Spies, dragons and superstars: the most anticipated series of the year named

According to the sad experience of last year, a clear schedule of serial premieres could easily be destroyed by a strike of writers and actors. However, the precarious peace established after negotiations between dissatisfied creators and industry representatives allows us to look into the coming year with optimism. And fans of the series will most likely not be bored. MK has selected the most anticipated premieres.

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The thriller from director Alfonso Cuaron (“Gravity,” “Children of Men”) is one of the very promising series of the coming year. In addition, on the set of the famous director were Cate Blanchett, Sacha Baron Cohen and other stars who evoke associations with big cinema, and not with TV series. Cate Blanchett’s character is a journalist who finds a novel in her bedroom with a plot very reminiscent of her life. And the personality of the heroine of the novel seems to be copied from her. The events described in the book can only be explained by one person, but he died. Thus, the life of a journalist turns into a paranoid quest, and here Cuaron is clearly on his territory. It is noteworthy that in this case the director not only oversees the process, as is usually the case with big stars, but is the author of the script and director of all episodes.

Sympathetic

A spy comedy is not the most obvious genre for the director who once directed Oldboy, but Park Chan-wook got Robert Downey Jr., who is good with comedies, in his project. The public is offered an immersion into the fifties with a sauce of satire and espionage. The main character of the series, after serving in the army of South Vietnam, flees to the States and turns into an undercover agent. Working for the Vietnamese communists in a country where a witch hunt is unfolding is almost reckless, but the former officer is clearly not a timid man. On the side of the resident is the hero of Robert Downey Jr., who helps the deported Vietnamese master the science of espionage. The series is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Viet Thanh Nguyen, who received a Pulitzer Prize for his book.

Mr. and Mrs. Smith

The 2005 film of the same name has become something of a legend also because during its filming, a romance began between Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, who played agents from different spy firms, which made the tabloids rich. In the serial version of the romantic action film, the main characters played by Donald Glover and Maya Erskine are not a married couple, as in the film. In addition, they work in the same agency, and by order of management they enter into a fictitious marriage in order to more efficiently complete tasks. As one might expect, collegial relationships gradually develop into romantic ones, and love is a great enemy to work interests. Almost two decades later, important social accents have been introduced into the plot: instead of Jolie and Pitt, the main characters are now black and Asian. However, the dynamics and tricks are still at their best, as is the performance of the new tandem.

House of the Dragon (season two)

The first season of the Game of Thrones spin-off became the reason for a heated discussion among all those who are not indifferent to fantasy on a global scale. The series was both criticized and praised, but fans surprisingly agreed with critics that there was too much talk in “House of the Dragon.” The creators of the series also do not deny this and explain their meticulous story about new heroes by the need to explain who is who, what they want and what claims they have against their opponents. After everything became more or less clear, the scriptwriters had every right to unleash a sea of ​​fire and liters of blood. Which, according to the main co-creator of the series, Ryan Condal, was done in the second season. The war between the “blacks” and “greens” will reach a new level, other houses of Westeros will join the confrontation, and there will be more dragons. The British origins of the series helped the creators get past the Hollywood strike, so filming went according to plan.

Fallout

TV series based on games raise some concerns because they will only be understandable to fans of computer battles. However, the incredible success of The Last of Us showed just how promising good adaptations can be. The creators of the Fallout series are very serious. They claim that the series will retain the settings of the apocalypse, but the story itself will be new, and you don’t need to be a fan of the game to easily understand it. The series takes place two hundred years after a global catastrophe. Those who hide in underground shelters feel quite well, but they have to leave their comfortable homes and see the surface of the planet. And everything there is much worse than one could imagine.

Avatar: The Legend of Aang

The popular animated series is turning into a live-action series, and this is probably good news for those who followed Aang’s drawn adventures. From episode to episode, the young air lord became more mature and stronger, constantly making efforts to save the world. The transition to a feature film format is not an easy process, especially since the writers of the original series, Michael Dante Dimartino and Bryan Konietzko, left the project after Netflix officials began dictating their terms. But this does not negate the great potential of the project. At least the trailer for the series does not disappoint, to put it mildly.

Acolyte

The Star Wars universe is growing by leaps and bounds. The excitement around the recent series “Ahsoka” clearly encourages further development of the serial direction under the auspices of the cult franchise. “The Acolyte” will take Star Wars fans and sci-fi fans a hundred years before the events of “The Phantom Menace,” during the dawn of the High Republic. A series of murders takes place and many see the Sith as the main villains here. A young Jedi begins an investigation with her former teacher. The showrunner of the new series, Leslye Hadland, noted in an interview that she wants to show the beginning of the degradation of the Jedi corrupted by power and the rise of the Sith. Fans of George Lucas’ films need not worry. “Acolyte” would rather continue the ideas of the creator of “Star Wars” than go away from them.

Boy Swallows the Universe

One of the first premieres of the year (the series comes out on January 11) and one of the most promising projects in the coming-of-age drama genre. The Boy Swallows the Universe is based on the novel of the same name by Trent Dalton and is a book that can be recommended to everyone. The main character, twelve-year-old Eli, grows up in a not very prosperous family. His mother is a drug addict, his stepfather is a master at attracting trouble, his nanny is deep in crime, Eli’s only friends are his older mute brother and a guy who just got out of prison. However, even in such settings, as it turns out, there are children who believe that life has meaning, and that they can escape from the environment of drug dealers. There are no big stars in the series, but there are overflowing emotions, a sea of ​​dark humor and a very energetic plot. Young Felix Cameron (no relation to the famous director), who played the main role, is already beginning to receive well-deserved compliments.

Three body problem

The novels of Liu Cixin are objects of close attention for the creators of science fiction series. “Remembrance of Earth’s Past” became the basis for a Chinese TV series last year, and an American version will be released this spring. And this time real heavyweights enter the arena. The main creators of The Three Body Problem were Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, who plunged into the apocalypse. Humanity is about to encounter an extraterrestrial civilization, the accepted model of the universe is bursting at the seams, and a virtual toy suddenly turns out to be something like a portal to another world. Many people probably feel a sense of anxiety about everything that is happening on the planet lately, but the authors of the series clearly want to add fuel to the fire.

Mode

Famous British director Stephen Frears (“The Queen”), producer and screenwriter of the acclaimed series “Descendants” Will Tracy and Oscar-winner Kate Winslet plunge into political satire. Winslet plays a dictator whose authoritarian regime (set in a fictional Eastern European country) is in apparent crisis. The guarantors of democracy are conducting polite negotiations with the narcissistic queen in an attempt to snag their own benefits, propaganda is doing its dirty work, the authorities and the media are playing cat and mouse. Probably all this can be seen in real time on the news. But there are mediocre actors and the direction is much worse.