The extraordinarily "long" year of 2020 is finally over.
Following the last time we talked about "the most anticipated movies of 2021", today, let's talk about the "most anticipated episodes of 2021".
With the full outbreak of streaming media and the final arrival of the streaming era, a series of streaming media such as Netflix, Amazon, Disney+, Apple TV+, HBO Max, FX on Hulu and so on have long been gearing up and preparing for the future.
2021 will be the year Marvel enters the television space – Marvel has announced that it will launch six series;
"Zach Schneider's version of Justice League" (four episodes) and "Suicide Squad" spin-off series will also land on HBO Max in 2021; The DC superhero series created by J. Abrams' "Bad Robot Company" is also expected to appear on the small screen; Amazon is preparing to launch an ambitious masterpiece in 2021 - the "Lord of the Rings" series...
What's more, there are also a number of popular dramas in the new season of the clamp, such as "Atlanta", "Kill Eve", "Excitement", "Black Money Resort" and so on.
It seems that this year will also be a year when the drama is lively and the fight is quite "tragic".
Let's take a look at The Playlist's list of the 65 most anticipated episodes of 2021!
01
Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad
Platform: Amazon
Director: Barry Jenkins
Writers: Gihan Kroser / Coulson Whitehead / Allison Davis
Starring: Chase W. Dillon / Joel Edgerton / Amber Gray / Thuso Mbedu / Aaron Pierre
The series was directed by Little Gold Man winner Barry Jenkins, the first time Barry Jenkins had directed an entire series. "Underground Railroad" tells the story of Cora, a black slave girl, who is looking for the rumored "Underground Railroad" in order to escape from a plantation in Georgia, and in the process of searching, she has a surprising discovery.
South African actress Thuso Mbedu starred in the show's female number one. Filming for "Subway Railroad" ended last September, and both trailers have been released.
02
Season 3 of Atlanta
Atlanta Season 3
Platform: FX
Starring: Donald Glover
Recently, Disney has news that Donald Glover returned to the third and fourth seasons of "Atlanta", and said that the third and fourth seasons will also appear in FX in 2021.
Set in Atlanta, a southern rap scene, "Atlanta" tells the story of a pair of cousins who struggle to live a better life for themselves and their families, and they face a variety of social and economic problems, involving race, interpersonal relationships, wealth and poverty, social status, and so on.
In just two seasons, this bizarre, absurd, comical, and magically realistic series starring Donald Glover has become a very different landscape in the small screen world.
At the moment, we know very little about the third season, but in addition to Donald Glover, it is reported that the other two members of the "rap trio" Brian Terry Henry and Lekes Steinfeld are expected to return.
03
"The Old Man"
The Old Man
Platform: FX on Hulu
Director: Jet Wilkinson / Joe Watts
Writers: Robert Lewin / Jonathan E. Steinberg / Thomas Perry
Starring: Aria Shaw carter / Amy Brunneman / John Lisgo / Jeff Bridges / Rim Lubani
Adapted from Thomas Perry's 2017 novel, the series tells the story of a former CIA official who lives in isolation and now tries to escape the men who want to kill him. The episode, which was originally scheduled to air at FX, has now been confirmed to premiere online on streaming platform FX on Hulu.
"The Old Man" stars Jeff Bridges, and "Spider-Man: Homecoming" director Joe Watts will direct the show's pilot episode. Jeff Bridges is currently battling cancer, and it's uncertain whether the show was filmed before Jeff Bridges announced he had cancer.
04
"North Sea Whale Dream"
The North Water
Platform: BBC
Director: Andrew Hagrid
Writers: Andrew Hagrid / Ian McGuire
Starring: Colin Farrell / Jack O'Connell / Chris Hitching / Gary Lamont / Gerry Lynch
Written and directed by 45th Anniversary director Andrew Hagrid, The Whale Dream of the North Sea is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Ian McGuire that focuses on a catastrophic whaling campaign in the 19th century.
The story tells that Patrick Sumner, a former war doctor of unknown fame, later became a doctor on a whaling ship, where Patrick Sumner encounters the killer Henry Drax, and the story of a difficult survival on an Arctic wasteland begins.
Colin Farrell plays killer Henry Drax, whose cast includes Jack O'Connell, Stephanie McMillan, and Peter Mullamlin. "North Sea Whale Dream" was filmed in the northernmost part of the earth last October and has been called the northernmost series ever filmed on the northernmost part of the earth.
05
Married Life
Scenes from a Marriage
Platform: HBO
Director: Haiga Levi
Writers: Haiga Levy / Ingmar Bergman
Starring: Jessica Chastain / Oscar Isaac / Sunette Mani
The series is also one of HBO's most blockbuster new shows, remade from Ingmar Bergman's eponymous work (Ingmar Bergman directed the film and episodic versions of Married Life in 1973). The new miniseries are co-starring Jessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac, directed by Haiga Levy (Extramarital Affair).
The new version of "Married Life" can also be seen as an upgrade of the old version of "Married Life", which revolves around the life story of a modern Couple in the United States. Filming of the drama was once stalled due to the outbreak of the epidemic, and it is reported that filming has resumed.
06
Lisi's Story
Lisey's Story
Platform: Apple TV+
Director: Pablo Laraine
Writers: Stephen King
Starring: Joan Allen / Dane De Hahn / Kang Sung-ho / Julian Moore / Clive Owen
When Apple announced that it would launch a streaming service, it said it would create a mini-series based on Stephen King's novel "Lisi's Story", and the new series star Cass was also announced.
The novel tells the story of the heroine Lisi's writer husband who died two years ago, a series of events that force Lisi to face the past of her husband that she has been suppressing and wanting to forget, and the story also switches between the present day after the death of her husband and the flashback of her past life.
Lisi's Story is one of Stephen King's most ambitious novels and is ideal for adaptation into a miniseries, which Stephen King will write himself. Julianne Moore as Lisie and Clive Owen as her writer husband. It is reported that the filming of the drama was basically completed before the outbreak of the epidemic.
07
Ripley
Ripley
Platform: Showtime
Director: Steven Zerian
Writers: Patricia Haysmith / Steven Zerian
Starring: Andrew Scott / Johnny Flynn
The image of Tom Ripley in the series of novels written by Patricia Highsmith is extremely familiar to everyone, and there are also interpretations of this role in the movies "Genius Ripley" and "Devil Ripley".
The Irishman screenwriter Steven Zerian's series Ripley is based on the first novel in the original series, focusing on Tom Ripley (Andrew Scott) in the early 1960s.
In the play, Tom Ripley is hired by a rich man to travel to Italy in an attempt to persuade the rich man's wandering son to return home, and Tom Ripley accepts the job, which becomes the beginning of his complicated life full of lies, fraud, and murder.
The show is expected to be made into five seasons, each of which revolves around a different content from each book in the original series, and is broadcast on Showtime.
08
"Mel on the East Side"
Mare of Easttown
Director: Craig Zobe
Writers: Brad Inglesby
Starring: Kate Winslet / Evan Peters
HBO has been strong in miniseries this year, launching episodes such as "I Know It's True" and "The Anti-American Conspiracy", and this year, one of HBO's highlights on the miniseries is this "Mel of the East Side". Directed by Craig Döbe (Watch over the World) and Gavin O'Connor (The Road Back).
Kate Winslet returned to the small screen after the 2011 HBO episode Phantom Floating Life, in which she played a police detective in a small town in Pennsylvania, a role that balanced a difficult investigation and a fragmented personal life. The show, which had mostly been filmed before the outbreak, is expected to debut at HBO before next summer.
09
The fourth season of "Killing Eve"
Killing Eve Season 4
Platform: BBC America
Starring: Sandra Wu / Judy Comer / Fiona Shaw
Kill Eve is one of the most enjoyable thrillers of the streaming era, a strange but addictive episode that is darker, more dazzling, more twisted, and more interesting each season than the previous one.
So far, the show has also provided a big platform for some of the most talented female practitioners in the film and television industry to show their talents, including screenwriters Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Emmarard Fennell.
The unpredictable story of the two heroines of the fourth season will continue to be staged, with screenwriter Laura Neal ("Sex Study Room"), and the executive producer of the fourth season has previously revealed that the season's story will show a "dark riot". It is reported that the fourth season of "Killing Eve" is expected to air on BBC America in April this year.
10
The third season of The Battle of Succession
Succession Season 3
Director: Mark Miró
Writers: Jesse Armstrong
Starring: Brian Cox / Jeremy Strong / Sarah Snooker
HBO's Emmy Award-winning "Battle of Succession" hasn't reappeared for more than a year, and you may have to wait patiently for at least half a year if you want to continue to watch the story of the roy family, an international media giant. Due to the epidemic, the filming of the third season of the show has temporarily stalled.
Although everything about the specific details of the new season is currently kept secret, it is reported that the characters played by the three guest actors of the first two seasons, Justin Lupe, David Rascher, and Fisher Stephens, will become resident characters in the third season.
Some people also asked whether this series set in the New York metropolis will add the new crown epidemic element to the new season. Jesse Armstrong, the show's creator, said that this is not a big possibility.
11
Barry Season 3
Barry Season 3
Starring: Bill Hader
Due to the epidemic, one of HBO's best comedies, Barry, has not been updated since May last year, and the third season of "Barry", which was scheduled to come out last year, has been postponed. With the gradual recovery of the global film and television industry after the epidemic, the filming of the third season of "Barry" has also started.
Not much is known about the new season, but it has been determined that the show's main cast has returned, including Henry Winkler, Stephen Rutter, Anthony Carrigan, Sarah Goodberg, and others in addition to Bill Hader.
It is reported that the script of the fourth season of the show has also been polished, and it is even possible that after the order of HBO, the third season and the fourth season will be filmed at the same time.
Barry begins with what happened after a professional killer from the Midwest moved to Los Angeles, and the end of the second season also leaves a tail with suspense. If the third season can officially start filming in January this year, the suspense left by the second season is likely to be unveiled next summer.
12
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings
Directed By: J· A. Bayana
Writers: Patrick McKay / John D. Payne / Brian Cogman / J. R· R. Tolkien
Starring: Robert Alamayo / Murphyd Clark / Cynthia Adey Robinson / Max Baudley / Kip Chapman
Amazon's series "The Lord of the Rings" is finally coming! This series based on Tolkien's famous book, after years of suffering, finally started filming! The multi-season, high-budget episodic version of The Lord of the Rings is also one of the most high-profile projects ever recorded in the streaming battle.
The show was put into filming for nearly a month at the beginning of last year, and although the filming was in New Zealand, filming was still stopped due to the epidemic, and filming continued after the epidemic situation improved in September last year.
Fans will inevitably compare the episodic version of The Lord of the Rings to the movie version, but one thing has been determined, the episodic version has been confirmed to tell the prequel story, a legendary story about the young Aragon, including some new characters, the emergence of a new world.
Amazon has paid up to $250 million for the title to the show, which has promised to air at least five seasons. J· A. Bayana (Jurassic World 2) directed the first two episodes of the first season, and there were several newcomers in The Cast. Apparently, Amazon is building their own Game of Thrones this time.
13
The second part of the special part of "Excitement"
Euphoria Part 2: Jules
The second season of "Excitement"
Euphoria Season 2
Director: Sam Levenson
Writers: Sam Levinson
Starring: Zandaa / Hunter Shaffer / Jacob Elotti / Barbie Ferreira / Alexa Demi
The story of a group of high school students trying to escape reality through drugs, sex and violence in response to an uncertain future, for which Zandaya won an Emmy Award.
Due to the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, the filming plan for the second season of the show was disrupted. To bridge the first and second seasons, director Sam Levinson launched the filming of the "Excitement" special (a total of two episodes).
The first part of the "Excitement" special has premiered this month, and its content will follow the end of the first season of "Excitement"; the second part of the special part will be broadcast in January this year. At present, HBO has given the green light to the second season of "Excitement", and the second season is expected to start filming at the beginning of this year and broadcast at the end of the year.
14
The fourth season of The Search for the Dead
Search Party Season 4
Platform: HBO Max
Writers: Sarah-Wallett Bliss / Charles Rogers / Michael Shawott
Starring: R · L. Stan / Susan Sarandon / Betsy Phillips / Ann Down / Griffin Dunn
Search for the Dead is a noir comedy about four young people in their twenties who are involved in an ominous mysterious event after a college classmate suddenly disappears, and the heroine Dolly, played by Aria Shaw carter, has been called one of the most glamorous drama characters of 2020.
The TBS hit series was confirmed earlier last year to be transferred to HBO Max. The fourth season of "Search for the Dead" has previously been filmed, and it is reported that the plot of the fourth season will be even more crazy, and it is expected to debut in HBO Max in January this year.
15
"Sin Tokyo"
Tokyo Vice
Director: Michael Mann / Destin Creighton
编剧: Jake Adelstein / J· T· Rogers
Starring: Ansel Elgot / Ken Watanabe / Rinko Kikuchi / Rachel Keller / Ella Langf
The show is based on Jake Adelstein's memoir of the same name, published in 2009. Director Michael Mann last directed the 2015 film Hacker Clash, which is the second time he was electrocuted on the small screen after directing the HBO series "Luck Race" in 2011.
The story of the new drama shows the hidden inside story of a Japanese criminal organization from the perspective of a Western journalist working at a publishing house in Tokyo. Destin Creighton, director of "Mercy of Justice," will also be the director of the show, with a ensemble of stars, including Ansel Algot, Ken Watanabe, and Rinko Kikuchi. Due to the epidemic, the filming of the drama stagnated in March last year, and filming has now resumed.
16
《Y Chromosome》
Y: The Last Man
Director: Melina Massoucas
Writers: Eliza Clark / Donneta Lavinia Grace / Pia Guerra
Starring: Diane Lynn / Ben Schneider / Ali Badshah / Olivia Selby / Shanon Canovas
"Y Chromosome" is based on the very popular comic series of the same name, which is arguably the most bumpy episode in the list of the most anticipated episodes. As early as 2015, the "Y Chromosome" drama project has been established, but since then it has encountered many changes in the creators.
The story is set in the apocalyptic world, where a catastrophe leads to the demise of all men except the male protagonist, and everything in the new world is dominated by women. Cass includes Diane Lynn, Barry Kiorn, Imogen Putz, and others, directed by Melina Massoucas (The Queen and the Thin Man). Filming of the show began in October last year, and the first stills have been released.
17
The Contrasting Lives of the Bird Sisters Season 2
Tuca & Bertie Season 2
Platform: Adult Swim
The Contrasting Lives of the Bird Sisters is an animated comedy series that tells the story of friendship between two bird sisters in their 30s. The bird sisters live in the same apartment, with Tuka (voiced by Tiffany Hades) a proud, carefree hornbill and Bertie (voiced by Huang Ali) an anxious, daydreaming nightingale.
Despite the series' first season receiving critical acclaim, and despite the fact that the writer was Lisa Hanawalt, who created one of the most popular streaming series, Bojack the Horseman, Netflix eventually abandoned the second season of "The Contrasting Life of the Bird Sisters," which was confirmed to air on the animation channel Adventure Swim this year.
18
The third season of "Girlfriend on call"
The Girlfriend Experience Season 3
Platform: Starz
Director: Anya Marquardt
Writers: Anya Marchant / Brian Koperman / David Levin
Starring: Julia Goodani Thales
Adapted from Steven Soderbergh's 2009 film of the same name, The Call for a Girlfriend is one of the few series that dares to confront sex workers and the sex work industry.
The first two seasons of directors Amy Simitz and Rocky Corrigan expanded the complex themes of Soderbergh's films to a deeper level, drawing a subtle line between primitive intimacy and professional boundaries.
Preparations for the third season began last year, and the writers and directors were replaced by German filmmaker Anya Maquart ("She Lost Control"). After the epidemic was controlled, the filming of the drama has resumed.
19
White Lotus
White Lotus
Director: Mike White
Writers: Mike White
Starring: Murray Bartlett / Connie Bridon / Jennifer Kurić / Alexandra Dadario / Fred Hetzinger
Mike White has held hands with HBO again after directing the hit series Daigo Empowerment, this time writing and directing his own new show White Lotus.
Set in a tropical resort, this new limited-edition series tells the story of different visitors and staff over the course of a week. Also starring Caste is Mike White's old partner comedian Molly Shannon (Year of the Dog).
20
The fourth season of "Black Money Resort"
Ozark Season 4
Platform: Netflix
Writers: Chris Mundy
Netflix has announced that the fourth season of "The Dark Money Resort" will be the final season of the Emmy award-winning series. The series sets off a series of stories about financial planner Marty (Jason Bateman) and his wife Wendy (Laura Linney) who move from the chicago suburbs to lake Ozark resort, and they have to pay off the money they owe to the Mexican drug lord.
In the final season, how does the legend of Marty and Wendy end? Many of the previously set suspense also have to be solved in this season, and the final season has a lot of tasks to complete. The timing of the final season this year has not yet been determined.
So, which one do you most want to see?
(This article is compiled from The Playlist, the image comes from the internet)