You loved, “The Lady's Game”, the 4th season of “The Crown”, “I May destroy you” or even “Parliament” but what does 2021 have in store for us in terms of series? So you don't miss a thing, SERIELAND has you prepared a selection of the series that you will be able to discover this year.On the menu, new series but also renewed series, all to see on the platforms Netflix, Amazon Prime, OCS and many others.
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With the health crisis, the production and filming agendas have fallen behind ... May the serivores be reassured, new products are being prepared for 2021 and even a lot!
The SERIELAND team has gone through the series release programs for the year, great discoveries await you.
Science fiction, drama, comedy, animation ... There is something for everyone.
Series expected in 2021 on Canal +
Paris Police 1900
, an investigation against the backdrop of a political crisis
Paris Police 1900
takes place in 1899, in a vacillating Republic.
A young police inspector investigates after the discovery of the corpse of an unknown woman recovered in the Seine ... A case which hides a heavy state secret.
The inspector will meet a courtesan-spy, the first female lawyer, or Lépine, the only character whose name has been revealed for the moment, head of a prefecture in the grip of power struggles.
Together, they will have to face a coup d'état ...
Paris Police 1900
seems to bring together all the ingredients of a good suspense series: a historical setting, a police investigation and political secrecy.
Always on the lookout for original Canal + creations, we look forward to February, especially as we owe the production to one of the creators of
Un Village Français
.
In the cast we find Jérémie Laheurte, whom you may have discovered in
La Vie d'Adèle
by Abdellatif Kechiche or
You Deserve a Love
by Hafsia Herzi, as well as Evelyne Brochu or even Thibaut Evrards.
8 episodes of 52 minutes.
February 2021
The Good Lord Bird
, a modern western
Inspired by a true story, the series is an adaptation of the novel
The Bird of the Good God
by the American James McBride.
It takes us to meet John Brown played by Ethan Hawke (
Welcome to Gattaca
,
Before Sunrise
,
The Circle of Missing Poets
), a pious and enraged man, pioneer of the American abolitionist movement.
We discover his struggle through the eyes of Échalotte, a young black boy, who pretends to be a girl.
Censored in the United States, the series has all of a modern western.
The photography and the soundtrack are very successful but it is the tone, quirky, and the interpretation of Ethan Hawke that make this series a little nugget of the fall.
7 episodes of 52 minutes.
From January 7
And also on Canal + and MyCanal this year:
Season 2 of the
Hippocrates
medical series
with Louise Bourgoin, broadcast in the spring
Season 2 of
Validé
, this fiction on the world of French rap, broadcast in the spring
Series expected in 2021 on Netflix
Lupine
, a new version with Omar Sy
At 25, Assane Diop loses his father.
The latter was assassinated.
To avenge his death, Assane (Omar Sy) decides to take inspiration from the character of the gentleman burglar, Arsène Lupine, created in 1905 by Maurice Leblanc.
The series was announced more than two years ago.
We can't wait to discover Omar Sy in this role.
If the pitch remains mysterious, the cast is promising.
We find Ludivine Sagnier, Nicole Garcia, Shirine Boutella (
Papicha
) and Soufiane Guerrab (
Patients
).
We are also delighted that the five episodes to be discovered very soon are only the first part of the series ...
First 5 episodes.
From January 8.
Sky Rojo
, the new series from the creator of
La Casa de Papel
Sky Rojo
recounts the flight of three prostitutes from Cuba, Argentina and Spain, trying to escape threats from their pimp.
After the immense success of
La Casa de Papel
, but also
White Lines
, Alex Pina's new creation is eagerly awaited.
Unlike
La Casa de Papel, which
focuses on bank robbers,
Sky Rojo
plunges into the violent world of prostitution.
In the cast we find Asier Etxeandia
(
Pain and Glory
), Miguel Ángel Silvestre (
Sense8
), Verónica Sánchez, Lali Espósito, Yany Prado and Enric Auquer.
The good news is that Netflix has signed on for two seasons!
8 episodes of 25 minutes.
During 2021.
And also on Netflix this year:
Stranger Things
season 4
, the thrilling sci-fi series
Season 5 of
La Casa de Papel
, the most famous hostage-taking
Season 3 of
Sex Education
, the uninhibited teenage series
The Witcher
season 2
,
the successful medieval fantasy
The series expected in 2021 on Arte
In therapy
, the first series from the directors of
Intouchables
The pitch is simple: Each week, a shrink, Philippe Dahan (played by Frédéric Pierrot), receives a couple in crisis (Pio Marmai and Clémence Poesy), a teenage girl in the grip of suicidal impulses (Céleste Brunnquell), a surgeon played by Mélanie Thierry, and a BRI agent present during the attack on the Bataclan.
By helping his patients, the psychiatrist sees his life turned upside down and resumes his own therapy with Esther (Carole Bouquet), the psychiatrist who followed him 12 years earlier.
This is the first time that Eric Tolédano and Olivier Nakache, to whom we owe the great success of
Intouchables
, have turned to the small screen.
For their first series, they chose to adapt an Israeli series that hit the mark:
Betipul
.
With this impressive cast, there are good reasons to watch for the release of
In Therapy
.
35 episodes of 26 minutes.
From February 4 to March 18
Nona and her daughters
, a feminist comedy by Valérie Donzelli
Nona and her daughters
paints a funny and colorful portrait of a Parisian septuagenarian.
In the popular district of Goutte-D'or, Nona, interpreted by Miou-Miou, plays a loving and free woman.
Escaping the laws of the biological clock, Nona learns from her doctor, Mr. Truffle, that she is expecting a child….
From Valérie Donzelli we adored
War is declared
and
Marguerite and Julien
, this year she signs her first series.
If the release date is still unknown, we can not wait to discover this feminist and sensitive comedy with the talented Clothilde Hesme and Virginie Ledoyen.
9 episodes of 30 minutes.
During 2021.
Anna
, a post-apocalyptic Italian series
The series takes place in a world where humans die at the age of 14.
A curse caused by a virus that is wiping out humanity.
On a ruined island, where nature has reclaimed its rights, the young Anna alongside a handful of survivors tries to get out of it while looking for her little brother who has been kidnapped ...
Niccolò Ammaniti to whom we owe the successful series
II Miracolo
is back with a fiction adapted from his own novel.
Anna's
post-apocalyptic atmosphere
promises to put the coronavirus crisis into perspective ...
6 episodes of 52 minutes.
During 2021.
The series expected in 2021 on France Télévisions:
The adventures of young Voltaire
, a new series with Valérie Bonneton
The Adventures of Young Voltaire
tells the story of the little-known youth of the famous philosopher.
Between the quest for fame and the attraction for women and money, we discover Voltaire's journey and determination to impose his avant-garde ideas on the elite of the 18th century.
If the release date has not yet been revealed, we are delighted to discover this new series with the royal cast.
In the role of Voltaire, an unexpected actor, the young Thomas Solivéres whom you may have seen in
Intouchables
or
Edmond
.
Around him, the talented Christa Theret (
Lol
) and the icing on the cake in
The Adventures of Young Voltaire,
we also find Valérie Bonneton.
She plays Fabienne Lepic in
Fais Pas Ci, Fais Pas Ça
, the series of France 2 which has been a hit, also carried by the actor Guillaume de Tonquédec who tells the behind the scenes in the great interview he granted us.
4 episodes of 52 minutes.
Current 2021
Series expected in 2021 on OCS
Mare of Easttown
, a mini-series with Kate Winslet
Detective Mare Sheehan is hired to investigate a murder in a small town in Pennsylvania.
At the same time, she has to struggle to keep her personal life afloat.
If the pitch remains elusive, the casting makes you want.
We are delighted to discover Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet in the role of the detective.
At his side, Julianne Nicholson (
The Outsider
,
Monos
), Jean Smart (
24h Chrono
) and Evan Peters (
X-Men
,
Kick-Ass
).
7 episodes.
During 2021.
The Nevers
, the new SF series from the creator of
Buffy
In Victorian England, a group of women, including rebel Amalia True, are endowed with supernatural abilities.
Powers that will be useful to them to defeat formidable enemies ...
The father of “Buffy Summers”, the heroine of
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
, is preparing a highly anticipated comeback with
The Nevers
.
After exploring the fantastic, Joss Whedon took an interest in science fiction, a genre he had already exploited with
Firefly
and
Dollhouse
.
In the cast we find Laura Donnelly (
Outlander
), Olivia Williams, James Norton (
Happy Valley
)
and Tom Riley.
But everything does not seem to go as planned, we recently learned that Joss Whedon had left the set… Rest assured,
The Nevers
must still be released this summer.
Summer 2021.
The Opera
, behind the scenes of the Paris Opera
She describes the paths of three characters: Zoé (Ariane Labed) a 35-year-old dancer who fights to keep the level, Flora (Flora Soumaré) a young black woman who has just joined the troupe and Sébastien (Raphael Personnaz), young director ambitious.
A series that takes us behind the scenes of the Paris Opera, a secret and fascinating environment.
The rehearsal rooms, the sets and the kilometers of tutus, we can't wait to push the doors of the Palais Garnier to discover the new French creation of OCS.
8 episodes of 52 minutes.
During 2021.
And also on OCS this year:
Season 2 of
Euphoria
, the series that follows the tormented daily life of American teenagers
Season 3 of
Succession
, centered on siblings tearing themselves apart to reclaim the family media empire.
Season 4 of
The Handmaid's tale
, the icy feminist dystopia.
Series expected in 2021 on TF1
A man of honor
, Kad Merad caught in the tentacles of the Mafia
After
Baron Noir
, we are watching the return of Kad Merad on the small screen.
In A Man of Honor, he plays Richard Altmann, a judge of integrity who loses his footing when his son Lucas hits a biker.
The victim is none other than the son of a formidable mafia.
By protecting Lucas, he will move away from righteousness and sink into an infernal gear.
At his side we find a five-star cast with Gérard Depardieu in the role of the leader of the underworld, Jean Reno, Zabou Breitman, Nicolas Duvauchelle or even Aure Atika.
A man of honor is, again, an adaptation of an Israeli series:
Your Honor
.
The Israeli playoffs are on the rise this year.
We hope that the French version will be as good as the original, crowned in 2017 with the Grand Prix du jury at the Séries Mania festival.
6 episodes of 52 minutes.
Current 2021
The series to discover in 2021 on Amazon Prime:
Invincible
, animated super heroes
Mark Grayson is Omni-Man's most powerful superhero son.
At 17 years old in the middle of construction, Mark must compose between the appearance of his own powers and the image of a father who turns out to be darker than the legend ...
After
The Boys
, Amazon Prime is preparing a new live-action series for us.
Fans of superheroes, violence and bloody scenes will be delighted.
Invincible
is the adaptation of the comic strip of the same name signed by Robert Kirkman, to whom we also owe the comic
The walking dead
.
First semester 2021.
Series expected in 2021 on Strarzplay
The Stand
, the apocalyptic series inspired by Stephen King
The Stand
also takes us here to a world where a deadly virus rages on.
Mother Abagail, played by Whoopi Goldberg, is a 108-year-old woman who, alongside some survivors, must face the horrible Randall Flagg and his formidable powers to save humanity ...
Adapted from the novel
The Scourge
by Stephen King, author among others of The Shining or The Green Line, this apocalyptic scenario is timely given the health situation.
In the cast, we find, in addition to the Oscar-winning actress, Alexander Skarsgård (
True Blood
) in the role of terrifying villain, but also James Marsden (
Mrs America
) and Brad William Henke (
Orange is the new Black
).
9 one-hour episodes.
From January 3, 2021.
We are who we are
, the first series from the director of
Call me by your name
Fraser (Jack Dylan Grazer) a tormented 14-year-old teenager must leave New York to follow his two mothers and settle in Italy, in an American military base.
With his colorful hair and eccentric look, he does not go unnoticed.
On the base he forms a friendship with the young Caitlin (Jordan Kristine Seamón).
We are who we are
recount their adolescence made up of discoveries, transformations and identity questions.
In this fiction Luca Guadagnino, to whom we owe the Oscar-winning film
Call me by your name,
continues to treat with finesse the homosexuality of his characters.
If the teens series are experiencing a real resurgence in popularity with for example Grand Army or Sex Education,
We are who we are
promises, according to the teaser, a nuanced portrait without angelism of adolescence.
In the cast we also find Chloë Sevigny and Kid Cudi.
8 episodes.
March 2021.
The series to discover in 2021 on Apple TV
Foundation
, by
The Dark Knight
screenwriter
22,000 years after our era, in a galactic empire, the mathematician Hari Seldon, inventor of psychohistory, predicts the destruction of the Empire.
A group of exiles tries to save humanity ...
If this SF pitch means anything to you, it's because
Foundation
is an adaptation of the famous Isaac Asimov short stories, published in 1942. We also owe the director of
Foundation
the screenplay for
The Dark Knight
by Christopher Nolan.
Lee Pace, Jared Harris and Cassian Bilton are in the cast.
During 2021.
Series expected in 2021 on Disney +
Loki
, the new Marvel series inspired by
Avengers
Loki
is rooted in the universe of
Avengers
feature films
.
The series will focus on the character of Loki, Thor's half-brother.
But that's unfortunately all we know about this most mysterious pitch.
We would like to know more about this new Marvel series, especially since the cast seems very promising.
We will find Owen Wilson, the comedian of
The Grand Budapest Hotel
by Wes Anderson, but also Tom Hiddleston (
Avengers
) in the role of Loki and Gugu Mbatha-Raw.
(The Morning Show)
During 2021.
The series expected in 2021 on Hulu
Nine Perfect Strangers
, a new series with Nicole Kidman
While we still don't have any information on a
Big Little Lies
renewal
, we have no doubt we will reunite with Nicole Kidman in a new series.
She plays Masha, the director of a relaxation and fitness center.
A group of city-dwellers who do not know each other come together for a ten-day retreat.
Nothing will go as planned ...
Nine Perfect Strangers
is an adaptation of a novel by Australian Liane Moriarty, the author of the work on which the
Big Little Lies
screenplay is based
.
Alongside Nicole Kidman we will have the chance to find Michael Shannon, the main character of
Take Shelter
.
8 episodes.
During 2021.