The return of mythical series, with new seasons, ‘spin-off’, sequels and prequels from "game of Thrones" or "The Crown" to "Stranger things", this 2022 adds premieres based on real events -"Pam and Tommy" or "WeCrashed", among them- and, finally, JA Bayona’s version of the very expensive "The lord of the rings".
In addition, there will be many proposals from the Marvel Universe -"Moon Nigth", "Peacemaker", "She, Hulk and "Armor wars", among them- and Star Wars -"Obi-Wan Kenobi", "Ahsoka" or "Andor", waiting to confirm that they can be released in 2022 "Landau" Y "The Acolite"-, and surprises like "Gremlins: Secrets of The Mogawai" or "The last of us", the daring serial recreation of the video game of the same title.
"THE HOUSE OF THE DRAGON": THE ANCESTORS OF DANERYS TARGARYEN
Based on "Fire & Blood" by George RR Martin, "House of dragon" (HBO Max), prequel to "game of Thrones", tells the story of the Targaryens, ancestors of Chief Danerys. The new series, which takes place 200 years before the war for the Iron Throne began, will have the added attraction of recognizing many corners of Cáceres, where much of the series was filmed.
"THE LORD OF THE RINGS" ARRIVES IN SEPTEMBER BY THE HAND OF BAYONA
"The lord of the rings" (Amazon Prime), directed by the Spanish JA Bayona, does not have Sauron, Gandalf or Frodo as protagonists, since this epic series (whose budget exceeds 500 million euros) takes place thousands of years before the events that are narrated in The Hobbit and The Lord of The Rings, in the legendary Second Age of the Middle Earth story of the universe created by JRR Tolkien and begins in a moment of relative peace.
ANNE HATHAWAY AND JARED LETO REVIVE THE SCANDAL OF "WeWORK"
Anne Hathaway and Jared Leto, two of the best-known faces in Hollywood, are the stars of the long-awaited Apple TV series "WeCrased", the title chosen to tell the true story of the financial scandals that surrounded the coworking office company WeWork, the ambitious rise and inevitable fall of one of the world’s most valuable startups.
"PAM AND TOMMY", THE SCANDALOUS LOVE OF PAMELA ANDERSON AND TOMMY LEE
"Pam and Tommy" (Disney +), the series that recreates the scandalous love story between Pamela Anderson, and Tommy Lee, Mötley Crüe’s drummer, who married in 1995 after a 96-hour courtship. The series premieres on February 3, with Lily James and Sebastian Stan, in the main roles.
CHRISTINE BARANSKI IS AUNT AGNES IN "THE GOLDEN AGE"
Created by Julian Fellowes, "The Gilded Age" (HBO Max, Released Jan 24) takes place in the US during the Golden Age, the heyday of the 1880s in New York City; an history about "epoch", with spectacular costumes and sets that features such prominent actresses as Christine Baranski ("The Good Figth") and Cynthia Nixon ("Sex and the city"), turned into aunts Agnes van Rhijn and Ada Brook.
"THE LAST OF US", FROM THE VIDEO GAME TO THE TELE SEVEN YEARS LATER
"The last of us" is the television version of the action-adventure and survival horror video game, devised for the PlayStation 3 in 2013, of the same title, which follows the experiences of Joel and Ellie, a couple of survivors of a pandemic in the United States that causes the mutation of human beings into cannibal creatures, an argument that maintains the series, whose premiere is expected at the end of the 22nd.
THE GREMLINS ARE BACK, WITH THE STORY OF THE FIRST MOGWAI
"GremliNs: Secrets of Mogwai" (HBO Max) is a prequel to the famous "Guilds" (1984), which dates back to 1920’s Shanghai, where a 10-year-old Sam Wing (the old character that appears in the original films), meets the Mogwai Gizmo. There will be 10 episodes of 30 minutes.
… AND OTHER KNOWN OLD MEN: "FRAGGLE ROCK: BACK TO THE ROCK"
Music lovers and fun lovers Jim Henson’s Fraguels are back in a new 13-episode series, "Los Fraguels: the fun continues" (Apple TV) starting January 21st, with Gobo, Musi, Rosi, Dudo, Bombo, traveling Uncle Matt and new fraguel on adventures that speak of the magic of caring for others.
"REBEL" IT IS NOT ‘REMAKE’ OF THE 2004, BUT IT KEEPS THE SPIRIT
"Rebel" (Netflix, January 5), which premieres on January 5, is not a ‘remake’ of the Mexican telenovela of the same title that swept in 2004, adaptation of the Argentine telenovela, "Rebel way", but a renewed version that is modernized with the themes and visual narrative, which has in its cast the Mexican actress Lizeth Selene and the Brazilian Giovanna Grigio.
"THE HOUSE", ANIMATED SERIES OF HORROR WITH A HOUSE AS A STAR
"The House" (Netflix) is an animated series by ‘stopmotion’ that explores the territory of terror based on three stories that come together in a house; that of a 19th century family, that of a real estate developer who, today, meets unexpected guests, and the third, in a post-apocalyptic environment, tells of a landlady doing everything possible to restore this home. It features Helena Bonham Carter, Matthew Goode, Susan Wokoma and Jarvis Cocker in the cast.
NEW SEASONS: MAXIMUM EXPECTATION
"Euphoria", (HBO Max, T2, January 10); "The Bridgertons" (Netflix, T2) Warning: Regé-Jean Page does not come out. "The Crown", (HBO Max T5 -and penultimate-, November 2022) enters the turbulent 90s, with Imelda Staunton as the Queen; "Stranger Things (S4, Netflix Summer 2022, three years after its previous season) or "The killing Eve" (HBO Max, S4, February), with new writer: Laura Neal ("Sex education").
Also, a sequel, "Vikings: Valhalla" (Netflix, February 25), which occurs a century after the end of the original series; and a prequel, "The Witcher: Origin of Blood", which explains the origin of sorcerers, some 1200 years before Henri Cavill was born.
CHOCOLATES FOR STAR WARS LOVERS AT DISNEY +
It was brought forward to December 2021 "Boba fett", but this 2022 is a box of chocolates for Star Wars addicts:
From "Obi-Wan Kenobi", with Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen; "Ahsoka", ‘spin-off’ of "The Mandalorian", with Rosario Dawson herself, or "Andor", prequel to the movie "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, About Its Character, Cassian Andor, A "Landau" (Calrissian) or "The Acolite", which begins in the last days of the era of the High Republic, and is expected by the end of the 22nd (or the beginning of the 23rd).
MARVEL’S UNIVERSE EXPANDS
The first to arrive will be "The peacemaker" (HBO Max, January 13). John Cena, one of the few survivors of "Suicide squad" who now works for the government; Moon Knight (Disney +), with Oscar Isaac; "Ms. Marvel" (Disney +), scheduled for late 22, with Iman Vellani as Kamala Khan / Ms. Marvel; "She, Hulk" (Disney +), with Tatiana Maslany as Jennifer Walters / She-Hulk, and "Ironheart" (Disney +), at the end of 22. "Armor wars" (Disney +) is expected at 23.
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