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1. Star Wars: Underworld

60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama | Announced

Plot unknown. Reportedly a live-action series that takes place between the events of 'Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith' and 'Star Wars: A New Hope'.

2. Dune: The Prophecy (2024– )

Action, Adventure, Drama | Post-production

TV series set in the 'Dune' universe which centers on the lives of the Bene Gesserit.

Stars: Camilla Beeput, Sarah Lam, Emily Watson, Olivia Williams

December 18, 2020 HBO MAX

4. Avatar: The Last Airbender (2024– )

TV-PG | 55 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A young boy known as the Avatar must master the four elemental powers to save the world, and fight against an enemy bent on stopping him.

Stars: Gordon Cormier, Kiawentiio, Ian Ousley, Dallas Liu

Votes: 67,183

Late 2021

5. Kaos (2024– )

60 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy | Post-production

A modern day contemporary retelling of Greek mythology.

Stars: Debi Mazar, Aurora Perrineau, Fady Elsayed, Sam Buttery

Netflix UK

6. Demimonde

Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | Pre-production

The world battles against a monstrous, oppressive force.

Stars: Danielle Deadwyler, Elliot Villar

HBO now called Contraband Cancelled

7. Anansi Boys

Adventure, Drama, Fantasy | Post-production

A man discovers that his father was an incarnation of the god Anansi.

Stars: Fiona Shaw, CCH Pounder, Whoopi Goldberg, Jason Watkins

BBC In development

8. Athena

60 min | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | Announced

A 23-year-old woman discovers she's Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom and warfare. Each week she must maintain her secret identity while battling a slew of ancient monsters from Greek ... See full summary »

Star: Ron Gilbert

Fox In development

9. Gormenghast

Drama, Fantasy | Announced

The crumbling Gormenghast Castle is ruled by the Groan dynasty. Kitchen boy Steerpike rises through deceit, aiming to overthrow the family. Titus, the new ruler, must stop Steerpike's machinations to save his dynasty.

Showtime

10. The Kingkiller Chronicle: The Name of the Wind

Fantasy | Announced

A young man who grows up to become the world's most notorious magician.

Showtime

11. The Legend of Conan

Action, Adventure, Fantasy | Announced

The plot is unknown at this time.

Star: Arnold Schwarzenegger

Amazon

12. The Fifth Season

Fantasy | Announced

Based on the new Hugo and Nebula award-winning fantasy trilogy by author N.K. Jemisin.

TNT

13. The Ruin of Kings

Announced

Follows the story of Khirin, a young thief who discovers he may be the son of a prince and involved in a complex prophecy where he is more valuable alive than dead.

14. The Vampire Chronicles

Drama, Horror | Announced

TV series based on the novels by Anne Rice.

Hulu dropped

15. These Broken Stars

Sci-Fi | Announced

These Broken Stars is a timeless love story about hope and survival in the face of unthinkable odds.

Freeform In development for 4 years...

16. Glare

Drama, Sci-Fi

A Sci-Drama about the colonisation of another planet.

Demimonde 2022 HBO

17. Time Bandits

Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy | Post-production

Television adaptation of Terry Gilliam's 1981 film, Time Bandits, which centers on a young boy who discovers a time-traveling portal in his bedroom.

Stars: Kal-El Tuck, Sarah Darkin, Lisa Kudrow, Tadhg Murphy

18. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (2023– )

TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Demigod Percy Jackson leads a quest across America to prevent a war among the Olympian gods.

Stars: Walker Scobell, Leah Jeffries, Aryan Simhadri, Virginia Kull

Votes: 35,292

Disney plus!!

19. Judge Dredd: Mega City One

Action, Adventure, Crime | Announced

Judge Dredd patrols an over-populated metropolis in the 22nd Century, where he has the powers of a judge, jury and executioner.

20. Sin City

Animation, Action, Crime | Announced

Based on the work of Frank Miller, the series will focus on original characters set within the 'Sin City' universe.

21. New Warriors (2017– )

30 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

The adventures of a team of teenage superheroes.

Stars: Milana Vayntrub, Keith David, Chloe Coleman, Calum Worthy

22. Shatter Me

Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Announced

The life of 17-year-old Juliette Ferrars, who has been locked away for a crime she never intended to commit a crime caused by her peculiar "gift" that she herself doesn't even understand.

23. H.O.P.E

Drama, Sci-Fi

H.O.P.E is a new future based sci-fi drama starring a cast of relative newcomers. It revolves around the adversity of the human spirit when pitted against an imposed life versus a naturally... See full summary »

Stars: Ruben Angelo, Greg Joseph, Nancy Mercurio, Annie Karstens

24. Alien

TV-MA | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Filming

A prequel series set three decades before the events of the 1979 film.

Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Sydney Chandler, Essie Davis, Alex Lawther

25. Grendel

Action, Adventure, Crime | Post-production

Follows a gifted fencer, writer and assassin, seeking to avenge the death of a lost love. He goes to the criminal underworld and asks himself, why beat them, when he can join them?

Stars: Abubakr Ali, Julian Black Antelope, Philip Granger, Antonio Marziale

26. 3 Body Problem (2024)

TV-MA | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

A fateful decision made in 1960s China reverberates in the present, where a group of scientists partner with a detective to confront an existential planetary threat.

Stars: Jovan Adepo, Liam Cunningham, Eiza González, Jess Hong

Votes: 91,265

27. Beacon 23 (2023– )

TV-MA | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A man living in the 23rd Century works at a remote "lighthouse" in space that serves as a beacon to help passing ships.

Stars: Stephan James, Natasha Mumba, Lena Headey, Wade Bogert-O'Brien

Votes: 3,817

28. Battlestar Galactica

Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi | Announced

When the humans' twelve planets are destroyed by a Cylon invasion force, the survivors flee in 220 spaceships following the Galactica - a gigantic battlestar spaceship - in a search for a "thirteenth" planet.

29. Agatha (2024– )

Action, Adventure, Comedy | Post-production

Set after the events of "WandaVision," Agatha Harkness recruits some unlikely allies on her quest to regain her former powers.

Stars: Kathryn Hahn, Patti LuPone, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Aubrey Plaza

30. Orphan Black: Echoes (2023– )

Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Follows a group of women as they weave their way into each other's lives and embark on a thrilling journey, unravelling the mystery of their identity.

Stars: Krysten Ritter, Keeley Hawes, Amanda Fix, Avan Jogia

Votes: 1,342

31. Skeleton Crew (2024)

TV-14 | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | Post-production

Four kids make a mysterious discovery on their home planet that leads them to get lost in a strange and dangerous galaxy.

Stars: Jude Law, Kerry Condon, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Tunde Adebimpe

32. Echo (2023–2024)

TV-MA | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Maya Lopez must face her past, reconnect with her Native American roots, and embrace the meaning of family and community if she ever hopes to move forward.

Stars: Alaqua Cox, Chaske Spencer, Tantoo Cardinal, Graham Greene

Votes: 35,819

33. Ironheart (2024– )

Action, Adventure, Drama | Post-production

Genius teenage inventor Riri Williams creates the most advanced suit of armor since Iron Man.

Stars: Dominique Thorne, Alden Ehrenreich, Zoe Terakes, Manny Montana

34. Fallout (2024– )

TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

In a future, post-apocalyptic Los Angeles brought about by nuclear decimation, citizens must live in underground bunkers to protect themselves from radiation, mutants and bandits.

Stars: Ella Purnell, Aaron Moten, Walton Goggins, Moises Arias

Votes: 103,484

35. Magic: The Gathering

TV-MA | Animation, Action, Adventure | Post-production

Series focusing on the Planeswalkers, Magic's unique magic-wielding heroes and villains, as they contend with stakes larger than any one world can hold.

Stars: Brandon Routh, Lexi DiBenedetto

36. Alien

TV-MA | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Filming

A prequel series set three decades before the events of the 1979 film.

Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Sydney Chandler, Essie Davis, Alex Lawther

37. 3 Body Problem (2024)

TV-MA | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

A fateful decision made in 1960s China reverberates in the present, where a group of scientists partner with a detective to confront an existential planetary threat.

Stars: Jovan Adepo, Liam Cunningham, Eiza González, Jess Hong

Votes: 91,265

38. Moana 2 (2024)

Animation, Adventure, Comedy | Filming

After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana journeys to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she has ever faced.

Director: David G. Derrick Jr. | Stars: Auli'i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Alan Tudyk

39. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight

TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama | Filming

A century before GOT, Ser Duncan the Tall, and his squire, Egg wandered through Westeros, while the Targaryen dynasty ruled the Iron Throne and dragons were still remembered, great destinies and enemies await the incomparable friends.

Stars: Dexter Sol Ansell, Peter Claffey

40. Untitled Harry Potter Series

Adventure, Fantasy

Plot unknown.

41. Powerpuff

Action, Adventure, Comedy | Announced

Three disillusioned women in their 20s with superpowers who used to fight crime together and now resent having lost their childhood to that are faced with the choice of reuniting now that the world needs them more than ever.

Stars: Dove Cameron, Robyn Lively, Tom Kenny, Donald Faison

42. A Court of Thorns and Roses

Fantasy | Announced

A huntress agrees to travel to a magical realm with a faerie lord in return for her family's safety.

43. God of War

TV-MA | Action, Adventure, Drama | Pre-production

Follows Kratos, the God of War, after exile from Greece, hangs up his weapons forever in the Norse realm of Midgard. When his beloved wife dies, Kratos sets off on an epic journey with his son to spread her ashes from the highest peak.

44. Kaos (2024– )

60 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy | Post-production

A modern day contemporary retelling of Greek mythology.

Stars: Debi Mazar, Aurora Perrineau, Fady Elsayed, Sam Buttery

45. Blade Runner 2099

TV-MA | Action, Drama, Mystery | Filming

Takes place fifty years after the events of "Blade Runner 2049".

46. Splinter Cell

Animation, Action, Adventure | Filming

TV series adaptation of the popular video game 'Splinter Cell'.

47. Witch Mountain

Action, Adventure, Family | Pre-production

It follows two teens that develop abilities and discover that their suburb may not be as idyllic as it seems.

Stars: Maia Jae Bastidas, Natalie Gumede, Drew Nelson, Shaun Mazzocca

48. Skywatch

Sci-Fi | Announced

An outcast teen hacks into a drone delivery system to pull a prank on his school bully.However, he accidentally crashes a dangerous prototype and finds himself entangled in a life-and-death conspiracy.

49. She-Ra

Action, Adventure, Fantasy | Announced

Live-action adaptation of the Mattel toys and animated series "She-Ra: Princess of Power."

50. Babylon 5

Announced

Follow John Sheridan, an Earthforce officer with a mysterious background, who is assigned to Babylon 5, a five-mile-long space station in neutral space, a port of call for travelers, smugglers, corporate explorers and alien diplomats.

51. Nocterra

Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi | Announced

Follows Val Riggs, a ferryman who relays people and goods in a world of lasting darkness that turns the living into monstrous creatures.

52. The Atlas Six

Fantasy | Announced

Follows six talented magicians, who are selected to earn a place in The Alexandrian Society, the eternally powerful secret society in the world.

53. Snow

Announced

Based after the events of "Game of Thrones".

Star: Kit Harington

54. Untitled Stranger Things Spinoff Series

TV-14 | Drama, Fantasy, Horror | Announced

Plot kept under wraps.

55. Aeon Flux

Action, Drama, Mystery | Announced

Live-action TV adaptation of the animated series about a highly-skilled secret agent assassin living in a future anarchist society.

56. Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (2025– )

Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | Pre-production

Centers on students at Starfleet Academy.

57. Star Trek: Section 31 (2025)

Action, Adventure, Drama | Filming

In Star Trek: Section 31, Emperor Philippa Georgiou, joins a secret division of Starfleet tasked with protecting the United Federation of Planets and faces the sins of her past.

Director: Olatunde Osunsanmi | Stars: Humberly González, Michelle Yeoh, Sam Richardson, Omari Hardwick

59. 10,000 Ships

Fantasy

Set 1,000 years before the events of Game of Thrones, the series tells the story of warrior queen Princess Nymeria and the surviving Rhoynars who traveled from Essos to Dorne following their defeat by Valyrian and their dragons.

60. Sugar (2024– )

TV-MA | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Private investigator John Sugar examines the mysterious disappearance of Olivia Siegel, the granddaughter of a legendary Hollywood producer.

Stars: Colin Farrell, Kirby, Amy Ryan, Dennis Boutsikaris

Votes: 5,067

61. Constellation (2024– )

TV-MA | Sci-Fi, Thriller

Jo returns to earth after a disaster in space and discovers that there are missing pieces in her life, so she sets out to expose the truth about the hidden secrets of space travel and recover what she has lost.

Stars: Noomi Rapace, Jonathan Banks, James D'Arcy, Rosie Coleman

Votes: 13,966

62. Fear Agent

Action, Sci-Fi | Announced

Centers on a colorful, alcoholic alien exterminator named Heath Huston, a Texan who works as a so-called fear agent, the last of a dwindling breed of spacemen whose mission it is to fight threats to the planet Earth.

63. Horizon 2074

Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | Announced

The upcoming adaptation of the Guerrilla Games Horizon Zero Dawn.

64. Heartthrob

Drama, Romance | Announced

Callie, after gaining a new lease on life thanks to a heart transplant procedure, meets and falls in love with a mysterious master thief who also happens to be her heart donor.

65. Protocol Orphans

Action, Drama, Thriller | Announced

A foster family of orphans were trained by the US government as covert operatives, protecting their country during the day and battling each other at night.

66. Recursion

Announced

A brilliant female scientist invents a powerful technology that allows people not just to reactivate their most visceral memories but to reinvent them entirely.

67. Briggs Land

Crime | Announced

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68. Subject to Change

Drama, Thriller | Announced

A desperate college student who signs up for a clinical trial that begins a wild, harrowing, mind- and reality-bending adventure.

69. Who Fears Death

Sci-Fi | Announced

Based on the book by Nnedi Okurafor.

70. Metropolis (I)

Drama, Sci-Fi | Pre-production

A TV series adaptation of Fritz Lang's legendary 1927 sci-fi silent film "Metropolis.

Stars: Lindy Booth, Briana Middleton

71. The Sparrow

Sci-Fi | Announced

Humans on Earth receive their first evidence of intelligent extraterrestrial life when a radio telescope picks up a strange signal, sounding like exquisite music, from a distant planet that will come to be known as Rakhat.

72. Wyrd

Drama | Announced

Wyrd is an extraterrestrial in exile who was sent to earth in an attempt to better understand humanity. When his people don't come back for him, he's forced to search for a way home.

Star: Matthew Rhys

73. Gattaca

Sci-Fi | Pre-production

In a world where genetic engineering has allowed to determine the future of their children before they are born, a man with a heart condition tries to assume the identity of a former athlete with perfect genes in order to travel in space.

74. Grass Kings

Announced

The rise of the Grass Kingdom, an off-the-grid Alaska haven for outsiders that faces dark threats as it grows.

75. Sam and Twitch

Action, Crime, Drama | Announced

Two homicide detectives face a series of grisly crimes in New York City that are connected to the occult.

76. The Boroughs

Adventure, Drama, Fantasy | Pre-production

Set in what appears to be a gorgeous retirement community in the New Mexico desert, a group of unexpected heroes must work together to thwart an extraterrestrial menace from taking the one thing they don't have: time.

77. Nevermore

Sci-Fi | Announced

Virginia Poe and husband, Edgar Allan Poe, travel through time in a Steampunk alternate timeline.

78. Dr. Mirage

Drama | Announced

A female paranormal investigator who can communicate with dead souls except the one she most wants to reach - the love of her life.

79. I Woke Up a Vampire (2023– )

TV-Y7 | 22 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

On her 13th birthday, Carmie discovers that she's actually half human, half vampire and that mythical powers make middle school way more complicated.

Stars: Kaileen Angelic Chang, Niko Ceci, Zebastin Borjeau, Ana Araujo

Votes: 633

80. Dead Boy Detectives (2024– )

Action, Adventure, Comedy | Completed

Charles Rowland and Edwin Paine decided not to enter the afterlife to stay on Earth and investigate crimes that involve supernatural stuff.

Stars: George Rexstrew, Jayden Revri, Kassius Nelson, Briana Cuoco

81. The Acolyte (2024– )

Action, Adventure, Drama | Completed

Star Wars series that takes viewers into a galaxy of shadowy secrets and emerging dark-side powers in the final days of the High Republic era.

Stars: Amandla Stenberg, Dafne Keen, Jodie Turner-Smith, Joonas Suotamo

82. The Penguin (2024– )

Crime, Drama, Fantasy | Post-production

Following the events of "The Batman," Oswald Cobblepot, a.k.a. The Penguin, makes a play to seize the reins of the crime world in Gotham.

Stars: Colin Farrell, Cristin Milioti, Rhenzy Feliz, Myles Humphus

83. Waller (2024– )

Action, Adventure, Drama | Pre-production

Plot under wraps.

Stars: Danielle Brooks, Steve Agee, Viola Davis

84. Booster Gold

Action, Adventure, Crime | Announced

Booster Gold is a loser who uses basic technology from the future to pretend to be a superhero in present day.



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