For lovers of good series, 2022 was a year of plenty and bloodshot eyes and2023 seems to be no less in that respect. Twenty titles that we are alreadylooking forward to.
Stephen WerbrouckFriday December 30, 20224:30 pm
Reservations Dogs – Season 2 (4/1, Disney+)
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DRAMEDY The best-kept secret on Disney+ – on all streaming services, infact – is this comedy-drama series about some young rascals growing up on arural indigenous reservation in Oklahoma. The first season, from 2019, wasexcellent, the second may be even better: it was already available in the US afew months ago and Rolling Stone recently named season two the best series of2022.
The Lying Life of Adults (4/1, Netflix)
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DRAMA For fans of ‘My Brilliant Friend’, Netflix brings another novel fromin this Italian original Elena Ferrante to life: ‘The Lying Life ofAdults’, in which a girl in Naples goes in search of an aunt she would verymuch resemble and gradually uncovers a lot of family secrets.
Copenhagen Cowboy (5/1, Netflix)
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DRAMA Nicholas Winding Refn (‘Drive’, ‘Only God Forgives’) Netflix gota nice budget and all the neon lights he could want for ‘Copenhagen Cowboy’, acrime drama about a woman with supposed otherworldly powers who takes revengeon those who wronged her.
The Rig (6/1, Prime Video)
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DRAMA Workers on a drilling platform must fear for their lives when itturns out that they have awakened something strange on the ocean floor. Itsounds a bit like “Alien on the high seas” but protagonist Martin Compston(‘Vigil’, ‘Line of Duty’) usually guarantees quality.
Koala Man (9/1, Disney+)
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ANIMATION After ‘Rick & Morty’ and ‘Solar Opposites’ brings JustinRolland a third animated series on the screen: ‘Koala Man’, in which anordinary Australian thinks he has to protect his neighborhood against allsorts of disasters. Of Hugh Jackman in a supporting role as ‘Big Greg’,the would-be superhero’s neighbor.
Welcome to Chippendales (11/1, Disney+)
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DRAMA Many a documentary has already been made about the turbulent historyof the Chippendales, drenched in drugs, booze and oil, Disney + has now alsopoured everything into a miniseries. Of Kumail Nanjiani if SomenBenerjee the Indian immigrant who gave birth to the male comic group.
The Last of Us (16/1, Streamz)
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HORROR Movie adaptations of games, usually you jump SuperMario-wise betterwith a wide berth. But HBO took a chance anyway with “The Last of Us,” the2013 hit in which a smuggler and a teenage girl must travel through adevastated America. Craig Mazin the man behind ‘Chernobyl’ wrote thescreenplay, Pedro Pascal (‘Narcos’, ‘The Mandalorian’) and BellaRamsey play the leading role and what we could already see of it wascertainly impressive. The first topper of 2023? That chance is high.
1985 (22/1, One and VRTMAX)
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DRAMA It is strange that it has taken so long, but the attacks of theBende van Nijvel finally form the backdrop for a TV series: ‘1985’, aboutthree friends who each in their own way become involved in what is going on inBelgium. set in the dark 1980s. Not an obvious series for a Sunday evening,but let’s face it: a thousand times better this than ‘GR5’.
Extraordinary (25/1, Disney+)
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COMEDY Ten years ago, anyone over the age of 18 was given a superpower.Except for Jen, who at 25 is still waiting for her talent. She teams up withher friends to discover what would be her superpower in this inventive comedythat uses the clichés of the genre for a story about growing up and coming ofage.
Shrinking (27/1, AppleTV+)
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COMEDY Harrison Ford there is 80 but he doesn’t know how to stop. In2023 he can be seen for the fifth time as Indiana Jones in ‘Indiana Jones andthe Dial of Destiny’ and he will also play the leading role for the first timein a comedy series on TV: ‘Shrinking’, about a therapist who experiences hisown grief. processed by telling his patients what he really thinks about themand thus achieving more results. A painful but ultimately heartwarming comedyfrom the creators of ‘Ted Lasso’? You should already be in your sofa.
Dear Edward (3/2, AppleTV+)
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DRAMA Young Edward Adler is the only survivor of a plane crash and triesto get through the grieving process along with the relatives of the otherpassengers. It sounds very corny but screenwriter Jason Katims has alreadysufficiently proven with ‘Friday Night Lights’, ‘Parenthood’ and ‘As we seeit’ that he can move without becoming sentimental.
Hello, Tomorrow (17/2, AppleTV+)
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SCIENCE FICTION A group of advertising guys is trying to sell a veryspecial product: a piece of the moon, which you can visit via ‘timeshare’. Butis star salesman Jack’s unwavering faith in the future justified? The firstimages promise a kind of ‘Mad Men’ that takes place in the future.
Fleishman Is in Trouble (22/2, Disney+)
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DRAMEDY At 41, recently divorced Toby Fleischman has to venture back intothe dating market, but that has of course changed completely since he gotmarried. A satire about how boring middle-aged life is, as funny as it is sad.With, inter alia Jesse Eisenberg , Claire Danes and Adam Brody.
Succession – Season 4 (April, Streamz)
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DRAMA Is Tom Wambsgans still allowed inside the house after he betrayedhis wife so grandiosely to her father? We’ll get the answer to these and otherpressing questions sometime in April when the brilliant ‘Succession’ will hitour screens again. We especially look forward to hearing the piano tune fromthe generic again, so that we can finally get the opening tune of ‘The WhiteLotus’ out of our heads
Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story (May, Netflix)
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DRAMA Netflix hit ‘Bridgerton’ normally returns this spring with a thirdseason, but for those who can’t get enough of the longing looks and therustling skirts, the streaming service will also launch a first spin-off inMay: ‘Queen Charlotte’, in which you can see how the queen came to the thronewith the ever skeptical look.
Déjà-Vu – Season 2 (Spring, Streamz)
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DRAMA The first season of ‘Déjà-Vu’ was based on a far-fetched concept -can you go back in time and get your own life and the lives of others back ontrack? – a very moving and human drama. Wondering if that will also work inseries two with a new cast and a different story: this time Halim ( YassineOuaich ) the love of his life Eva ( Lauren Versnick ) again, by goingback to the period when everything was still okay.
The Idol (Spring, Streamz)
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DRAMA A young pop star ( Lily Rose Depp ) who has lost his way in lifefalls under the spell of a sinister self-help guru, played by The Weeknd. Thesinger came up with ‘The Idol’ together with Sam Levinson the man behind’Euphoria’, and judging by the trailers that HBO already shared, this seriescontains even more sex, drugs and filth than that series. Not that there ‘sanything wrong with that.
The Power (Spring, Prime Video)
THRILLER One day, all teenage girls in the world are capable ofelectrocuting other people in a jiffy. And what’s more: they soon find outthat they can pass on their gift to older women, so that a little later thefemale half of the planet has electricity at its fingertips. It sounds far-fetched – and like the ultimate nightmare of Andrew Tate or JeffHoeyberghs – but ‘The Power’ has no Tony Collette a big name in the leadrole and is based on the award-winning book of the same name, that authorNaomi Alderman itself in a series of gutter.
Masters of the air (fall, AppleTV+)
DRAMA Thirteen years after ‘The Pacific’ and – god we’re getting old – 22years after ‘Band of Brothers’ come Stephen Spielberg and Tom Hanksfinally come up with a mini-series about the Second World War: ‘Masters of theair’, about some pilots of the US Air Force. Sorry Canvas, but this is theonly thing about WW2 that we really want to see in 2023.
Kaos (Fall, Netflix)
FANTASY Greek and Roman mythology, but viewed through a modern lens, withstories about how equality between men and women or the oppression ofminorities also play a role in the world of the gods. ‘Kaos’ – with JeffGoldblum as Zeus – has already been delayed a few times, but this autumn thelong-awaited series should come from Olympus anyway.