All The Shows Showmax Is Offering To Make October A Delight

October arrived with a quest for more exciting content and Showmax answered the call. If we were to describe the streaming platform’s line-up for this month, it would be original and thrilling.

As always, Showmax delivered on its commitment to delivering original and exciting content across the local and international scenes

Below is a list of some exciting titles on Showmax to keep you entertained this October.

• Diiche | New episodes Thursdays

You know a movie is epic when love turns sour and a love engagement turns into murder.

A-list actress, Diiche, becomes a prime suspect in a high-profile murder investigation over the death of her new fiancé, Nnamdi. She then takes it upon herself and races against the clock to find out who killed her fiancé to exonerate herself.

Directed by the trio of Tolu Ajayi, Fiyin Gambo and Ifeoma Chukwuogo, with James Omokwe as the Producer and Director, the six-part psychological thriller boasts a mixture of genres. It also parades a vibrant mix of emerging and established Nollywood acts, including Efa Iwara, Kalu Ikeagwu, Chinyere Wilfred and AMVCA nominee Gloria Anozie-Young. New episode drops every Thursday.

• Covenant | From 3 October

Covenant, a new telenovela from Africa Magic, tells the tale of three strangers on a perilous journey that will change them in ways they cannot imagine, as they discover truths that unite them, and rock their worlds. Ultimately, it leads them to a vow to make the greatest sacrifice through a covenant

• Itura | From 3 October

A new epic drama series from Africa Magic follows the story of the nascent kingdom of Ibaokuta and its struggle for peace. The beloved king’s desire is for a kingdom based on equality, love, justice, prosperity, and peace, however, a barrage of strange dreams spelling doom for the kingdom plagues him. His search for guidance in the White Calabash of Truth shocks him so much that he suffers a heart attack and with his last breath leaves an instruction completely at odds with the founding agreement of the kingdom.

• Felabration | Stream live from 10 October

The annual festival, created to celebrate the Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, started on September 29, 2022, with an art competition at the Kalakuta Museum. This year, Showmax will be streaming every moment of Lagos’ biggest annual entertainment festival, starting with the concerts. Fans and viewers can catch every minute of the live-action from 10 to 16 October.

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• Billy The Kid S1 | Binge from 24 October

From BAFTA nominee Michael Hirst, the creator of Vikings, comes an epic romantic adventure based on the life of Billy the Kid (Tom Blyth), from his humble Irish roots and his early days as a cowboy and gunslinger in the American frontier to his pivotal role in the Lincoln County War and beyond.

• The Game S1 | Binge from 3 October

A reboot of the multi-award-winning 2006 series, The Game offers a modern-day examination of Black culture through the prism of pro football. Image Award winner Wendy Raquel Robinson and Hosea Chanchez return from the original series, with Adriyan Rae (Chicago Fire’s Gianna Mackey) and Emmy nominee Tim Daly (Madam Secretary, The Practice) co-starring.

MOVIES

• The Lost City | Stream from 24 October

Brilliant but reclusive author Loretta Sage (Oscar winner Sandra Bullock) has spent her career writing about exotic places in her popular romance-adventure novels featuring handsome cover model Alan (People’s Choice winner Channing Tatum), who has dedicated his life to embodying the hero character, Dash.

While on tour promoting her new book with Alan, Loretta is kidnapped by an eccentric billionaire (People’s Choice winner Daniel Radcliffe) who hopes that she can lead him to the treasure of an ancient lost city from her latest story.

Wanting to prove that he can be a hero in real life and not just on the pages of her books, Alan sets off to rescue her. Thrust into an epic jungle adventure, the unlikely pair will need to work together to survive the elements and find the ancient treasure before it’s lost forever.

Radcliffe won Best Villain at the 2022 MTV Movie + TV Awards, where Bullock was up for Best Performance and Best Team, with Tatum and two-time Oscar winner Brad Pitt. Lost City is currently the 17th biggest box office hit of 2022 globally.

• Venom: Let There Be Carnage | 31 October

“A love story written in blood, sweat and the slime of half-eaten brains,” is how Independent (UK) describes Venom: Let There Be Carnage, the seventh-biggest box office hit of 2021.

The sequel to 2018’s Venom sees Eddie Brock (Oscar nominee Tom Hardy from Inception and Mad Max: Fury Road) trying to reignite his career by interviewing serial killer Cletus Kasady (three-time Oscar nominee Woody Harrelson from Zombieland, Natural Born Killers and True Detective), but he and his extra-terrestrial passenger have their claws full when another symbiote, Carnage, makes itself at home in Cletus.

Venom: Let There Be Carnage is directed by the Emmy-nominated and BAFTA-winning king of performance capture, Andy Serkis (better known as King Kong, Gollum in The Lord of the Rings, and Caesar in Planet of the Apes), with an impressive cast that also includes Oscar nominees Michelle Williams (Manchester by the Sea) and Naomie Harris (Skyfall).

“A sequel aimed squarely at fans of the original’s odd couple chemistry, Venom: Let There Be Carnage eagerly embraces the franchise’s sillier side,” says Rotten Tomatoes’ critics’ consensus.

• The Suicide Squad | Stream from 10 October

Our only hope to save the world is a bunch of supervillains – what could go wrong?

Welcome to hell—a.k.a. Belle Reve, the prison with the highest mortality rate in the US of A. Where the worst Super-Villains are kept and where they will do anything to get out—even join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X.

Today’s do-or-die assignment? Assemble a collection of cons, including Bloodsport, Peacemaker, Captain Boomerang, Ratcatcher 2, Savant, King Shark, Blackguard, Javelin and everyone’s favorite psycho, Harley Quinn. Then arm them heavily and drop them (literally) on the remote, enemy-infused island of Corto Maltese. Trekking through a jungle teeming with militant adversaries and guerrilla forces at every turn,

the Squad is on a search-and-destroy mission with only Colonel Rick Flag on the ground to make them behave…and Amanda Waller’s government techies in their ears, tracking their every movement. And as always, one wrong move and they’re dead (whether at the hands of their opponents, a teammate, or Waller herself). If anyone’s laying down bets, the smart money is against them—all of them.

The 25th biggest box office hit of 2021 globally, The Suicide Squad was nominated for four Critics Choice Super Award in 2022: Best Superhero Movie, Best Actor (John Cena as Peacemaker and Idris Elba as Bloodsport) and Best Actress (Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn).

• Malignant | 17 October

In Malignant, Madison (Annabelle Wallis from Peaky Blinders) is paralysed by shocking visions of grisly murders – which she soon realises are real murders happening as she watches.

Directed by James Wan (Saw, The Conjuring, Furious 7), Malignant was up for Best Horror Film at the 2022 Critics Choice Super Awards, as well as Best Villain for Marina Mazepa and Ray Chaseas Gabriel.

Decider hails it as “James Wan’s most deranged and visionary horror flick yet… horrifying, gross, demented and funny as hell.”

KIDS

• Sonic The Hedgehog 2 | 27 October

The world’s favourite blue hedgehog is back for a next-level adventure in Sonic The Hedgehog 2, currently the ninth biggest box office hit of 2022 globally.

After settling in Green Hills, Sonic is eager to prove he has what it takes to be a true hero. His test comes when Dr Robotnik returns, this time with a new partner, Knuckles, in search for an emerald that has the power to destroy civilizations. Sonic teams up with his own sidekick, Tails, and together they embark on a globe-trotting journey to find the emerald before it falls into the wrong hands.

For the first film, Jim Carrey won the 2021 Critics Choice Super Award for Best Villain as Dr. Robotnik. Listen out for Idris Elba joining the cast this time as Knuckles.

• Ronja, The Robber’s Daughter | Binge from 13 October

Narrated by two-time Emmy winner Gillian Anderson (Sex Education, The Crown, The X-Files), Ronja, the Robber’s Daughter is an epic, Emmy-winning animated series from Studio Ghibli (Spirited Away, My Neighbour Totoro), based on the bestselling book by Astrid Lindgren (Pippi Longstocking).  

Ronja is a 10-year-old girl born into a band of robbers. Over the course of 26 episodes, she befriends the son of her father’s rival and explores the beautiful but frightening forest, which is full of strange creatures.

In their four-star review, Common Sense Media recommends Ronja, The Robber’s Daughter for children over the age of seven. Collider calls the show “a masterful, magical exploration of life itself”, praising the central relationship as “amazing to watch, especially for an animated kids’ show. It ranges from childlike curiosity, to immature rivalry, to outright hostility and distrust, to mutual friendship, to young love; every step along the way is masterfully handled and every bit as complicated as real-life relationships”.

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