Although a year with great tanks like this one that ends is not shaping up, which had among its releases The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power y House of the Dragonthe list for streaming is large in addition to the so-called “war” between platforms that continue to search for strategies to add subscribers.
It is a panorama that encountered complexities during 2022, when the competition was affected by the economic recession and the evident slowdown in obtaining customers. As a result, they began to devise tactics in terms of prices, advertising or technological investment to achieve a differential that attracts audiences, still overwhelmed by the range of services to choose from.
In this framework, the bet on the safe seems to have won -for now- the fight: adaptations, spin-offs and continuations of other products with proven success are at the head of the most publicized series, well above the original concepts that , as they have been for several years now, seem to be in short supply in the industry.
The Last of Us, based on the multi-award-winning video game -one of the best sellers in history- and which opens the year early with its premiere on January 15 on HBO and HBO Max, is perhaps the most prominent on that list. In the strip, Chilean Pedro Pascal and British Bella Ramsey are a smuggler and the young woman he must escort through a post-apocalyptic United States, threatened by a fungus capable of turning humans into murderous “zombies.”
In the line of action and adventure but from science fiction, the landing on Disney + of four productions of the Star Wars franchise is also awaited, with the third season of the acclaimed The Mandalorian (March 1), also with Pascal in the title role as the bounty hunter Din Djarin. Later, Rosario Dawson will resume the role that she had already played in that series to Ahsokawhich will follow her alone to find out more about who she was, in that vast fictional universe, a skilled Jedi apprentice to the infamous Anakin Skywalker.
They are joined Skeleton Crewwith the protagonist of Jude Law and set after the end of the original trilogy created by George Lucas, and the second season of the animated series The Bad Batch (January 4), in both cases also by Disney +.
Also with a date to be defined and turning towards superheroes and black humor it will be the turn of Gen Vspin-off of the irreverent The BoysAmazon Prime Video series based on the 2006 comic of the same name and focused on a gang of destitute who seek to collect the bloody personal accounts they have against the “Supers”, as they call humans with enhanced abilities that they are, unlike in the traditional archetype, the bad guys of the story.
Other content derived from film and TV productions that can be seen throughout 2023 are berlinprequel for Netflix to the exaggerated Spanish crime drama The Money Heist that will revolve around the well-known character played by Pedro Alonso; Y The Continentalabout the youth and beginnings in the underworld of those who manage the hotel/safe house of the title, popularized in the explosive saga of John Wickwhich will have its space on Prime Video.
From the hand of the blockbuster Marvel Cinematic Universe there will be six entries: the second seasons of the animated What If…? and of Lokiwith the leading role of Tom Hiddleston, as well as the premieres of Secret Invasion, Ironheart, Echo y Agatha: Coven of Chaosall for Disney +.
Next year will also be populated by new seasons of some well-known proposals such as Succession (HBO y HBO Max), You (Netflix), Shadow and Bone (Netflix), The Witcher (Netflix), Yellowjackets (Paramount+), And Just Like That… (HBO y HBO Max) y Ted Lasso (Apple TV+).
The continuations are completed with Bear (Star+), Barry (HBO y HBO Max), The Morning Show (Apple TV+), Severance (Apple TV+), the squid game (Netflix) y Queen Charlotte“, which will work as the third installment of the romantic drama Bridgerton (Netflix).
Many other series will have their end in 2023, with the last seasons of the youth drama Riverdale (which in Argentina is seen on Netflix), The Crown (Netflix), The Handmaid’s Tale (Paramount+) y The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Prime Video).
Meanwhile, among the original titles that will seek new audiences are Shrinkingcomedy with Jason Segel and Harrison Ford that will arrive on January 27 on Apple TV +, where shortly after, on February 3, the drama will land Dear Edwardabout a 12-year-old boy who becomes the sole survivor of a devastating plane crash, starring Connie Britton and Taylor Schilling.
The White House Plumbers, with Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux (HBO and HBO Max); the science fiction strip of the famous duo formed by David Benioff and DB Weiss 3 Body Problem (Netflix); the spy blockbuster Citadelmasterminded by brothers Anthony and Joe Russo (Prime Video); The Consultantcon Christoph Waltz (Prime Video); y Dead Ringerswith Rachel Weisz (Prime Video), are among those that have big names in the business as a hook.
Adding to this trend are Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks as executive producers of Masters of the Air (Apple TV+), which will turn into a trilogy the narratives of the Second World War that the filmmaker and the actor had already sponsored on the small screen with Band of Brothers y The Pacific. Love & Deathcon Elizabeth Olsen y Lily Rabe (HBO Max); Painkiller, with Matthew Broderick and Uzo Aduba (Netflix); y Beef, with Steven Yeun and Ali Wong; They will also be added to that less promoted but large list.