Whether we are gearing towards the endemic or not, normalcy seems to be returning to Tamil cinema one crowd puller at a time. Besides a number of big movies waiting to hit theater screens this year, there are several star-shouldered films, that have been announced with the intention of releasing this year or in 2023. Below is a list of some such movies and their respective release plans. 

• Beast (Vijay) - April 13, 2022 (Official)
• DON (Sivakarthikeyan) - May 13, 2022 (Official)
• Cobra (Vikram) - May 26, 2022 (Tentative)
• Vikram (Kamal Haasan, Vijay Sethupathi, Fahadh Faasil) - June 3, 2022 (Official)
• Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu (Silambarasan TR) - June 17, 2022
  
• Suriya - Bala Film (Direct OTT Release on Amazon Prime Video) - August, 2022
  
• AK 61 (Ajith Kumar) - Diwali 2022 (October 2022) / Pongal 2023 (January 2023)
  
• Ayalaan (Sivakarthikeyan) - December, 2022
  
• Thalapathy 66 (Vijay) - Pongal 2023 (January 2023)
  
• Vaadivaasal (Suriya) - Pongal 2023 (January 2023)
• Thalaivar 169 (Rajinikanth) - Tamil New Year 2023 (April 2023)
  
• AK 62 (Ajith Kumar) - mid- 2023 (Official)