Zorro, The Penguin, Agatha All Along, Paris Has Fallen and Dans l'ombre will be the big series of the new school year. Here's what you shouldn't miss until the next holidays.
The Fortress – from September 2 on Canal +
To kick off the year 2024/2025, the encrypted channel is releasing this Norwegian series that won an award at Séries Mania: in the near future, the Scandinavian country closes in on itself and decides to live in total autarky, protected by a huge wall. A huge migration crisis proves it right! Climate change is leading hundreds of thousands of refugees from all over the world, even from England, onto the roads, forced to flee their lands drowned under water… A distressing painting, especially because it is drawn with striking realism.
A perfect couple – from September 5 on Netflix
From Big Little Liesshe has become something of a specialist in the genre: the crime mini-series among the rich and powerful. Nicole Kidman find the director here Susanne Bier – with whom she had filmed The Undoing in 2020 – for this Nantucket thriller. A beautiful wedding weekend is turned upside down when a corpse washes up on the beach… Who are the culprits? Appearances can sometimes be deceptive…
Zorro – from September 6 on Paramount +
Jean Dujardin rides a horse in this new adaptation of the famous Californian masked avenger that will surprise more than one. A totally assumed comedy, where the actor brings out hilarious facial expressions OSS 117and which revisits the myth of Don Diego de la Vega with real originality. And an impressive cast.
Agatha All Along – from September 19 on Disney Plus
In the wake of the cardboard Deadpool & WolverineMarvel is putting a coin back in its machine with this new original series. A spin-off of WandaVisionwhich follows a hundreds-year-old Salem witch who frees herself from a spell cast by Wanda Maximoff. Kathryn Hahn is having a blast in this magical adventure, which will have only a very distant connection with the rest of the MCU…
Monsters: The Story of Lyle and Erik Menendez – from September 19 on Netflix
Two years after the terrifying Dahmer and its crazy buzz, Ryan Murphy continues its “true crime” anthology to tell the horrific massacre of the Menendez brothers, convicted in the 1990s of the murder of their parents. The series will describe the murder in question and the sordid trial that followed. With Chloë Sevigny and Javier Bardem in the shoes of the parents in question.
The Penguin – from September 20 on Max
Two and a half years later The Batmanhere we go again Colin Farrell in the costume of Gotham City's battered mobster. Perfectly unrecognizable, he brings Oswald Cobblepot to life and tells the story of his rise through the city's underworld, while Carmine Falcone is no more and the underworld seeks a new leader. DC and HBO sign a bloody mafia thriller, with a very disturbing Cristin Milioti as a bonus.
The House – from September 20 on Apple TV+
Fashion in Paris is war! Lambert Wilson plays the artistic director of a famous brand, Ledu, in search of a new lease of life in a world that has evolved. Faced with the long-standing rival house and the young generation that intends to overturn the codes, Vincent Ledu risks losing everything… If he also has his eye on Successionthis very assertive family drama takes the form of an assertive soap opera, with its low blows, its betrayals and its characters who overdo it.
Paris has fallen – from September 23 on Apple TV+
There was The Fall of the White House, The Fall of London et then The Fall of the President. The film saga returns this time in the form of a series. A French co-production, which takes place in the heart of the Capital, with Tewfik Jallab who brilliantly takes over from Gerard Butler. A fast-paced terrorist thriller that will remind you of a certain 24 Hours Chrono to fans of the genre.
In the Shadows – from the end of September on Apple TV+
Attention, political event in sight! While France is still looking for a Prime Minister, a former one is launching into the TV series. Edouard Philippe and his close advisor Gilles Boyer are adapting their book (published in 2011) which tells the behind the scenes story of a primary. Swann Arlaud embodies a right-wing apparatchik in the service of a moderate candidate held by Melvil Poupaud. A political thriller that is likely to cause a lot of talk…
Disclaimer – from October 11 on Apple TV+
Here we go again Alfonso Cuaron ! Six years later Rome and his Oscar, the Mexican director returns, but on the small screen. He signs this fresco on a famous presenter who built her reputation on the many misdeeds of others that she revealed. One day, she finds in her mailbox an anonymous manuscript telling her whole life, even her biggest secret. With Cate Blanchett.
Worship – from October 18 on Prime Video
The advent of reality TV in France, seen from the inside. This historical series tells the story of the arrival of Loft Story in France, and how the production managed the adventure and the candidates within the house. An autopsy of the era, produced by Alexia Laroche-Joubert and with the formidable Mary Columbus (Laetitia) in Loana.
Children are kings – from October 23 on Disney Plus
This new French series from Disney Plus will adapt Delphine de Vigan with Geraldine Nakache in the shoes of a cop on the trail of a missing girl. The story of a kidnapping following her overexposure on social networks, which denounces the failings of the era of networks. With Doria Tillier in the role of the mother.