2024 will be loaded with new seasons of successful series such as The Bridgertons and The Boys (both on Prime Video) or The House of the Dragon. It will also be time to say goodbye permanently to Larry David with his 12th and final season. In a Spanish key, the return of Rapa stands out for a third and final installment. But there is much more in a year in which the series will arrive that saw their premiere delayed due to the writers’ strike that affected Hollywood during 2023.
TRUE DETECTIVE: POLAR NIGHT / Netflix, January 15
Fourth installment of this anthology series starring Jodie Foster and Kali Reis this time. As the long winter night falls on Ennis, Alaska, the eight men operating the Arctic Research Station disappear without a trace. Detectives Liz Danvers (Foster) and Evangeline Navarro (Reis) will be in charge of investigating the case.
BALENCIAGA / Disney, January 19
Biopic about Cristóbal Balenciaga (played by Alberto San Juan) that begins in 1937, when he presents his first haute couture collection in Paris. Guided by his obsession with control, Balenciaga will define his style and he will end up becoming one of the most important designers of all time.
GRISELDA / Netflix, January 25
First dramatic role for Sofía Vergara (Modern Family) in this series from the creators of Narcos that is inspired by the life of the intelligent and ambitious Colombian Griselda Blanco, creator of one of the most profitable cartels in history. In the Miami of the seventies and eighties, “the godmother,” as she was known, expertly navigated between business and family.
EXPATRIATES / Prime Video, January 26
Nicole Kidman stars in this miniseries based on the novel by Janice Y. K. Lee. The lives of three American women intertwine in Hong Kong in 2014 after a family tragedy. The series questions privilege and explores what happens when the line between victimhood and guilt blurs.
THE MASTERS OF THE AIR / Apple TV, January 26
Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman, responsible for Blood Brothers and The Pacific, have reunited for this series based on the book by Donald L. Miller that follows a bombing group during World War II in Nazi Germany . The series portrays the psychological and emotional price that these young people paid.
RED QUEEN / Prime Video, February 29
Vicky Luengo stars in this adaptation of the Juan Gómez-Jurado trilogy. With an IQ of 242, Antonia Scott is officially the most intelligent person on Earth, which earned her participation in a secret and experimental police project. Without being a police officer, she has managed to solve dozens of crimes.
THE REGIME / HBO Max, 3 marzo
Kate Winslet returns to HBO after the success of Mare of Easttown. The new miniseries tells the story of what happens over the course of a year within the palace walls of a modern European regime as it begins to crumble. Directed by Stephen Frears and Jessica Hobbs, the series features Martha Plimpton and Hugh Grant in its cast.
THE PROBLEM OF THE THREE BODIES / Netflix, March 21
David Benioff and DB Weiss, responsible for Game of Thrones, are now adapting another literary success, The Three-Body Problem, by novelist Liu Cixin. A secret military project in China sends signals into space to establish contact with extraterrestrials. An alien civilization on the brink of destruction picks up the signal and plans to invade Earth.
STAR WARS: SKELETON CREW / Disney , sin fecha
Jude Law stars in this series from the Star Wars universe that is inspired by films like ET and The Goonies. Four children about 10 years old from a tiny planet get lost in the Star Wars galaxy. The adventures they live in their search for the way back home mark the plot.
THE ASUNTA CASE / Netflix, undated
Candela Peña stars in this series based on real events that shocked Spanish society. On September 21, 2013, Rosario Porto and Alfonso Basterra reported the disappearance of their daughter Asunta, whose body was found hours later on the outskirts of Santiago de Compostela. The investigation soon reveals clues that point to the parents as possible perpetrators of the crime.