The upcoming series year 2024 promises a number of highlights and the return of a whole series of exciting shows. Twelve highlights of the next twelve months at a glance.
One of the most popular crime series of the 2010s returns for another season in January. In “True Detective: Night Country” Oscar winner Jodie Foster (61) and Keli Reis (37) take on the main roles of two detectives in the northernmost US state of Alaska. When eight scientists are found gruesomely murdered, the two policewomen begin their investigation in an icy, dark world.
The next season of the acclaimed anthology series starts on January 14, 2024 on the US channel HBO and its streaming service Max, and in Germany a day later on Sky. A trailer gets you in the mood for the captivating crime thriller.
“Masters of the Air” is the title of a new miniseries set during the Second World War. Austin Butler (32), who was nominated for an Oscar for “Elvis”, plays the main role of Major Gale Cleven, who takes on the most dangerous missions with his flying unit in the air battle against the Nazis, from which many of his comrades do not return. The elaborate production of the war series is said to have cost more than $200 million. Steven Spielberg (77) and Tom Hanks (67) produced.
“Masters of the Air” will be released on January 26th on the Apple TV streaming service. A trailer gets you in the mood for the breathtaking aviator series.
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After the end of the parent series “The Walking Dead”, the zombie franchise is currently being continued with several spin-off series based on popular characters. In “The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live” fans can finally experience the long-awaited end to the story of main character and fan favorite Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln, 50). Danai Gurira (45) also stars as the sword-wielding Michonne.
It starts on February 25th on the US channel AMC. In Germany, the show will appear on Magenta TV one day later, on February 26, 2024. There is already a short teaser trailer.
On March 21st, “The 3 Suns”, the new series from “Game of Thrones” creators D.B., will be released on Netflix. Weiss (52) and David Benioff (53). The Trisolaris trilogy by the Chinese sci-fi writer Liu Cixin (60) is adapted. The story is about humanity’s first contact with an extraterrestrial civilization and its consequences. Viewers can also look forward to seeing numerous familiar faces from the epic fantasy series “Game of Thrones”. The GoT stars John Bradley (35), Jonathan Pryce (76) and Liam Cunningham (62) appear in front of the camera.
“The 3 Suns” will be released on Netflix on March 24th. A trailer gives a first impression of the eagerly awaited major series project.
Fans can’t get enough of the romantic costume world of the Netflix series “Bridgerton.” After the backstory of the young Queen Charlotte was told in “Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story” in 2023, Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton, 30) will be looking for a befitting wife in season three of the mother series from May 16th. Fan favorite Phoebe Dynevor (28, plays Daphne Bridgerton) has unfortunately left the production, but is not ruling out a return in the future.
The third “Bridgerton” season will be released in two parts: four episodes start in May, the remaining four episodes on June 13, 2024.
In the summer of 2024, the legendary Targaryen dragons will breathe fire again on HBO (and in Germany on Sky). Then the second season of the “Game of Thrones” prequel series “House of the Dragon” starts. There is currently no precise start date. A first trailer gets you in the mood for the dance of the dragons – and once again promises breathtaking fantasy action based on the stories by star author George R. R. Martin (75).
Amazon’s big fantasy series will also continue throughout 2024. In season two of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,” Middle-earth fans can expect a major battle that will last two whole episodes. Character actor Ciarán Hinds (70), known from “Game of Thrones”, is new. Can the new episodes surpass the quality of the not particularly well-received premiere season?
There is no exact start date or trailer yet.
Amazon’s superhero satire “The Boys” received a spin-off in 2023 with “Generation V”, which was a size smaller than the parent series, but was extremely well received by fans. In 2024, the original “heroes” around Homelander (Antony Starr, 48), A-Train (Jessie T. Usher, 31) and Co. will return. “The Walking Dead” star Jeffrey Dean Morgan (57) is new to the series and can be seen for the first time in the teaser trailer.
A precise start date has not yet been set.
Marvel star Robert Downey Jr. (58) will return to the screens in 2024 with the miniseries “The Sympathizer”. It tells the story of a North Vietnamese spy in the USA in the 1970s, with South Korean cult director Park Chan-wook (“Oldboy”, 60) serving as co-series creator. Park’s extremely idiosyncratic sense of humor is clearly noticeable in the first trailer. Former “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Killing Eve” star Sandra Oh (52) takes on another role.
There is currently no exact start date for the darkly humorous HBO series from the production company A24.
“Star Wars” is breaking new ground in 2024: The streaming series “The Acolyte” is going far back in the official timeline for the first time. The agent and mystery show by “Matryoshka” maker Leslye Headland takes place in the era of the High Republic, long before the Emperor and Darth Vader brought it down. Nevertheless, dark forces are already working in secret to undermine the prevailing, peaceful order in the galaxy. “Squid Game” star Lee Jung-jae (51) takes on one of the main roles in the thriller series.
There is currently no precise start date or trailer.
The Marvel series “Daredevil: Born Again” is also scheduled to appear on the Disney streaming service in 2024. But since filming on the MCU new edition of the legendary Netflix show about the blind lawyer and superhero Matt Murdock/Daredevil (Charlie Cox, 41) has not yet been completed, the start of the series could be postponed until 2025.
