Metropolis The 15 best series of the year
If 2022 is going to close the year being one in which more premieres and more content have been offered from payment platforms, 2023 is going to make a splash.
Great premieres
,
new seasons of the most anticipated series
,
surprises
,
original productions
... The new year arrives with a very clear maxim for the platforms: offer new content and return those that have been requested for a long time.
The big platforms -
HBO Max
,
Netflix
,
Prime Video
,
Disney+
and
Movistar Plus +
- already know what their big bets will be for next year.
Each one carries their doubles, their game and their bet to big.
What are the series from which the platforms expect the most success?
Well, they are not few.
HBO Max: everything to The last of us
From
HBO Max
, the one that occupies number one for the platform is
The last of us
, with
Pedro Pascal
and
Bella Ramsey
, and which is an adaptation of the super successful Sony video game of the same name.
The series arrives on the platform on January 16 and has nine chapters.
It is written and produced by Craig Mazin, creator of the critically acclaimed
Chernobyl
, and Neil Druckmann.
The last of us
takes place 20 years after modern civilization has been destroyed.
Joel
, a born survivor, is hired to smuggle
14-year-old
Ellie out of an oppressive quarantine zone.
What starts out as a small job soon turns into a brutal and harrowing journey as both must traverse the US and depend on each other for survival.
The other bet on
HBO Max
is the fourth season of one of its greatest hits:
Succession
.
Created by
Jesse Armstrong
, the third-season premiere of the drama series drew more than
1.4 million viewers
across all platforms, marking a new record and the best opening night for any HBO Original series since the launch of HBO Max.
"This season is certainly no exception, and we couldn't be more excited for everything that lies ahead in the upcoming season," said
Francesca Orsi ,
HBO
's executive vice president of programming
.
El tercer envite is a Spanish production by acclaimed director
Álex de la Iglesia
: the second season of
30 coins
.
Such was the relevance of the first season that international faces such as Emmy Award-winning actor
Paul Giamatti
are incorporated into the new one .
"
Paul Giamatti
is probably one of the best actors in the American film industry.
HBO gives me the incredible opportunity to work with him
. I would also like to thank his team who, fortunately, knew my filmography," says
Álex de la Iglesia
.
Paul Giamatti
stars as
Christian Barbrow
, an American business and technology billionaire, science guru, writer of science fiction novels, and leader of a mysterious "Brotherhood" that counts the world's elite among its members.
He is the ultimate disruptor, but no one knows his true intentions.
Disney+: Mandalorian and Balenciaga
At the same table of players,
Disney+
, with two kings kept in his hand: season 3 of
Mandalorian
and the premiere of
Balenciaga
, an original production of
Disney+
in Spain.
The first will arrive on the platform next March.
Although this is the third season of the popular series
The Mandalorian
, the season will actually pick up after the events of
The Book of Boba Fett
.
"There's so much you're going to see. I think some of the best things about season 1 and season 2 of
The Mandalorian
were the surprises. We were all able to keep baby Grogu a secret, we were all able to keep
Luke Skywalker
's return a secret. to the world. So there are more secrets to keep," said Pedro Pascal, the lead actor in the series, at the Comic Con Experience in Brazil where the third season was announced.
The other king of
Disney +
for 2023 is an own production with a Spanish name, very Spanish:
Balenciaga
.
Alberto San Juan
puts himself in the shoes of one of the most iconic fashion designers in this new series.
"Participating in this project is a luxury: for the character, for the scripts, for the directors and for the team in general. It's a challenge for everyone. As always, but a little more.
It's almost like shooting three movies in four months
, in several languages and with a time span of several decades between the beginning and the end. In short: a joy!", says the actor.
San Juan thus joins a team led by the creators of
Loreak
,
Handia
and
La trenchera infinita
(winners of 13 Goya awards),
Jose Mari Goegana
,
Jon Garaño
and
Aitor Arregi
, screenwriters along with Lourdes Iglesias, and directors of this series that portrays an enigmatic man with an extraordinary talent who defied the social conventions of the time and revolutionized the world of fashion.
Movistar Plus+, a shower of premieres
Meanwhile,
Movistar Plus+
is the platform with the most aces in its deck or, at least, the aces it has to increase customers in 2023.
The fifth day
, its great premiere;
the fifth season of
Fargo
;
the seventh from
Outlander
;
the second for
Yellowjackets
and the fourth for
True Detective
.
Among the avalanche of premieres, without a doubt,
Movistar Plus+
is going all out with
The Fifth Day
, directed by
Luke Watson
,
Barbara Eder
and
Philipp Stoelzl
and which is based on
Frank Schaetzing
's bestseller ,
The Swarm
, which has It has been translated into 27 languages and has sold 4.5 million copies in Germany alone.
The series narrates humanity's fight against a swarm of unknown intelligence that lives in the depths of the sea.
When reckless treatment of the oceans threatens the mysterious group's natural habitat, it strikes back.
In a very short time, all human life is at stake, and the fate of the entire world population is in the hands of a small group of scientists.
"Adapting
The Swarm
for television
presented several creative challenges
, one of the most exciting being reimagining the characters to reflect the growing diversity of the scientific community," said
Frank Doelger
, executive producer of Intaglio, which produced the series. .
The rest of the premieres are well known by the public and already in their previous seasons they have shown that they fit well with the public and that they are eagerly awaited.
Prime Video: premieres and new seasons
If
Movistar Plus+
reaches 2023 with the shotgun loaded with content,
Prime Video
brings the barrel.
The platform, in addition to offering content from other platforms, including
HBO Max
, with which it has finally reached an agreement, has a very long string of premieres in its deck.
Among them, stand out
Sin huellas
, the final season of
The Hunters
, the new season of
Operación Marea Negra
or the final season of
El internado Las Cumbres
.
Sin huellas
is the story of
Desi and Cata
, gypsy, Mexican and cleaners.
Overwhelmed and with just enough to spend the month, they expect a miracle that will come in the form of a call when they are commissioned to clean the Roselló mansion, one of the most powerful families in Alicante.
Everything is going well until they come across the dead body of a woman.
The final season of
The Hunters
, one of the most successful series on the platform,
premieres on January 13
and recounts the experiences of this group of Nazi hunters living in New York City in 1977.
At the head of the poster for the second season of
Operación Marea Negra
is again
Álex González
.
The premiere arrives in February on
Prime Video
and will start two years after the end of the first season.
Following Nando in prison as the heart of the story, the new episodes will navigate between crime and law, family revenge and justice.
And finally, the final season of the
El Internado
revival .
Three months after the terrible events that ended the life of Paz, Amaia is sure that the mysteries that inhabit the boarding school are not resolved.
Willing to go all the way,
she involves Zoe, a new student from a foster home
where they no longer know what to do with her.
Zoe connects early on with the group, which soon finds itself embroiled in horrific disappearances and crimes within the walls of the monastery.
Netflix, everything to the spin-off
The last player in this game,
Netflix
, does not fall short in 2023 either. There are three series that will mark the year of the platform:
Berlin
, which is currently in full filming;
The body in flames
;
and the great bet of the platform of which little has been revealed, but of which they assure they have all their hopes pinned on it:
Queen Charlotte
.
This is the
spin-off
of the series that has brought so much joy to the platform,
Bridgerton
.
Netflix
pulls a
spin-off
, as is the case with
Berlin
(
La casa de papel
), to tell the story of Queen
Charlotte
, one of the youngest queens in history.
India Amarteifio
(
Line of Duty
) will play the younger version of
Charlotte in the eight-episode series, which is being written by
Bridgerton
executive producer
Shonda
Rhimes
.
The series will tell the story of how the young queen's marriage to King George sparked both a great love story and social change at all levels.
And from
spin-off
to
spin-off
and I shoot because it's my turn:
Berlin
.
"There are only two things that can turn a dog day into a wonderful day
. The first is love. And the truth is, it was not the case. My third wife had just left me... The second is a booty of more than three million euros. But that wasn't the case either. We were going to steal the link for a much bigger heist, today was easy. But if you have a bad day, you can end up bringing a wretch to his knees and aiming at his head. "
This is how the first episode of
Berlin
begins , the
spin-off
of
Money Heist
.
In the words of its creators Esther Martínez Lobato and Álex Pina during the press conference: "The character from
Berlin
has the most effervescent personality to place it in another universe.
We really liked the idea of introducing a new band around
Berlin
in an emotional state distinct
."
Finally, although there will be many more premieres,
El cuerpo en llamas
, inspired by true events and starring
Úrsula Corberó
and
Quim Gutiérrez
among others.
The miniseries, which
Arcadia Motion Pictures
produces for
Netflix
, is inspired by the crime that took place in 2017, when a man was found burned in the Foix swamp, in the province of Barcelona.
The murder investigation brought to light a network of toxic relationships, deceit, sexual scandals and violence between various police officers in Barcelona.
In 2023, a good thriller could not be missing
.
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