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Stranger Issues, Mr & Mrs Smith and extra


A brand new yr is upon us and, thus, a complete new slate of TV to get enthusiastic about. Whether or not that’s new seasons of already beloved reveals or recent sequence quickly to go very viral, 2024 already seems jam-packed with stuff that’ll maintain your eyes glued to the display. Listed here are our fave picks to maintain tabs on…

Returning TV reveals in 2024

Home Of The Dragon season two

Launch date: early summer time
The place to observe: Sky/Now
Starring: Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy

The primary season of Recreation Of Thrones prequel Home Of The Dragon had loads to dwell as much as, however it greater than succeeded. Season two seems set to be simply as compelling. “There isn’t a warfare so hateful to the gods as a warfare between kin, and no warfare so bloody as a warfare between dragons,” Emma D’Arcy’s Rhaenyra Targaryen warns within the trailer, hinting at numerous blood about to be spilled.

The Boys season 4

Launch date: TBC
The place to observe: Prime Video
Starring: Jack Quaid, Erin Moriarty, Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Billy The Butcher’s crew of potty-mouthed vigilantes are coming again – and so they’re extra wanted than ever. After the occasions of season three and spin-off sequence Gen V, The Boys’ world is “on the brink”, in line with an official synopsis. Can the workforce cease congresswoman/superpowered murderer Victoria Neuman from making it into The White Home?

The Bear season three

Launch date: TBC
The place to observe: Disney+
Starring: Jeremy Allen White, Ayo Edebiri, Ebon Moss-Bachrach

TV’s tensest present marries two common favourites – meals and big servings of drama – and it’ll whip up one other course of each this yr. Final season ended with opening evening at The Bear, which was successful (cooking-wise) however stirred up a complete lot of chaos amid the employees and their family members that will probably be ripe for unpacking in season three.

The Umbrella Academy season 4

Launch date: TBC
The place to observe: Netflix
Starring: Elliot Web page, Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally

It’s been a protracted anticipate season 4 – almost two years, in reality – however lastly The Umbrella Academy will return for its remaining instalment. Of their final outing, the titular superheroes misplaced their powers and ended up in a unique universe, so anticipate this season to seek out them preventing for survival in new methods.

The Jinx Half Two

Launch date: TBC
The place to observe: Sky/Now
That includes: Robert Durst

Again in 2015, the primary season of docuseries The Jinx gripped true crime followers because it unravelled the long-suspected fact behind the mysterious deaths of these in actual property inheritor Robert Durst’s life. After an unintended confession was caught on digicam, Durst was arrested and sentenced to jail – this six-part sequel will take us contained in the story since, through jail cellphone calls, hidden materials and recent interviews.

Poker Face season two

Launch date: TBC
The place to observe: Peacock/Sky/Now
Starring: Natasha Lyonne, Rhea Pearlman

Knives Out’s Rian Johnson excelled with the primary season of crime drama Poker Face, which discovered Natasha Lyonne’s Charlie Cale getting concerned in a brand new homicide thriller every episode. Season one left off with the on line casino employee on the run once more, however with Rhea Pearlman’s Beatrix Hasp giving her a lethal ultimatum that guarantees to maintain the second season simply as gripping…

Pachinko season two

Launch date: TBC
The place to observe: Apple TV+
Starring: Lee Min-ho, Kim Min-ha, Steve Noh

Based mostly on Min Jin Lee’s guide of the identical identify, Pachinko season one took us contained in the lives of a Korean household residing in Japan throughout the latter nation’s rule over Korea. Though season two will possible keep largely true to the novel, anticipate some new components to be added to maintain this emotional epic enticingly recent.

Squid Recreation season two

Launch date: TBC
The place to observe: Netflix
Starring: Lee Jung-jae, Yim Si-wan, Wi Ha-jun

Within the years since Squid Recreation first captured our imaginations, the present has develop into a cultural drive, spawning actuality TV spin-offs and dominating Halloween costumes. Season two is lastly set to reach this yr and can discover Lee Jung-jae’s victorious Seong Gi-hun able to “do one thing for the world” and Wi Ha-jun’s Hwang Jun-ho on a mission to uncover the secrets and techniques of the Entrance Man – who can be his brother.

Stranger Issues season 5

Launch date: TBC
The place to observe: Netflix
Starring: Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Maya Hawke

It’s almost time for one final terrifying face-off towards the creatures of the Upside Down as the teenagers of Hawkins, Indiana, attempt to convey down season 4’s creepy new baddie Vecna as soon as and for all. Anticipate long-held inquiries to be answered and legions of scary monsters as Stranger Issues returns yet another time – hopefully in 2024, though final yr’s Hollywood strikes might see it pushed to 2025.

New TV reveals in 2024

Mr & Mrs Smith

Launch date: February 2
The place to observe: Prime Video
Starring: Donald Glover, Maya Erskine

Neglect Brangelina, there’s a brand new Mr and Mrs Smith on the town – Donald Glover and PEN15’s Maya Erskine. Based mostly on the basic Pitt-Jolie movie of 2005, this new TV adaptation follows the titular couple as they enter a brand new lifetime of espionage and all of the high-stakes thrills and hilarious slip-ups that brings with it.

One Day

Launch date: February 8
The place to observe: Netflix
Starring: Leo Woodall, Ambika Mod

The 2011 movie adaptation of David Nicholls’ One Day was filled with coronary heart – and numerous heart-wrenching drama. Get your tissues prepared for this small display model, which follows Dexter and Emma from the yr of their commencement over 20 years, assembly them on the identical day annually.

Avatar: The Final Airbender

Launch date: February 22
The place to observe: Netflix
Starring: Gordon Cormier, Daniel Dae Kim

This live-action adaptation will convey animated sequence The Final Airbender to vivid life because it follows younger Avatar Aang on his quest to grasp the 4 components. It’s important that he does so – the 4 nations have been torn aside and are in determined want of a brand new hero to convey them again collectively.

Agatha: Darkhold Diaries

Launch date: autumn 2024
The place to observe: Disney+
Starring: Kathryn Hahn, Emma Caulfield, Patti LuPone

Agatha Harkness was one of many highlights of Disney’s Wandavision sequence and, now, she’s getting her personal spin-off. Particulars of what to anticipate from the brand new present are nonetheless scarce, however the studio have promised it’s going to give followers extra perception into the character and her historical past.

Dune: Prophecy

Launch date: autumn 2024
The place to observe: Max (UK broadcast TBC)
Starring: Emily Watson, Olivia Williams, Chris Mason

Throw your self again into the Dune universe with this new instalment within the franchise, set 10,000 years earlier than the occasions of Frank Herbert’s authentic novel. The sequence explores the Bene Gesserit sisterhood and their coaching to accumulate superpowers, setting the stage for some epic sci-fi visuals and storytelling.

Large Temper

Launch date: TBC
The place to observe: Channel 4
Starring: Nicola Coughlan, Lydia West

Large Temper presents a narrative of feminine friendship with a distinction – one which celebrates its resilience and luxury, however highlights a era’s wrestle with psychological well being points. Maggie (Nicola Coughlan) and Eddie (Lydia West) have been mates for a decade and have survived many an up and down in that point, however Maggie’s bipolar dysfunction presents them with a brand new problem to their bond.

The Sympathizer

Launch date: TBC
The place to observe: Max (UK broadcast TBC)
Starring: Sandra Oh, Robert Downey Jr, Hoa Xuande

Acclaimed South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook groups up with Canadian filmmaker Don McKellar on The Sympathizer, a historic black comedy sequence set throughout the Vietnam Warfare. Hoa Xuande will play the Captain, a North Vietnamese spy torn between his loyalty to the Viet Cong and the South Vietnamese refugees he finds a brand new house with.

Woman In The Lake

Launch date: TBC
The place to observe: Apple TV+
Starring: Natalie Portman, Moses Ingram, David Corenswet

Natalie Portman leads this upcoming Apple TV+ thriller, taking part in a housewife who provides up her comfy home and marriage to develop into an investigative journalist in Baltimore within the Nineteen Sixties. Her motive? To report on – and remedy – the story behind two mysterious murders.

The Ladies On The Bus

Launch date: TBC
The place to observe: Max (UK broadcast TBC)
Starring: Melissa Benoist, Natasha Benham, Carla Gugino

Based mostly on Amy Chozick’s memoir Chasing Hilary, The Ladies On The Bus follows 4 feminine journalists on the marketing campaign path in an election yr within the US. Whereas there’s loads of political drama set to unfold, the sequence will even dish up classes in love and friendship too.

The Penguin

Launch date: TBC
The place to observe: Max (UK broadcast TBC)
Starring: Colin Farrell, Cristin Milioti, Scott Cohen

Colin Farrell performs the titular function on this The Batman spin-off that can take us into Gotham Metropolis’s legal underworld and into the story of crime lord The Penguin. Whereas there needs to be loads of unhealthy behaviour on display, Farrell has additionally promised a take a look at the “heartbroken man inside” The Penguin.

The Acolyte

Launch date: TBC
The place to observe: Disney+
Starring: Amandla Stenberg, Lee Jung-jae, Jodie Turner-Smith

Disney’s newest addition to the Star Wars universe comes within the type of The Acolyte, an eight-episode sequence set on the finish of the Excessive Republic period – and roughly 100 years ahed of the occasions in The Phantom Menace. Tune in to observe former padawan Amandla Stenberg becoming a member of forces with Jedi Grasp Lee Jung-jae to research a sequence of crimes.

*All launch dates and platforms are UK until in any other case acknowledged



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