The Lord of the Rings Show, Loki and the Return of Gossip Girl: The Most Anticipated TV Series of 2021
'09.01.2021'
Source: Newspaper.ru
Champagne is drunk, salads are finished - it's time to draw up a schedule for the next year. Film critic Gazety.Ru Pavel Voronkov has prepared a list of 36 new TV series that we expect in 2021. Among them are shows based on "The Lord of the Rings", the adaptation of "Founding" by Isaac Asimov and "The Sandman" by Neil Gaiman, several Marvel projects at once and a series about Boba Fett from "Star Wars". There will be a return of "Dexter", "Gossip Girl", and much more - the year promises to be eventful.
Note. Some projects may come out later than the specified dates (or not at all in 2021) - due to the difficulties and restrictions that the coronavirus imposes on production. But we hope for the best.
WandaVision, Disney +
Release date: January 15, 2021
The first project from the fourth phase of the MCU (now most likely a media universe) Marvel. The show will tell about the family life of the Scarlet Witch and Vision (they are again played by Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany), who suspect that they are in a different reality.
"Topi", "KinoPoisk HD"
Release date: January 28, 2021
A mystical thriller based on the original script by Dmitry Glukhovsky. Five young Muscovites and women from Moscow travel to the half-abandoned village of Topi to find answers to their questions.
Clarice, CBS
Release date: February 12, 2021
A year after the events of Silence of the Lambs, FBI agent Clarissa Young returns to work on capturing serial killers. Starring Rebecca Breeds, who played in Pretty Little Liars and The Originals.
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Disney +
Release date: March 19, 2021
Another series from the fourth phase of the MCU, which takes place after the movie "Avengers: Endgame". Falcon (already in the status of the new Captain America) and the Winter Soldier fight a dangerous anarchist group.
"Spoiler", "KinoPoisk HD"
Release date: March 2021
A series about regional elections in Russia: according to the plot, in order to ensure the victory of the current governor, a spoiler candidate is introduced into the game, who must win over some of the opposition votes. In a country where the head of a settlement can be an ordinary cleaning lady, who is the only alternative to United Russia, such a strategy can give the most unexpected result.
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Halo, Showtime
Release date: first quarter of 2021
A screen adaptation of the famous cyberfirst-person shooter series. The action takes place in the XXVI century, clouded by the conflict between the United Nations Space Command and the Covenant - an alliance of alien races. The main character, nicknamed the Master Chief, is played by Pablo Schreiber ("The Wire", "Orange is the New Black"). The show also features Natasha McElhone from the Californication series.
"Shadow and Bone" (Netflix)
Release date: April 2021
The show is based on the fantasy cycle of an American woman, Lee Bardugo, who was inspired by the history and aesthetics of the Russian Empire (the writer calls her style "Tsarpunk"). The series will tell the story of a soldier girl Alina Starkova from a country divided in two by a canyon of eternal darkness, where bloodthirsty monsters live. The heroine discovers in herself a magical power, thanks to which the magical world has a chance to become whole again.
Loki, Disney +
Release date: May 2021
Perhaps the most intriguing project from the Marvel television lineup is the miniseries about the trickster god Loki (Tom Hiddleston), who managed to take possession of the Tesseract during the events of Endgame and escape. Now he uses the space cube to travel through time and change the course of history. The hero will be confronted by a member of the Office of Temporary Change Mobius M. performed by Owen Wilson.
"Vampires of the Middle Lane", Start
Release date: Spring 2021
Comedy fantasy about a family of vampires from Smolensk. They live in secrecy and do not kill people, but after bloodless corpses are found in the forest outside the city, the peaceful existence of ghouls is threatened. Yuri Stoyanov starred as the head of the vampire clan. The cast also includes Tatyana Dogileva, Gleb Kalyuzhny, Dmitry Lysenkov.
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"Pishcheblok", "KinoPoisk HD"
Release date: June 2021
Another show about vampires, but in the horror genre - and in the scenery of the Soviet pioneer camp. The film adaptation of the novel by Alexei Ivanov ("Geographer Drank the Globe") is being done by horror maker Svyatoslav Podgaevsky ("Mermaid. Lake of the Dead", "Yaga. Nightmare of the Dark Forest").
Dexter, Showtime
Release date: autumn 2021
The revival of a hit thriller about a forensic scientist and part-time maniac hunting other killers. Returning to the project will be Michael S. Hall, who played Dexter for eight seasons of the original show, and producer Clyde Phillips, who worked on the first four issues.
The Book of Boba Fett, Disney +
Release date: December 2021
The first spin-off of The Mandalorian will focus on former bounty hunter Boba Fett, who regained his father's armor, helped Dean Jarin save the Child, and then left his new comrades and returned to Tatooine to take over Jabba's palace.
Hawkeye, Disney +
Release date: end of 2021
A few years after the events of "Final" Clint Barton trains his ward Hayley Steinfield to pass her the title of Hawkeye. The show will go into more detail about the period when Barton wore the guise of Ronin, in the form of which he appeared in the last "Avengers". Together with actor Jeremy Renner, Hayley Steinfeld, Vera Farmiga and Florence Pugh (the latter will play Elena Belova, Natasha Romanova's sister) are involved in the project.
Ms. Marvel, Disney +
Release date: end of 2021
Another Marvel series, but this time about a new heroine - a 16-year-old girl of Pakistani-American descent, who can deform her body. It is already known that Miss Marvel, played by Iman Vellani, will also appear in the sequel to Captain Marvel, announced for 2022.
The Lord of the Rings, Amazon Prime Video
Release date: 2021
Perhaps the most anticipated series of 2021 is Amazon's Lord of the Rings, after which it will be finally clear whether a new Game of Thrones is possible in principle. The show will take place thousands of years before the events of the John R.R.Tolkien trilogy, during the Second Age of Middle-earth. Absolutely nothing is known about the plot and the heroes, except that the young Galadriel will appear in the project.
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Daisy Jones & The Six, Amazon Prime Video
Release date: 2021
The journey of a fictional (but Fleetwood Mac-inspired) rock band from 1970s Los Angeles - from success on the local stage to the status of world legends and heavy breakup. Starring Riley Keough.
"Detective Syndrome", Channel One
Release date: 2021
Roman Volobuev's project (“The Last Minister”), shown at the Pilot festival in the fall of 2019 (and, as usual with Channel One, very slowly approaching airing), will tell about a young man who works as a courier in the structure of a criminal boss. The hero finds himself in an unenviable position when his boss's money bag is stolen from him.
"Jetlag", more.tv
Release date: 2021
The series of Mikhail and Lily Idov, scriptwriters of "Leta" by Kirill Serebrennikov and "Germany-89". In the center of the plot are Zhenya and Nikita. A young couple breaks up after an argument at the airport. The heroes find themselves in different parts of the world: Zhenya finds himself on the Berlin set of the film of the brilliant director and becomes his creative partner, and Nikita finds himself in Thailand, where he is convinced of his desire to be with Zhenya.
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"An hour before dawn", more.tv / NTV
Release date: 2021
A costume thriller with Konstantin Khabensky and Andrei Burkovsky, which should become either a domestic version of "Peaky Blinders", or a remake of the series "The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed". According to the plot, in 1946, a young lieutenant who recently returned from the front enters the police service and becomes a ward of Major Shumeiko, nicknamed Satan. Together they will have to catch a gang of criminals operating in the city.
Lisey's Story, Apple TV +
Release date: 2021
A screen adaptation of Stephen King's novel about the widow of a famous writer who is trying to cope with the death of her husband (otherworldly interference also takes place). The team we never knew we were dreaming of: Producer - JJ Abrams, Director - Pablo Larrain, starring Julianne Moore, Clive Owen, Joan Allen.
Mare of Easttown HBO
Release date: 2021
A police officer from a small town in Pennsylvania is investigating a brutal murder, and in parallel solves personal problems. The detective is played by Kate Winslet, with Julianne Nicholson ("Boardwalk Empire", "Outsider") and Evan Peters ("American Horror Story").
Cowboy Bebop, Netflix
Release date: 2021
A game remake of the great anime - one of the main representatives of the space western genre. The plot revolves around the inhabitants of the interstellar ship "Bebop", who in 2071 hunt for heads. The project stars Mustafa Shakir (Luke Cage), John Cho (American Pie, Harold & Kumar) and Danielle Pineda (The Vampire Diaries).
The Wheel of Time, Amazon Prime Video
Release date: 2021
A screen adaptation of the fantasy series by American Robert Jordan about the sorceress Moiraine Damodred and her teenage charges, who together oppose the forces of darkness, seeking to destroy all living things. The role of Lady Moiraine went to Rosamund Pike, she is also among the producers of the project.
"Breaking" (Dopesick), Hulu
Release date: 2021
A mini-series based on nonfiction about the wave of opioid addiction that swept the United States. In the story, Samuel Finnix, a compassionate school doctor, learns of a conspiracy of pharmaceutical companies seeking to cash in on opiate painkillers. The cast includes Michael Keaton, Peter Sarsgaard and Rosario Dawson and is directed by Barry Levinson.
"Zero", "KinoPoisk HD"
Release date: 2021
The series by Yuri Bykov is about an investigator who is released from prison after an eight-year sentence for corruption. To start a new life, he concludes an agreement with a former cellmate and for a large sum agrees to find the killers of his son, who died 20 years ago.
Foundation, Apple TV +
Release date: 2021
An adaptation of the cycle of Isaac Asimov, which takes place in the Galactic Empire of the future. The main character is mathematician Gary Seldon, according to whose calculations the empire will collapse, after which the world will plunge into a dark era for 30 thousand years. To prevent the worst-case scenario, Seldon creates the Foundation organization, whose members will have to save and then revive the civilization. Because of this, the hero falls out of favor with the current emperor. Seldon will be played by Jared Harris (Mad Men, Chernobyl), while Lee Pace (The Hobbit, Guardians of the Galaxy) will play the Emperor.
The Sandman (Netflix)
Release date: 2021
The long-awaited adaptation of Neil Gaiman's cult comic strip. According to the plot, the Dream, aka Morpheus and the same Sandman - one of the seven Eternals, is released after more than a hundred years of imprisonment and undertakes to restore order in his kingdom.
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"The Underground Railroad", Amazon Prime Video
Release date: 2021
An alternate story from Moonlight director Barry Jenkins. The action takes place in the first half of the XNUMXth century, before the start of the American Civil War. The plot revolves around Cora, a black slave who escapes a cotton plantation in Georgia. The path to freedom lies through the Underground Railroad - in reality that was the name of the secret system for transporting African Americans from South to North, but in the universe of the series these are real rails passing underground. The main character will be played by the South African actress Tuso Mbedu, for whom the show will become a Hollywood debut, and the role of the main antagonist - the hunter for the runaway slaves of Ridgway - will be played by Joel Edgerton ("The Great Gatsby").
The Gilded Age HBO
Release date: 2021
The delights of New York in the 1880s (after the Civil War, America experienced economic and demographic growth) as interpreted by Julian Fellows, author of Downton Abbey. Young Marian Brook, the recently orphaned daughter of a Confederate general, comes to the Big Apple to visit her aunts and begins to settle in the local high society. Starring Meryl Streep's daughter Louise Jacobson, the show also features Christine Baranski, Cynthia Nixon and Taissa Farmiga (American Horror Story).
Midnight Mass (Netflix)
Release date: 2021
New horror film by Mike Flanagan, who directed the hit miniseries Haunting of Hill House and Haunting of Bly Manor for Netflix. Midnight Mass tells the story of a community living on an isolated island whose members experience frightening supernatural phenomena when a young priest arrives.
The North Water, BBC Two
Release date: 2021
A screen adaptation of the novel by Ian McGwire about a former military surgeon who is signing up for a whaler expedition to northern waters. The other crew member is a harpooner and a brutal killer whose presence puts the lives of the rest of the people on the ship at risk. Starring Skins star Jack O'Connell, Colin Farrell and Stephen Graham.
Gossip Girl HBO Max
Release date: 2021
Reveal of the hit teenage drama about New York's golden youth, whose everyday life is actively commented on by the author (or author?) Of the anonymous blog "Gossip Girl". The show will tell the story of a new generation of teenagers who are facing the same bone washing, only adapted to the substantially evolved social media.
Station 11, HBO Max
Release date: 2021
A screen adaptation of the Canadian science fiction novel Emily St. John Mandel, describing the consequences of a pandemic of a virus that killed the vast majority of humanity. The plot centers on a theater troupe seeking refuge in cities near the Great Lakes. Among the cast members are Mackenzie Davis and Himesh Patel.
The Old Man, FX / Hulu
Release date: 2021
Jeff Bridges portrays a long-retired former intelligence officer who is forced to return to duty after being assassinated. Amy Brenneman and John Lithgow will play in the thriller based on the bestselling novel by Thomas Perry.
Scenes from a Marriage (HBO)
Release date: 2021
A remake of the famous TV series Ingmar Bergman, who dissects the institution of marriage. Jessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac will act out scenes from married life instead of Liv Ullman and Erland Jozefson. The project is led by one of the creators of "The Lovers" Hagai Levy.
"Happy End", more.tv
Release date: 2021
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