My Most Anticipated Series of 2025

"Anansi Boys" and "Zero Day" were on last year's list, and I expect some of the titles below will be delayed to 2026.  Still, the idea with these posts was always to start off the year looking forward, and getting myself more informed about upcoming projects.  Below, find a motley assortment of series that have a reasonable chance of being released in 2025.  Of course, this is early in the year, so there's plenty more coming our way that we don't know about yet.  These are just the most prominent shows that I'm looking forward to right now. 

Black Rabbit (Netflix) - Jason Bateman and Jude Law will play brothers in this crime series from Zach Baylin.  From the descriptions I've read, Law will be playing the stable one, and Bateman will be playing the "chaotic" one, which sounds fun.  Bateman is also directing a few episodes, and so is his "Ozark" co-star Laura Linney, so I'm hoping that "Black Rabbit" is something in the same vein.    

Daredevil Born Again (Disney+) - After all the starts and stops, how could I not be curious?  What really sold me, however, was seeing a leaked clip from filming, and realizing how much I was still emotionally invested in seeing Charlie Cox, Elden Henson, and Debra Ann Woll together onscreen again.  I couldn't care less about the plot of this thing - though having Benson and Moorehead onboard should help. 

Alien: Earth (FX/Hulu) - Will Noah Hawley finally give us the Xenomorph invasion of Earth that we've been waiting decades for?  Probably not, since this is supposed to be a prequel to the original "Alien" film.  We're definitely getting some anti-capitalist commentary with Weyland Yutani up to their old tricks.  Essie Davis, Adarsh Gourav, and Timothy Olyphant are in the cast, so I'm hoping for the best.    

Murderbot (Apple TV+) - Alexander Skarsgaard will play the title character, a security android who unexpectedly gains free will.  This is a science-fiction action series from the Weitz brothers, based on the Martha Wells novels, and it's probably going to require a lot of effects work.  So even though reports say that this started filming in the spring of '24, there's no guarantee that we're going to see it this year. 

Untitled Vince Gilligan Apple TV+ Show - What we know so far is that the show is science-fiction, stars Rhea Seehorn, and has something to do with Albuquerque, New Mexico.  Thanks to the SAG/WGA strikes there were significant delays, but Apple has ordered two seasons based on the strength of Gilligan's past work on "Breaking Bad" and "Better Call Saul."  And I can't wait to see it.    

The Terror: Devil in Silver (AMC+) - The third installment of the historical horror series will be an adaptation of a Victor LaValle novel about a sane man wrongly committed to a psychiatric hospital in Queens.  Karyn Kusama is directing the first two episodes and Dan Stevens will play the lead.  And considering Dan Stevens' track record with horror projects lately, I expect good things.  

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (Paramount+) - After decades of speculation, I'm glad this premise is finally getting turned into a show, with Holly Hunter in the captain's chair no less.  With "Discovery" and "Lower Decks" wrapped up, and things not looking good for "Prodigy," Starfleet Academy"  and "Brave New Worlds" will be the two remaining "Star Trek" series carrying the torch for the long-running franchise 

The Night Manager (BBC/Amazon Prime) - It's coming back!  Tom Hiddleston is returning for two more seasons of the John le Carre spy series.  Olivia Colman and much of the original cast  will also be back, but otherwise the details have been pretty scarce.  In the US, the show is moving from AMC to Amazon Prime, and if you can't wait, I hear that the Hindi version that came out last year is pretty good. 

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (HBO) - "House of the Dragon" won't be back this year, but we'll be getting more Westeros regardless.  "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" will adapt George R.R. Martin's "Tales of Dunk and Egg" novellas.  This will be a much smaller scale project focusing on one knight and his squire, at least at first.  You never know with franchise media these days.  

 

Spider-Noir (MGM+/Amazon Prime) - Finally, Nicholas Cage will be playing Spider-Man Noir again, this time in a series following his adventures in a 1930s film noir version of New York.  For the longest time I thought that this was an animated show, but it's not.  I'm not sure how much of Cage we're actually going to see onscreen, but superhero film noir pastiche is right up my alley.  

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