13 new series that will make us dream in 2017

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3 – Twin Peaks

Then of course, Twin Peaks isn’t really a new series. But after a break of 26 years, there is something to be greatly excited. If Showtime has explained that this third season will continue the tradition of the original series, providing long-overdue answers, by the fans”, almost no information about the plot has leaked out. All we know is that Kyle MacLachlan will resume the role of FBI agent Dale Cooper, and a slew of new characters will join the cast original. This new season has been entirely written by David Lynch and Mark Frost, and Lynch has directed every episode. Get out the coffee and cherry pie, Twin Peaks will return in the spring (well, it is what it is said).

Date of broadcast on Showtime still unknown

With Kyle MacLachlan, Sherilyn Fenn, Dana Ashbrook…

“Twin Peaks”

4 – Riverdale

A Riverdale, a small, quiet town in american, things are not as idyllic as they appear. Led by Archie Andrews, a band of high school students will have to cope with strange happenings and gradually update the dark secrets that closes their city. Adapted from the comic book Archie Comics, Riverdale is already announced as a supernatural version of Gossip Girl. If the story is not foreign to you, this is normal, the book had already been adapted to the screen in the early 2000s in the form of a cartoon called Archie, Mystery and company. Aired on the CW in the United States, the series will be offered in France by Netflix, who will row 24 hours after its broadcast in US.

From 27 January on Netflix

With K. J. Apa, Cole Sprouse, Luke Perry, Lili Reihnhart…

“Riverdale”

5 – Legion

After successful association with Netflix (Jessica Jones, Daredevil, Luke Cage), Marvel is turning to FX to produce Legion, the first series attached to X-Men. We follow Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey) in the role of David Haller, son schizophrenic professor Xavier. Believing themselves to be crazy, David will discover during a stay in a psychiatric hospital that the voices he heard and the visions which he is facing may prove to be true. Telekinesis, pyrokinésie, telepathy, and even control of time… the powers of the young man could make him the mutant the most powerful of the planet. It is what it is.

From 8 February on FX

With Dan Stevens, Aubrey Plaza, Mackenzie Gray…

“Legion”

6 – Big Little Lies

A cast in gold, a mysterious history, and HBO as a broadcaster, that gives envy. Adapted from the best-selling Liane Moriarty, Big Little Lies tells the story of the fate to cross three mothers (Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, and Shailene Woodley) who will find themselves involved in a murder. The mini-series was created by Jean-Marc Vallée (Dallas Buyers Club, C. R. A. Z. Y, Wild), and produced by the production company Reese Witherspoon, Pacific Standard (who had produced Gone Girl). In addition to the three actresses, the cast will include Laura Dern, Adam Scott, Alexander Skarsgard and Zoë Kravitz.

From February 19 on HBO

With Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley…

“Big Little Lies”

7 – American Gods

Deemed inadaptable, the cult novel of Neil Gaiman has a time been announced on HBO. But the chain is being broken teeth on the scenario, it is ultimately Starz, who will have the chance to broadcast the adaptation of American Gods. It’s the story of Shadow Moon, a former inmate who learns the death of his wife and his best friend the day he comes out of prison. The plane that takes her back home, he meets Mr Wednesday, who offers to become his bodyguard. But very soon, Shadow will understand that his client is actually the old norse god Odin. Embarked in a journey across the United States, the duo will go to meet the other gods and cross on the road, various folk characters. The purpose of Odin ? The rally to his cause and to conduct a war without thank you to the deities of the 21st century : the Internet, media, television, or cars. Created by Bryan Fuller, the father of Hannibal, American Gods takes place as a series of the most appealing of 2017.

From April on Starz

With Ricky Whittle, Ian McShane, Emily Browning…

“American Gods”

8 – The Deuce

When David Simon (creator of The Wire) meets James Franco, we can expect something devilishly intriguing. Located in the New York of the 70’s, The Deuce will return to the legalization and the rise of the porn, all that funds from drug trafficking and the aids epidemic. James Franco will perform not one, but two characters : the twins Vincent and Frankie Martino. Of the characters who have really existed, and that controlled the sex industry in new york in the seventies. Whiskers, leather jacket, legs eph and cocaine to provide.

Date of broadcast on HBO still unknown

With James Franco, Maggie Gyllenhaal, John Druzba…

The Deuce

9 – Feud

Between Ryan Murphy and FX, it is unehistoire love beautiful and sustainable. After American Horror Story and American Crime Story, the producer and writer continues to be interested in an anthology series, and will this year propose the first season of Feud. Articulated around the great quarrels of the story, this new show will bring to life the public the open war between actresses Joan Crawford and Bette Davis.. A rivalry that has stirred up Hollywood from the ‘ 30s and reached its peak in 1962, the year of filming of What ever happened to Baby Jane ?, one and only movie between the two stars. Jessica Lange will perform Joan Crawford and Susan Sarandon will slip into the skin of Bette Davis. The cast also includes Sarah Paulson, a veteran of the universe Ryan Murphy, as well as the all-too-rare Catherine Zeta-Jones.

To discover in the fall of 2017 on FX

With Jessica Lange, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci…

Ryan Murphy and his series “Feud”

10 – Powerless

Still a series with super-heroes. Yes, but a comedy, and above all, a hero without powers. Led by the lovely and refreshing, Vanessa Hudgens, Powerless takes place in a world where super-heroes created by DC Comics exist. Emily Locke (Vanessa Hudgens) works in an insurance company in charge of the damage and other collateral damage left behind by the demi-gods in cape and tights. Between the mystical threats that accumulate and a new boss completely discarded, the young woman is going to experience the worst of the galleys. The corporate life to the sauce, DC Comics, or when The Office meets Superman.

From 2 February on NBC

With Vanessa Hudgens, Danny Pudi, Alan Tudyk…