The 10 most anticipated TV series of 2020: from "Doctor Who" to "Shantarama"

There are people who are waiting for the coming of 2020 for the sake of New Year's Eve, gifts and fun… And there are those who understand: the holidays will pass quickly, and your favorite TV shows will stay with you forever! Especially the series that we want to talk about below.

At the end of 2020, Tolkien fans will be waiting for a real surprise: Amazon is preparing for the release of a new fantasy series "The Lord of the Rings", the first season of which will tell about the life of Aragorn even before he became king of the Reunited Kingdom.

The plot, cast, filming location, exact release date and other details are still unknown. Rumor has it that the creators of the series, in order to preserve secrecy, work in a secret room, where only team members are allowed to enter by fingerprint.

As you may have guessed, in the center of the plot of this series is Captain Jean—Luc Picard, whose role will be played by the unchanging Patrick Stewart. The action takes place 20 years after the events of the movie "Star Trek: Retribution". The captain has retired from his previous affairs and is no longer conquering the cosmic expanses, but this will not last long, because soon he will have to go on new adventures.

The premiere of the first series of "Captain Picard" will take place on January 23, 2020 on CBS. In an interview, the actor said that a lot of "interesting and shocking things" will happen this season, so we are looking forward to it!

The long-awaited film adaptation of the book of the same name by Gregory David Roberts about a man who escaped from an Australian prison and decided to start a new life in India. Initially, "Shantaram" was supposed to be released in the format of a film, and the role of the main character Lindsay Ford was intended for Johnny Depp. But because of the actor's busy work schedule, filming was constantly moved and canceled.

As a result, it was decided to fit the 860-page novel into the series and approve the British actor Charlie Hunnam for the main role. The premiere of "Shantarama" will take place at the end of 2020 on Apple TV+. The rest of the details are still unknown.

Many people say that "Doctor Who" is "no longer the same." And this is true in a sense… After all, now the inimitable Jodie Whittaker and her companions Yasmin, Graham and Ryan will fight with cybermen and save the universe from destruction.

This series is rightfully considered a classic in the genre of science fiction, because its first season was released back in 1963. The 12th season of Doctor Who is promised to be shown in early 2020 on the BBC channel, so fans don't have to wait that long.

The last episodes of the original series about the zombie apocalypse did not please the audience too much and received many negative reviews, but the future spin-off promises to be exciting.

The series has no name yet, but it is known that its actions will unfold about 10 years after the events of the main picture. The key characters of the spin-off will be people who grew up after the apocalypse in a closed technologically advanced society with a population of about a thousand people. Now their task is to figure out how to live on in a world full of dangers. What will come out of this, you will find out already in the winter of 2020.

The beloved "Sherlock" can also be continued next year, although information about this has not yet been officially confirmed. The filming of the new season was then started, then postponed ... And the blame for everything is too busy schedule of actors and strained relations between Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman in real life.

Nevertheless, according to insiders, Cumberbatch has already signed a contract for further filming in the series, which means there will still be a fifth season! The estimated release date for new episodes is January 2020. Most likely, Arthur Conan Doyle's stories "The Union of Redheads" and "The Engineer's Finger" will be involved in the script.

Those who love "Sex and the City" will definitely not be able to pass by this series. "Emily in Paris" tells the story of an American girl who had to move to France because of work. The difference in culture and mentality leads to the fact that Emily constantly gets into awkward and funny situations.

The girl has a lot to learn and a lot to learn from the French. And, of course, in the process of adapting to a new life, it will not be without surprises. The series starring actress Lily Collins, known for the movie "Snow White: Revenge of the Dwarfs", is due to be released in the spring of 2020 on the Paramount Network.

If fans could get into the "Wild West World" — an amusement park where people can do whatever they want — they would speed up the release of the last season of the series, because they had to wait for it for about two years.

Nevertheless, the years of waiting seem to have been worth it. In the third season, viewers will see a lot of interesting things: the world outside the park, an exciting confrontation between androids and humans in the atmosphere of World War II and new actors in the person of Aaron Paul ("Breaking Bad") and Vincent Cassel ("Crimson Rivers").

TV series "Through the snow" — another adaptation of the French graphic novel "Le Transperceneige" by Jacques Lob and Jean-Marc Rochette. According to the plot, humanity is dying from a man-made disaster, and the only survivors are passengers of a long express train launched on the day of the tragedy by a railway magnate.

For 17 years now, they have been traveling around the world in a train without stopping, where a rigid class hierarchy reigns. One day, two poor passengers who live at the very end of the train find out that they want to unhook their cars in order to save resources, after which the struggle for survival begins. You will be able to see the first episode of the series in 2020 on Turner Network Television.

Many fans have not yet had time to say goodbye to "Game of Thrones", when suddenly the creators of the series promised the release of the sequel "Long Night", which was supposed to tell about the appearance of the army of White Walkers and their leader. The picture could become a new hit of HBO, but recently the authors abandoned the idea of filming and decided to devote their efforts to another project.

We are talking about the second sequel of "Game of Thrones" under the pilot title "House of the Dragon". As you may have guessed, the main characters in it will be representatives of the Targaryen family. But do not expect to see Daenerys — the actions of the series develop 300 years before the events of "Game of Thrones". The exact release date of the sequel is still unknown.