3 BODY PROBLEM
Netflix
The latest (and much-anticipated) series from Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, 3 Body Problem, adapts the Liu Cixin novel into an epic sci-fi series. From 1960s China to the present, strange happenings from outer space have begun to change the earth. It takes a quirky detective to unravel this mind-bending mystery filled with familiar GOT faces like Liam Cunningham, John Bradley, Jonathan Pryce, Marlo Kelly, Rosalind Chao, and Benedict Wong.
THE COMPLETELY MADE-UP
ADVENTURES OF DICK TURPIN
Apple TV +
Noel Fielding stars as the real-life Dick Turpin, the famed 18th-century English highwayman, in this criminal comedy filled with crazy capers, beautiful women, and Downton Abbey favorite Hugh Bonneville in a completely different persona. He plays Turpin’s relentless pursuer, who always seems one step behind the charming rogue.
THE GENTLEMEN
Netflix
Theo James, the Emmy-nominated hunk from The White Lotus, takes the lead in this Guy Ritchie-created series that continues the saga he began with his 2019 film of the same name. Theo inherited Mickey Pearson’s estate, including the illegal parts; that’s when the signature Ritchie craziness ensues. Ray Winstone, Vinnie Jones, Kaya Scodelario, and Joely Richardson round out the cast.
MANHUNT
Apple TV+
Tobias Menzies (The Crown, Outlander) stars as Edwin Stanton, and Anthony Boyle takes on John Wilkes Booth in this gripping fact-based series about the Lincoln assassination and the 12-day manhunt that followed. Based on the award-winning nonfiction book by James L. Swanson, Manhunt brings one of America’s most dastardly crimes into the spotlight once again.
THE REGIME
HBO
In this black comedy, Kate Winslet stars as an authoritarian European despot whose life goal is to stay in power at all costs. Will Tracy (Succession, The Menu) is the mind behind this mix of mayhem and madness that comes a bit too close to real life for comfort; Hugh Grant, Andrea Riseborough, and Martha Plimpton add to the general insanity in this sure-to-hit series.