Below are the Widescreen Online Review's
choices of the most anticipated series ranging in several areas of the
fantastic.
ABC
Still Star-Crossed stars Wade Briggs (Home and Away) as Benvolio Montague, Anthony Head as Lord Silvestro Capulet, Zuleikha Robinson as Lady Guiliana Capulet, Lashana Lynch as Rosaline, Ebonee Noel as Livia, Sterling Sulieman as Prince Escalus, Medalion Rahimi as Princess Isabella, Grant Bowler as Damiano Montague, Susan Wooldridge as Nurse, Torrance Coombs as Paris and Dan Hildebrand as Friar Lawrence.
Time After Time stars Freddie Stroma (Harry Potter films) as H.G. Wells, Josh Bowman (Revenge) as John Stevenson/Jack the Ripper, Genesis Rodriguez (Big Hero 6) as Jane and Regina Taylor (Dig) as Vanessa Anders.
AMC
THE TERROR:
the series is set in 1847, when a Royal Naval expedition crew searching for
the Northwest Passage is attacked by a mysterious predator that stalks the
ships and their crew in a suspenseful and desperate game of survival.CBS
STAR TREK DISCOVERY: Star
Trek: Discovery premieres May 2017 on the CBS Television Network with the
premiere and all subsequent episodes available exclusively on CBS
All Access. Related: U.S.S.
Discovery To Be Set Between The First And The Last Series
THE CW
RIVERDALE : The CW went way back in the past for Riverdale, their newest fall
series that is based on the Archie Comics. The first of the Archie Comics
originally made its debut on December
22, 1941 in Pep Comics with the characters of Archie, Jughead, Betty, Veronica,
Reggie, Kevin Keller, Josie, the Pussycats, and Sabrina the Teenage Witch.
While attempting to understand and grow within their personal relationships, as
a team the main characters investigated crimes from the unexplained, horror,
sci-fi, and mystery. The series premiere is Thursday, January 26, 2017.
FREEFORM
BEYOND: Holden, a young man
who wakes up from a coma after 12 years, discovers new abilities that propel
him into the middle of a dangerous conspiracy. Now Holden must try and figure
out what happened to him during those 12 years, how to survive a world that
changed while he was gone, and answer the question, why did this happen to him?
The series premiere is Monday, January 2, 2017.
FX
MARVEL'S LEGION : follows the story of David Haller, a troubled
young man who may be more than human. Since he was a teenager, David has
struggled with mental illness. Diagnosed as schizophrenic, David has been in
and out of psychiatric hospitals for years. But after a strange encounter with
a fellow patient, he’s confronted with the possibility that the voices he hears
and the visions he sees might be real.
The series stars Dan Stevens, Rachel Keller, Jean Smart, Aubrey Plaza, Jeremie Harris, Katie Aselton, Amber Midthunder and Bill Irwin.
Noah Hawley serves as an Executive Producer along with Lauren Shuler Donner, Bryan Singer, Simon Kinberg, Jeph Loeb, Jim Chory, and John Cameron.
Legion will debut on FX February 8, 2017 and is produced by FX Productions and Marvel Television.
HISTORY
KNIGHTFALL: June 14, 2016 - Bobby Schofield (Black Sea,
Our World War) as Parsifal, a young man of ordinary birth who will join the
Knights Templar seeking revenge, but ultimately finds a higher purpose; Sabrina
Bartlett (DaVinci’s Demons, Poldark) as Princess Isabella, Queen Joan and King
Philip's daughter, her upcoming wedding stands to forge a powerful political
alliance for France; Julian Ovenden (Downton Abbey, Person of Interest, The Colony)
as De Nogaret, King Philip’s Machiavellian lawyer and right hand man;
Sarah-Sofie Boussnina (The Bridge, The Absent One) as Adelina, as a child she
was rescued in the Holy Land by the Templar Knights, but now in her early 20s,
she lives on the streets of Paris as a thief; Padraic Delaney (The Wind That
Shakes the Barley, The Tudors) as Gawain, once the greatest swordsman of the
Templar Order whose role with them is at a crossroads; Simon Merrells
(Spartacus, Dominion ) as Tancrede, a veteran sergeant fanatically devoted to
the Templar Knight cause and Olivia Ross (War and Peace, Blowing Louder than
the Wind , Father of My Children) as Queen Joan of Navarre, Queen of France and
Queen Regnant of Navarre, a devoted mother, warrior, and a formidable diplomat
and strategist.
NBC
EMERALD CITY: In the blink of a tornado's eye, 20-year-old Dorothy Gale and
a K9 police dog are swept into a world far removed from our own - a mystical
land of competing realms, lethal warriors, dark magic and a bloody battle for
supremacy. Starring Vincent D'Onofrio (Daredevil, Jurassic World) as the
guileful Wizard and directed by the visionary Tarsem Singh across three
European countries, this is Oz completely reimagined - a place where familiar
characters show up in fresh, unexpected ways, and where an unsuspecting young
woman holds the fate of kingdoms in her hands. And as Dorothy navigates this
dangerous world and uncovers her true destiny, we'll see there's no place
like... Oz.
DC COMICS' POWERLESS: NBC’s
upcoming half-hour series Powerless has finally received a hard release date
after being pushed back from this Fall: Thursday, February 2 at 8:30 p.m.
Eastern. Up, up, and away! Or not.
“It’s a superhero world.
We just live in it.” is the perspective of its lead character, Emily Locke
(Vanessa Hudgens), who at the show’s outset starts work as the Director of
Research & Development for Wayne Security. Yes, that Wayne. It’s a
subsidiary of Wayne Enterprises that creates products that can help keep
innocent people safe in a dangerous world full of supers, both heroic and
villainous.
NETFLIX
MARVEL'S IRON FIST: Finn Jones
in the lead role of Daniel Rand (Iron Fist). The hero fights against the
criminal elements corrupting New York City with his master kung-fu skills and
ability to summon the power of the fiery Iron Fist, which strikes opponents
with superhuman impact. The show will reportedly pick up just as Rand
returns to the Big Apple, after having gone missing from the city for
several years. Iron Fist will premiere on Friday, March 17, 2017.
A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS:
Based on the children’s novel series of same name by Lemony Snicket,
the upcoming series will follow the orphaned Baudelaire siblings — Violet,
Klaus and Sunny — who are sent to live with distant cousin Count Olaf, who
plots to steal their inheritance. Once he loses guardianship of the children,
he follows them to each subsequent housing placement, always wearing different
disguises and attempting to take their fortune. Neil Patrick Harris, Malina
Weissman and Louis Hynes will co-star in the eight episode season. The series
premiere is Friday, January 13, 2017
MARVEL'S THE DEFENDERS: Daredevil (Charlie Cox), Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter), Luke Cage
(Mike Colter), and Iron Fist (Finn Jones) — will join forces in this
team-up series, also set to debut in 2017. Though specific details of the
show haven’t been revealed, the miniseries event will follow the group of
heroes as they are brought together to face their biggest threat yet.
BIG MOUTH
Described as an edgy, surreal comedy, this 10-episode, half-hour
animated series chronicles the teenaged adventures in puberty from real-life
best friends Nick Kroll (Kroll Show) and Andrew Goldberg (Family
Guy). Comedians Kroll and and John Mulaney will voice the central
characters of Nick and Andrew, respectively. Maya Rudolph, Jason Mantzoukas,
Jordan Peele, Fred Armisen, Jenny Slate and Jessi Klein are also featured in
the voice cast. The show will premiere everywhere Netflix is available on June 18, 2017.