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The web series is back with its season two starring Penn Badgley, Elizabeth Lail, Shay Mitchel.
Based on the eponymously-named Caroline Kepnes’s best-selling novel, the show’s story makes the most of current technology. Obsessed with an aspiring writer, a charming bookstore manager goes to extreme measures to insert himself into her life. Using social media as tools to gather the most intimate details and get close to her, a charming and awkward crush quickly becomes obsession as he quietly and strategically removes every obstacle — and person — in his way to reach her.
The series was developed by Sera Gamble and Greg Berlanti, who are also executive producers along with Sarah Schechter, Leslie Morgenstein, Gina Girolamo, Marcos Siega. The series releases on December 26 on Netflix.
Selection day
Based on Aravind Adiga’s eponymously-named novel, Selection Day is a coming-of-age drama about two brothers who are raised by their strict, obsessive father to be star cricket players in India. It’s a moving story about ambition, love, acceptance and finding your own path.
Fourteen-year-old Manju is destined for cricket greatness. There’s only one problem that he hates cricket. Controlled from a young age by his overbearing and cricket-obsessed father, Manju’s main role in life is to support his older brother and fellow cricket star, Radha. When the family moves to Mumbai and the brothers start at a new school, Manju discovers his interests outside of cricket and starts slipping away from Radha and his father’s grasp. More importantly, he becomes friends with Radha’s greatest cricket rival, a boy who defines freedom and confidence — concepts Manju has never experienced himself.
The series, starring Mahesh Manjrekar Ratna Pathak Shah, Rajesh Tailang, newcomers Yash Dholye and Mohammad Samad as brothers Radha and Manju, releases on December 28 on Netflix.
Ellen Degeneres: Relatable
In her first special since 2003, Ellen revisits her road to stardom and details the heartfelt — and hilarious — lessons that she learnt along the way.
During the special, DeGeneres will also address her coming out story, having her sitcom cancelled, and emotional support animals. The Ellen DeGeneres Show host launched her career by performing stand-up comedy in the 1980s. Candid humour, heartfelt stories and a little bit of dancing; in her first stand-up special in 15 years, Ellen DeGeneres is ready to do it all in this stand-up comedy show as well. The show streams on December 18 on Netflix.
The Boys
Based on the comic book The Boys by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, the show takes place in a world where superheroes embrace the darker side of their massive celebrity and fame and revolves around a group of vigilantes known informally as the boys, who set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue-collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty.
The show, starring Erin Moriarty, Karl Urban, Chace Crawford and Antony Starr, is expected to release sometime in 2019 on Amazon Prime Video.