Genre Drama
Cast
Matt Czuzhry, Manish Dayal, Bruce Greenwood, Jane Leeves, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Jessica Lucas, Anuja Joshi, Andrew McCarthy

Welcome to Chippendales

Release Date 23 November 2022
Genre Crime, Drama
Cast
Kumail Nanjiani, Murray Bartlett, Juliette Lewis, Annaleigh Ashford, Quentin Plair, Robin de Jesús, Andrew Rannells, Nicola Peltz Beckham, Dan Stevens
Director
Matt Shakman, Richard Shepard, Nisha Ganatra, Gwyneth Horder-Payton
Producer
Jenni Konner, Robert Siegel, Rajiv Joseph, Dylan Sellers, MAtt Shakman, Nora Silver, Emily V. Gordon, Kumail Nanjiani, Mehar Sethi

Pink Lie

Release Date 5 October 2022
Genre Reality
Director
Kim In-ha
Producer
Park Sang-hyuk

The Santa Clauses

Release Date 16 November 2022
Genre Comedy, Drama, Kids & Family
Cast
Tim Allen, Elizabeth Mitchell, Eric Lloyd, Kal Penn, Matilda Lawler, Austin Kane, Elizabeth Allen-Dick, Rupali Redd, Devin Bright, David Krumholtz, Laura San Giacomo
Director
Jason Winer
Producer
Tim Allen, Richard Baker, Jack Burditt, Kevin Hench, Rick Messina, Jason Winer

Sumo Do, Sumo Don't!

Release Date 26 October 2022
Genre Comedy, Drama, Sport
Cast
Shôno Hayama, Rikka Ihara, Honoka Oka, Ryuta Morikawa
Director
Masayuki Suô
Producer
Shôji Masui

The Mysterious Benedict Society Season 2

Release Date 26 October 2022
Genre Adventure, Kids & Family
Cast
Gia Sandhu, Mystic Inscho, Seth Carr, Emmy DeOliveira, Marta Kessler, Katherine Evans, Tony Hale, Kristen Schaal, Ben Cockell, Lex King, Malak Dabcha, Fred Melamed, Joel de la Fuente, Emerson Min, Sean Thomas Simmons, Jane Carlson, Jim Tavaré, César Gamiño, Tom Beyer, Valentina Garcia, Elise Greene, Roni Geva, Eliza Shin, Nikolina Page, Jonny Siew
Director
Kabir Akhtar, Dawn Wilkinson
Producer
Ellen Marie Blum

Revenge of Others

Release Date 9 November 2022
Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Cast
Sang-woo Chae, Su-bin Chung, Seo Ji-Hoon, Kim Joo-Ryung, Ye-Eun Shin
Director
Kim Yoo-jin

Willow

Release Date 30 November 2022
Genre Fantasy
Cast
Warwick Davis, Ruby Cruz, Erin Kellyman, Ellie Bamber, Tony Revolori, Amer Chadha-Patel, Dempsey Bryk, Joanne Whalley, Christian Slater
Director
Philippa Lowthorpe, Debs Paterson, Stephen Woolfenden, Jamie Childs
Producer
Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Jonathan Kasdan, Kathleen Kennedy, Wendy Mericle, Roopesh Parekh, Michelle Rejwan, Julia Cooperman

Fall

Release Date 9 December 2022
Genre Mystery
Cast
Anjali, Santhosh Prathap, Sastika Rajendran, Poornima Bhagyaraj, Namita Krishnamurthy, S. P. Charan, Sonia Agarwal, Thalaivasal Vijay, Raj Mohan, Yohan
Director
Siddharth Ramaswamy
Producer
Gowtham Selvaraj, Deepak Dhar, S. P. Charan

Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again

Release Date 9 December 2022
Language English
Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy
Cast
Joshua Bassett, Zachary Levi, Jamie Demetriou, Gillian Jacobs, Jack Whitehall, Bowen Yang, Steve Zahn, Thomas Lennon
Director
Matt Danner
Producer
Shawn Levy

The Great North Season 3

Release Date 26 September 2022
Genre Animation, Comedy, Thriller
Cast
Nick Offerman, Jenny Slate, Will Forte, Dulcé Sloan, Paul Rust, Aparna Nancherla, Megan Mullally, Alanis Morissette
Director
Will Strode, Kwang Jin Kim, Se Ki Park, Young-eun Go, Neil Graf, Hyung-Tae Kim, Mario D'Anna Jr., Paul Scarlata, Michael Baylis, Hyung-tae Kim, Tom King
Producer
Wendy Molyneux, Lizzie Molyneux-Logelin, Minty Lewis, Loren Bouchard

National Treasure: Edge of History

Release Date 14 December 2022
Genre Action, Adventure
Cast
Lisette Alexis, Lyndon Smith, Zuri Reed, Jake Austin Walker, Antonio Cipriano, Jordan Rodrigues, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Justin Bartha, Harvey Keitel
Director
Mira Nair
Producer
Jerry Bruckheimer, Cormac Wibberley, Marianne Wibberley, Rick Muirragui, Jon Turteltaub, Jonathan Littman, KristieAnne Reed, Mira Nair

The Banshees of Inisherin

Release Date 14 December 2022
Language English
Genre Comedy, Drama
Cast
Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, Barry Keoghan, Pat Shortt, Jon Kenny, Gary Lydon, Sheila Flitton, David Pearse
Director
Martin McDonagh
Producer
Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin, Martin McDonagh

Govinda Naam Mera

Release Date 16 December 2022
Language Hindi
Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
Cast
Vicky Kaushal, Bhumi Pednekar, Kiara Advani, Deependra Singh, Dayanand Shetty, Sayaji Shinde, Viraj Ghelani
Director
Shashank Khaitan
Producer
Karan Johar, Hiroo Yash Johar, Apoorva Mehta, Shashank Khaitan

Aashiqana Season 2

Release Date 10 October 2022
Genre Crime, Romance, Thriller
Cast
Zayn Ibad Khan, Khushi Dubey, Pankaj Singh, Geeta Tyagi, Maira Mehra, Manohar Teli
Director
Gul Khan
Producer
Gul Khan

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