It’s a new Star Trek show with Patrick Stewart returning as Jean-Luc Picard. What else is there to say.
Starring: Patrick Stewart.
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The Umbrella Academy(Netflix)
Adapted from the popular comic series, The Umbrella Academy is about an estranged adopted family of superheroes who come back together after their father’s death.
Starring: Ellen Page, Tom Hopper, Robert Sheehan, Emmy Raver-Lampman, David Castañeda, Aidan Gallagher, and Mary J. Blige.
3) His Dark Materials (BBC)
A new take on Philip Pullman’s classic trilogy about Lyra, an orphan living in an alternative version of our world who sets off an adventure to save her best friend. It’s really a lot more complicated than that, but I don’t want to give too much away fro those who haven’t read the books.
Starring: Dafne Keene, Lin-Manuel Miranda, James McAvoy, Ruth Wilson.
4) Star Wars: The Mandalorian (Disney+)
The long awaited first live-action Star Wars TV show. Not much is known about
The Mandalorian
so far except that it will be some sort of western hybrid set in the time between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens.
Starring: Pedro Pascal, Gina Carano, Nick Nolte, Giancarlo Esposito, Emily Swallow, Carl Weathers, Omid Abtahi, and Werner Herzog.
5) Deadly Class (Syfy)
Another comic book adaption, this one is about students enrolled at the secret King’s Dominion Atelier of the Deadly Arts, where they train to become the next generation of top assassins for global crime families.
Starring: Lana Condor, Benedict Wong,and Benjamin Wadsworth.
6) Carmen Sandiego (Netflix)
The fourth TV series, and second animated one after, based on the popular games series. Netflix has also ordered a live action movie with Rodriguez playing Carmen.
Starring: Gina Rodriguez and Finn Wolfhard.
7) The Dark Crystal: Age Of Resistance (Netflix)
A prequel to the Jim Henson classic 1982 fantasy film, this series will follow three Gelflings as they discover the secret behind the Skeksis’ power, and undertake a quest to start a rebellion and save the world.
Starring: Taron Egerton, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nathalie Emmanuel, Mark Hamill, Simon Pegg, Helen Bonham Carter, Alicia Vikander, and Natalie Dormer.
8) Good Omens (Amazon)
Neil Gaiman adapts the frankly brilliant book he co-wrote with the late, great Terry Pratchett about a demon named Crowley (Tennant) and the angel named Aziraphale (Sheen), who try to prevent the coming of the Antichrist and the final battle between Heaven and Hell because they really like living on Earth too much.
Starring: David Tennant, Michael Sheen, and Jon Hamm.
9) Watchmen (HBO)
A new story based upon Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ seminal comic book, but not a direct adaptation.
Starring: Regina King, Don Johnson, Jeremy Irons, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II