018 | w w w.sci fi n ow.co.u k
- The Passage
Showrunner: Liz Heldens
Cast: Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Saniyya Sidney,
Jamie McShane
Release date: 15 January 2019
Justin Cronin’s trilogy of books are
making their first appearance on screens
in 2019 on FOX. The show centres on a
science experiment intended to eradicate
disease, but which goes terribly wrong.
Gosselaar and Sidney play the agent and
test subject forced to go on the run.- Y
Showrunner: Michael Green
Cast: Barry Keoghan, Diane Lane,
Imogen Poots
Release date: 2019 TBC
This long-awaited
adaptation of Brian K Vaughan
and Pia Guerra’s comic book
series centres on the last man
alive after every mammal
with a Y chromosome keels over and
dies. Showrunner Michael Green is on a
hot streak – this is definitely one worth
keeping an eye on.- Snowpiercer
Showrunner: Graeme Manson
Cast: Jennifer Connelly, Daveed Diggs
Release date: TBC
This adaptation of a French graphic
novel – which previously received the
big screen treatment courtesy of Bong
Joon-ho – has undergone some hiccups,
including the departure of original
showrunner Josh Friedman, but we
should finally get to see it in 2019.- Another Life
Stars: Katee Sackhoff, Selma Blair,
Tyler Hoechlin
Creator: Aaron Martin
Released: 2019 TBC
Killjoys’ Aaron Martin has created
this space-bound Netflix SF which stars
Katee Sackhoff as the commander of a
perilous mission to discover the origins
of an alien artefact, and Selma Blair as a
journalist working to uncover the secrets
they find. This is one to keep an eye on.2019 is nearly upon us and we’re preparing ourselves for heartbreak. Yes,
two of the genre’s biggest franchises will be coming to an end, in a manner of
speaking (spin-offs never die). Game Of Thrones will air its ninth and final season,
and God help us all if that series finale doesn’t live up to expectations. Arguably
the only thing more certain to cause fan debate and heartache over character
deaths is the second part of Avengers: Infinity War, which at the time of writing
remains so shrouded in secrecy we can only assume that Mark Ruffalo and Tom
Holland are being kept in a high-tech Marvel prison until May, watching re-runs
of that time Ruffalo actually gave away the real damn ending of the first movie
while Don Cheadle died a little inside.
Meanwhile, the new Star Wars trilogy comes to an end with Episode IX, the
Losers’ Club head back to Derry for a final showdown with Pennywise in IT:
Chapter Two, and we’re fully expecting floods of tears from the final chapter of
How To Train Your Dragon.
But it’s not all about endings. We’ve got franchises going to the next level with
the likes of Godzilla: King Of The Monsters, DC continuing to have fun (Shazam!)
and getting weird (Joker), new takes on old classics like The Twilight Zone, horror
being absolutely everywhere (we cannot wait for Pet Sematary) and Sarah
Connor herself Linda Hamilton donning her shades and shotgun for the untitled
Terminator movie. And let’s not forget that Patrick Stewart is returning to the
bridge as Jean-Luc Picard...
It’ll be a bumper year for Neil Gaiman fans as both Good Omens and the
second season of American Gods finally hit our screens and BBC America is
working on a series based on Terry Pratchett’s The Watch. Seth Rogen and
Evan Goldberg are taking on one of Garth Ennis’ most outrageous comics with
The Boys, we’ll all be watching the Watchmen TV show with a combination of
excitement and caution, and Locke & Key has a series order at Netflix so we might
be able to stop talking about that pilot. We’ll also be able to stop thinking about
how much of a missed opportunity The Golden Compass was as the His Dark
Materials TV series could finally do Phillip Pullman’s work justice, and while we’ve
got no idea what to expect from The Witcher series, we can’t wait to see it and the
same goes for The Dark Crystal.
From familiar faces like Hellboy, Chucky and the X-Men to great unknowns
like Captive State, Us and Lovecraft Country, 2019 is shaping up to be an
unforgettable year. Let’s take a closer look...
T
h
e
G
e
ek
(^10)
0 2 0 1 9 T h e G e
ke
(^01)
0
2
0
1
9