Spider-Man swings through an alternate timeline, a killer clown gets a prequel, and Disney brings one of Marvel's biggest badasses home. If you aren't already stoked for TV in 2025, get ready to be.
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00:00Spider-Man swings through an alternate timeline, a killer clown gets a prequel, and Disney
00:05brings one of Marvel's biggest badasses home.
00:07If you aren't already stoked for TV in 2025, get ready to be.
00:11If you're a fan of the CBS show Elementary, you'll want to check out the network's
00:15upcoming show, Watson.
00:16Like Elementary, it updates the Sherlock Holmes stories for modern audiences, although Holmes
00:21has been dead for six months by the time the series kicks off.
00:24According to a CBS press release, Dr. Watson resumes his medical career as the head of
00:28a clinic dedicated to treating rare disorders.
00:31Watson's old life isn't done with him, though.
00:33Moriarty and Watson are set to write their own chapter of a story that has fascinated
00:37audiences for more than a century.
00:39Morris Chestnut stars as Dr. John Watson, and he's joined by the likes of Eve Harlow,
00:43Peter Mark Kendall, Richie Koster, Rochelle Aitz, and Inga Schlingman.
00:47The medical mystery drama drops on CBS and Paramount Plus after the AFC Championship
00:52game on January 26th.
00:54The upcoming animated Marvel show, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, drops on Disney Plus
00:58on January 29th.
00:59Created by Jeff Trammell, the MCU series takes place in an alternate timeline in which Peter
01:04Barker has been mentored not by Tony Stark, but Oscorp head honcho Norman Osborn.
01:08It's been confirmed that Doctor Strange, Venom, and Rhino will all pop up, too.
01:15The series will explore the web-slinger's early days as a superhero when he's still
01:18getting used to his powers, a slice of the Spider-Man origin story that's been overlooked
01:22in the live-action MCU films.
01:24Hudson Tames is voicing Spider-Man, reprising the role from Marvel's animated What If?
01:29series.
01:30Norman Osborn is voiced by Colman Domingo, and Charlie Cox will voice the animated version
01:36of his character Matt Murdock, aka Daredevil.
01:392025 brings the release of Pixar's first-ever original long-form series.
01:44Scheduled for release on Disney Plus on February 19th, Win or Lose follows the ups and downs
01:48of softball team The Pickles as the young players prepare for the championship game.
01:52Each of the eight episodes will follow a different player.
01:59Two things are clear from the trailer.
02:01The Pickles are very much underdogs, and Pixar has, once again, cut no corners in terms of
02:06animation.
02:07The show looks as crisp and colorful as any Pixar film.
02:10That was headquarters.
02:13They loved it.
02:14According to a press release from the company's chief creative officer, Pete Docter, we consider
02:18Win or Lose a major, first-of-its-kind tentpole series, one that really showcases what I think
02:24makes our studio great.
02:25Bold, imaginative storytelling, laugh-out-loud humor, and characters that we can all relate
02:30to.
02:31Netflix's so-called Defenders saga may be history at this point, but there's still
02:36life in Charlie Cox's Daredevil.
02:38Titled Daredevil, Born Again, the upcoming MCU installment will once again see blind
02:42lawyer Matt Murdock tangle with New York crime boss Wilson Fisk.
02:45And it looks like there may be a twist coming.
02:48According to a Collider interview with Cox and on-screen nemesis Vincent D'Onofrio,
02:54the enemies form an uneasy alliance, and perhaps experience a little enlightenment.
02:58Cox teased,
02:59Maybe there's a sense that both Matt Murdock and Wilson Fisk have recognized that, in their
03:03obsession to rid the city of the other, they have potentially caused the city and society
03:08more harm than they've done good.
03:10But why the truce?
03:11Because there's an even worse villain than Fisk arriving on the scene.
03:15Someone who's a relatively new addition to Marvel canon.
03:18The Daredevil of Born Again teaser includes the presence of Muse, a serial killer created
03:22by Charlie Soule and Ron Garney in 2016.
03:25The trailer also confirms the return of John Bernthal's Punisher, but we'll have to
03:29wait until March 4th, when the nine-episode season hits Disney Plus to find out where
03:33he fits in.
03:34If you're a fan of the Devil May Cry video games, then you're no doubt looking forward
03:38to April 2025, when a brand-new animated series based on the title lands on Netflix.
03:43The show is created by Indian-American producer, writer, and director Adi Shankar, known for
03:48the animated Netflix shows Castlevania and Captain Lazerhawk A Blood Dragon Remix.
03:53For those who don't know the games, Devil May Cry follows a demon hunter named Dante
03:57as he attempts to keep our world safe from evil forces.
04:00This guy, he's something else.
04:03They're often described as urban fantasy action-adventure games, and the same is being said of the upcoming
04:08series, which will no doubt be music to the ears of those who love the mix of fantastical
04:12elements in familiar settings.
04:14Sadly, Ruben Langdon, who voiced Dante in the games, isn't reprising his role.
04:19Though fans will know all about his replacement, Johnny Young-Bosch, the voice of Dante's
04:23nephew Nero in the games, is taking the mic.
04:26The change seems to have some fans worried, but Shankar told Netflix to Doom,
04:30My goal is to make one of the best shows on the Netflix platform, period.
04:35Dominique Thorne made her MCU debut as Riri Williams, aka Ironheart, and 2022's Black
04:40Panther Wakanda Forever.
04:42Now she's set to front her own six-episode miniseries dropping on June 24th.
04:47Created by Shinaka Hodge and produced by Black Panther mastermind Ryan Coogler, Ironheart
04:51takes place after the events of Wakanda Forever, as Riri returns home to Chicago, where a new
04:55villain awaits.
04:56In the comics, young inventor Riri caught the attention of Tony Stark after building
05:00her own Iron Man-style suit.
05:02In the show's official synopsis, picks up from there, teasing,
05:05Her unique take on building Iron suits is brilliant, but in pursuit of her ambitions,
05:09Riri finds herself wrapped up with the mysterious yet charming Parker Robbins, aka The Hood.
05:14Who is The Hood, you may be wondering?
05:16He's a Marvel baddie who poses a big threat, not only to Riri, but potentially to the wider
05:21MCU.
05:22Robbins started out as a petty criminal, until he stumbled upon a demonic ritual while robbing
05:26a warehouse.
05:28Long story short, he comes away with a demon's cloak that allows him to fly and remain invisible
05:32as long as he holds his breath.
05:34He'll be played by Anthony Ramos.
05:36Other cast members include Lyric Ross, Manny Montana, and Alden Ehrenreich.
05:412025 will see a fresh installment in the Alien universe brought to the small screen.
05:47The FX series Alien Earth at last brings the Xenomorphs to our planet.
05:51According to the official synopsis, when a mysterious space vessel crash-lands on Earth,
05:55a young woman and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts
05:59them face-to-face with the planet's greatest threat.
06:03Alien Earth is created by Noah Hawley, the showrunner behind FX's Legion and Fargo, and
06:07he's already hyping the project.
06:17Even Hawley sounds shook.
06:22Sidney Chandler plays the lead alongside Alex Lothar, Timothy Olyphant, S.C.
06:27Davis, and more.
06:28Alien Earth lands on Hulu in summer 2025.
06:32Given the success of Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon, HBO execs are again gambling
06:36on a hit from the pen of George R.R. Martin.
06:39Based on a Martin novella, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, The Hedge Knight is slated
06:42for just six episodes because, as Martin explained in a blog post, a novella is considerably
06:47shorter than a novel, particularly one of my novels, so there's less source material.
06:51The upcoming series is a lot closer to Game of Thrones than House of the Dragon in terms
06:55of the Westeros timeline, taking place approximately 100 years before the events of the flagship
07:00show.
07:01The first former rugby player, Peter Claffey, is Dunk, a near-seven-foot-tall squire who
07:05passes himself off as a hedge knight named Sir Duncan the Tall, so he can enter a tournament.
07:17Dexter Sol-Unsell plays Dunk's far smaller squire, Egg.
07:22The long-awaited It spinoff, It, Welcome to Derry, is finally coming to small screens
07:26in 2025.
07:27As of the 2017 film and its 2019 sequel, It Chapter 2, we'll be glad to know that
07:32the upcoming prequel series is being handled by Andy and Barbara Muschietti, the brother-sister
07:37duo behind the movies.
07:38In a joint statement, the creators shared,
07:40As teenagers, we took turns reading chapters of Stephen King's It until the thick paperback
07:44fell to pieces.
07:45It is an epic story that contains multitudes far beyond what we could explore in our It
07:50movies.
07:51We can't wait to share the depths of Steve's novel and all its heart, humor, humanity,
07:55and horror.
07:57Bill Skarsgård is set to return as Pennywise.
08:00While there's no official synopsis yet, the series is thought to be set in the 1960s,
08:04and according to Variety, it will delve into Pennywise's origin story.
08:09Set to hit Netflix sometime next year, Running Point is a sports comedy produced by Mindy
08:13Kaling.
08:14Kate Hudson stars as Isla Gordon, who has lots to prove when she's unexpectedly named
08:18head of her family's basketball franchise.
08:21According to the official synopsis, now that she's stepping up into the family business,
08:24she's going to have to prove to her skeptical brothers, the board, and the larger sports
08:27community that she was the right choice for the job.
08:30Speaking to Variety in June 2024, Hudson couldn't say enough good things about working on the
08:35show, gushing,
08:48Hudson is joined by Max Greenfield as her fiancé, Brenda Song as the Wave's chief
08:51of staff, and Scott MacArthur and Drew Tarver who play Isla's brothers.
08:55The first season will run for ten episodes.
08:58Amanda Waller is the head of the government agency Argus, but that doesn't mean she always
09:02plays by the rules.
09:03In 2021's The Suicide Squad, she recruits villains to form a team that carries out dangerous
09:08missions in return for reduced prison sentences.
09:11That film led to the 2022 TV series Peacemaker, which took place after the events of the movie.
09:15Now that show is getting its own spinoff, one that follows Amanda Waller, again played
09:19by Viola Davis.
09:20This series is likely to have an edgy vibe and explore heavy themes such as moral ambiguity.
09:25Crystal Henry, who served as executive producer for Watchmen, is a writer and executive producer
09:30on the series, with an assist from Jeremy Carver, creator of Doom Patrol.
09:33On top of that, fans will be happy to know that many of the original actors will be reprising
09:38their roles.
09:39James Gunn put the series in context of the DC Universe, telling Deadline,
09:51Waller was initially penciled in for a 2024 release, but was pushed back in the pecking
09:55order for, quote, a variety of reasons.
09:58In a Threads post, Gunn explained,
10:06Waller is expected to arrive sometime in 2025, though no actual date has been confirmed,
10:12and this is subject to change.