The year begins with Thomas Vinterberg and will end with Jean-Xavier de Lestrade or Michelle Yeoh. And between the two, we will follow Michael Fassbender, Robert de Niro, Alain Chabat, Charlie Cox and many others. Our selection (by release dates).
FAMILIES LIKE BEAR
Date : January 6 on Canal +
With : Amaryllis April August, Albert Rudbeck Lindhardt, Nikolaj Lie Kaas.
For what ? The director of DrunkThomas Vinterberg, chronicles the climate crisis in this dystopian family drama where Denmark, threatened by rising waters, must evacuate forever. But where will the millions of citizens, forced to take refuge in Europe, go?
AT THE DAWN OF AMERICA
Date : January 9 on Netflix
With : Taylor Kitsch, Betty Gilpin, Dane DeHaan, Jai Courtney.
For what ? The screenwriter of Revenant by Alejandro G. Iñárritu returns to the great American West. Mark L. Smith signs a dark and gripping mini-series, stylishly directed by Peter Berg (Friday Night Lights) exploring the multiple dangers of the conquest of the Far West, in the heart of the 1850s.
THE PITT
Date : January 10 on Max
With : Noah Wyle.
For what ? The producer ofEMERGENCIESJohn Wells, therefore finds Doctor Carter. Noah Wyle puts on a white coat for this real-time medical series, which follows for 15 hours (15 episodes) the lives of doctors in the emergency department of a hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A modern drama which chronicles the reality of the profession, through the prism of interns who will experience a tumultuous first day.
PARADISE
Date : January 28 on Disney Plus
With : Sterling K. Brown, James Marsden, Julianne Nicholson.
For what ? The creator of This Is Us, Dan Fogelman, imagine this political thriller”in a peaceful community inhabited by some of the most high-profile personalities on the planet. But their peace is shattered when a shocking murder is committed and a high-stakes investigation begins..”
THE AGENCY
Date : start of the year on Canal +
With : Michael Fassbender, Richard Gere, Jeffrey Wright.
For what ? The US remake of Legends Office will take place across the Channel, in the London office. It will tell essentially the same story, that of an agent who spent years undercover in the Middle East and who fell in love there. His return to the West will be very complicated.
DEXTER: ORIGINAL SIN
Date : start of the year on Canal +
With : Patrick Gibson, Christian Slater, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Patrick Dempsey.
For what ? How did he become a serial killer? These are the origins of Dexter Morgan, a young Miami police scientist, supervised by his adoptive father, Harry, who is determined to teach him the famous “code”.
ASTERIX & OBELIX: THE BATTLE OF THE LEADERS
Date : start of the year on Netflix
With (vocal): Alain Chabat, Gilles Lellouche, Anaïs Demoustier, Laurent Lafitte, Thierry Lhermitte, Jérôme Commandeur.
For what ? 20 years ago, Alain Chabat was a hit with his Mission: Cleopatra. Return to the land of the Gauls with this animated series based on the comic strip Le Combat des chefs. “The druid Panoramix descends into madness and loses his memory after Obélix accidentally throws a menhir on his head… While the druid has forgotten the recipe for the magic potion, the Romans take advantage of this to organize a “battle of the chiefs”: Abraracourcix is challenged by Aplusbégalix, chief of a Gallo-Roman village.“
NISMET
Date : start of the year on Arte
With : Emma Boulanouar.
For what ? Crowned best fiction at the last La Rochelle festival, Philippe Faucon's drama is inspired by a true story told to him by one of his actresses on set. “A 16-year-old high school student, Nismet lives in a small town in the Marseille region, between a depressed mother and a tyrannical and violent stepfather. While the latter tries to sexually assault her and faced with the passivity of her mother, the young girl runs away… From home to home, and faced with the tragedy that will soon affect her family, she will have to find the path to emancipation and gain independence.”
ZERO DAY
Date : February 20 on Netflix
With : Robert De Niro, Angela Bassett, Lizzy Caplan, Jesse Plemons, Matthew Modine.
For what ? De Niro is moving to the small screen and inevitably, it piques our curiosity. In this six-episode miniseries, he plays respected former U.S. President George Mullen and the head of the Zero Day Commission, tasked with tracking down the perpetrators of a devastating cyberattack that caused chaos across the country and thousands of deaths.
DAREDEVIL BORN AGAIN
Date : March 5 on Disney +
With : Charlie Cox, Vincent d'Onofrio, Jon Bernthal, Deborah Ann Woll.
For what ? After a lot of trouble, the new version of The Devil of Hell's Kitchen will in fact be the sequel, on Disney +, to the series stopped on Netflix. We will find all the characters, while Matt Murdock will face the terrible Wilson Fisk on the verge of taking control of New York.
THE STUDIO
Date : March 26 on Apple TV+
With : Seth Rogen, Catherine O'Hara, Kathryn Hahn.
For what ? Martin Scorsese as a guest star in his own role… who could say better? The new creation by the duo Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg promises to be once again delightful: a comedy in the mysteries of Hollywood power. The story of a new studio head who will come up against the reality of the profession and show business in Los Angeles.
YOUR FRIENDS & NEIGHBORS
Date : April 11 on Apple TV+
With : Jon Hamm, Amanda Peet.
For what ? A drama from Jonathan Tropper that follows Coop, a recently divorced and fired hedge fund manager who begins stealing from his neighbors' homes in wealthy Westmont Village, only to discover that the secrets and deals hidden behind those facades might be more dangerous than he ever imagined. Intriguing right?
A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS
Date : first half of 2025 on Max
With : Peter Claffey, Dexter Sol Ansell, Finn Bennett.
For what ? The next spin-off series Game of Thrones will take us 70 years later House of the Dragonand therefore for a few more years the revolution of Robert Baratheon. While the Targaryens are still on the Iron Throne, Dunk and Egg lead adventures across the 7 Kingdoms. It is actually a huge Knight, Duncan the Great, and his squire Aegon Targaryen. Two characters adored by George RR Martin fans.
ALIEN: EARTH
Date : first half on Disney +
With : Sydney Chandler, Alex Lawther, Timothy Olyphant.
For what ? For the first time, the Xenomorphs are coming to the small screen. For the first time, the Xenomorphs are landing on Earth! The brilliant creator, Noah Hawley (Fargo, Legion), will put its paw on the science fiction saga, in the wake of the small success of'Alien: Romulus at the cinema.
THE SENTINELS
Date : first half on Canal +
With : Louis Peres, Thibaut Evrard, Kacey Mottet Klein.
For what ? A kind of Captain America French at the heart of the First World War. Xavier Dorison's comic strip is brought to the screen showing real/fake superheroes in the trenches, drawing inspiration from real, not very happy experiences that took place at the time. A very ambitious production.
IT: WELCOME TO DERRY
Date : first semester on Max
With : Bill Skarsgard.
For what ? The Muschettis return to Pennywise. After That (2017) and It: Chapter 2 (2019) at the cinema, Stephen King's terrifying clown will emerge from the gutter (still in the guise of Bill Skarsgård) in a prequel in 9 episodes, with other martyred children, which will take place in the past of the small town of Derry, Maine.
NCIS: TONY & ZIVA
Date : first half on Paramount +
With : Michael Weatherly and Cote de Pablo.
For what ? Fans' favorite characters NCIS are finally reunited! Tony DiNozzo and Ziva David form a couple on the run abroad, in this European version of the franchise, which will take us from Budapest to Paris, following the crazy race of the two lovers of NCIS.
IRONHEART
Date : June 24 on Disney +
With : Dominique Thorne, Anthony Ramos, Alden Ehrenreich, Sacha Baron Cohen.
For what ? The new Marvel series, which will officially end Phase V of MCU. Featured in Wakanda in Black Panther 2, young engineer Riri Williams goes back on a mission in this action series where she will unveil the new armor supposed to take over from Iron Man in the saga.
OF THE LIVING
Date : autumn 2025 on France 2
With : Benjamin Lavernhe, Alix Poisson, Félix Moati.
For what ? Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, the brilliant director of Sambre Or Laëtitiais the specialist in true crime French style. This time, it will look at the attacks of November 13, 2015 by following a group of six survivors linked for life.
MERTEUIL
Date : second half of 2025 on Max
With : Anamaria Vartolomei, Lucas Bravo, Vincent Lacoste, Diane Kruger.
For what ? A new version of Dangerous Liaisons by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, signed Jessica Palud, who imagines a prequel following the youth of the famous sulphurous marquise, describing the events which forged her scathing character: “Humiliated by Valmont, she loses her honor and her rank. Drunk with anger, she launches into a dizzying ascent, defying all morality and all power, from the libertine underworld to the court of Louis XV.”
BLADE RUNNER 2099
With : Michelle Yeoh, Hunter Schafer.
Date : end of 2025 on Prime Video
For what ? In the wake of Blade Runner 2049 (released in 2017), sequel to Blade Runner (1982), the adaptation of the saga imagined by Philip K. Dick (published in 1968) continues on the small screen following a Replicant who faces the end of her existence.
IN THE SHADE OF THE FORESTS
Date : end of 2025 on Apple TV+
With : Benoît Magimel, Mélanie Laurent.
For what ? Cedric Anger (Next time I'll aim for the heart) filmed this paranoid thriller with an exciting cast in Savoie. “Franck and his group of friends like to spend their weekends hunting together. One Sunday, they come across another group of hunters who target them for no reason. Franck and his friends respond by sending one of the attackers to the ground. Barely escaping, the four friends decide to keep this incident a secret. Franck tries to resume a normal life with his wife Krystel, but in the days that follow, paranoia sets in and the group of friends feels hunted by enemies now determined to take revenge.