In 2026 there will be a launch of Marvel series -‘Wonder Man’, ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ or ‘VisionQuest’- and also literary adaptations, such as ‘East of Eden’ (John Steinbeck), ‘The Testaments’ (Margaret Atwood), ‘Pride and Prejudice’ (Jane Austen) or ‘The House of the Spirits’ (Isabel Allende). All this without forgetting the new prequel to ‘Game of Thrones’, the third season of ‘Euphoria’, the second of ‘The Pitt’, the fourth of ‘Bridgerton’, the fifth of ‘The Bear’, the second of ‘Your Friends & Neighbours’, the sixth of ‘Slow Horses’, the fifth and final season of ‘The Boys’ or, without confirmation that they will arrive this year, the fourth of ‘The White Lotus’ or the sixth of ‘Only Murders in the Building’.
‘Euphoria’ – Season 3 (HBO Max, April 3)
‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ (HBO Max, January 19)
This prequel to ‘Game of Thrones’ arrives on January 19th and is set a century before the events of the original series. Two unlikely heroes wandered Westeros… a naive young, but brave knight, Ser Duncan the Tall, and his diminutive squire, Egg. Set in an era when the Targaryen dynasty still occupies the Iron Throne.You may be interested in: Stranger Things breaks records hours before the premiere of its final season
‘VisionQuest’ (Disney+, no date)
At the end of the year, ‘VisionQuest’, the series from the Marvel universe that will close the trilogy of ‘WandaVision’ and ‘Agatha’, will be released. Paul Bettany returns as White Vision, and Elizabeth Olsen as Scarlet Witch, and James Spader as the villain Ultron. Little more is known about a highly anticipated series that will be released at the end of 2026.
‘Wonder Man’ (Disney+, January 28)
Another of Marvel’s productions for this year, ‘Wonder Man’, centered on the character of Simon Williams (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II), an actor who dreams of succeeding in Hollywood and who, after a chance encounter with Trevor Slattery (Ben Kingsley), a veteran interpreter already retired, discovers that a new version of the superhero film Wonder Man is being prepared.
‘East of Eden’ (Netflix)
A seven-episode miniseries adapting one of the great classics of American literature by John Steinbeck, which already has several adaptations, including the popular 1955 Elia Kazan film starring James Dean and Julie Harris. Now the project is produced by the director’s granddaughter, Elia Kazan, and stars Florence Pugh, which promises a female vision of the story.
‘The Testaments’ (Disney+, April)
This sequel to ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ will arrive in April, adapting Margaret Atwood’s 2019 novel – winner of the Booker Prize – and set in the dystopian theocracy of Gilead. A series featuring Ann Dowd, Chase Infiniti, Lucy Halliday or Rowan Blanchard, about the passage to adulthood in which a new generation of young women face the dark future that awaits them.
‘The Pitt’ – Season 2 (HBO Max, January 9)
One of the most acclaimed series of 2025, with 5 Emmy Awards and 2 Golden Globe nominations, is one of the first to return in 2026, on January 9th. With Noah Wyle at the helm in a cast that also includes Patrick Ball, Katherine LaNasa, Supriya Ganesh, Taylor Dearden or Isa Briones, it will continue to reflect in real time, the work in a Pittsburgh hospital.
‘Bridgerton’ – Season 4 (Netflix, January 29)
The fourth season of the Bridgerton saga will premiere in two parts – on January 19th and February 26th – and the protagonist will be the bohemian second son of the family, Benedict (Luke Thompson), who resists settling down, until he meets a captivating Silver Lady at a masked ball, played by Yerin Ha.‘The House of the Spirits’ (Prime Video)
One of Isabel Allende’s best-known novels, which was already made into a film in 1993 with Jeremy Irons and Meryl Streep, is now coming to the small screen with an eight-episode miniseries, filmed entirely in Chile and in which the author has been heavily involved. Dolores Fonzi, Alfonso Herrera, Nicole Wallace, Juan Pablo Raba and Fernanda Castillo head the cast.
