2019-01-01_SciFiNow

52. What We Do In The Shadows

Showrunners

Scott Rudin, Eli Bush,

Garrett Basch, Paul Simms

Cast

Kayvan Novak, Matt Berry, Natasia

Demetriou, Harvey Guillen

Air date

Spring 2019

With Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement on producing duties – and writing and directing the first
episode – we can’t wait to see this US-set spin-off from the hilarious 2014 mockumentary when it hits
screens next year. The teaser trailers are a hoot.

032 | w w w.Sci fiNow.co.uK

49.Britannia

Season Two

Showrunner

Jez Butterworth

Cast

David Morrissey, Mackenzie crook,

Eleanor worthington-cox

Release date

2019

TH

E^ G

EEK^100 20

(^19)
EHT
EEG^
(^2 001) K
(^10)
9
Britannia’s world of voodoo,
possession and trips to the underworld
is about to get even bigger. “Season Two
is about occupation,” producer James
Richardson says. “Occupation of the land but
also of the mind and the spirit and the soul.”
The Druids, led by Mackenzie Crook’s
Veran, find themselves under threat thanks
to Roman general Aulus (David Morrissey).
“There are factions threatening [Veran]
now which he hasn’t had in his lifetime
before,” Crook explains, “the Druids have
always been untouchable.” But according
to Morrissey, Aulus is in a difficult position
because “he doesn’t want to wipe [the
Druids] out, because he knows they’ve got
something he needs. Their belief system and
their power, their spirituality, he wants it.”
Joining the show in Season Two is
Steve Pemberton as the Emperor Claudius.
“[Claudius is] a dangerous man,” Morrissey
assures us. “He’s a slightly ridiculous
man, as we know he had his own little
idiosyncrasies, but he is a dangerous man.
He arrives in Britain and he brings Rome
with him really, and you suddenly see the
power of the senate, the power of Rome.”

50. Stranger Things
    Season Three
    Showrunner: Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer
    Cast: Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard,
    Winona Ryder, David Harbour
    Release date: Mid-2019

The cast are all returning along with some

newcomers including Cary Elwes. A teaser

video revealed that a new mall has opened in

Hawkins – is it the site of dark goings-on?

51. The Vampire
    Chronicles
    Showrunner: TBC
    Cast: TBC
    Release date: TBC

Little is known yet about Hulu’s adaptation

of Anne Rice’s series of Lestat novels, except

that she and her son Christopher Rice are

involved. Hannibal’s Bryan Fuller consulted

early on but is not involved going forward.

53. Lovecraft Country
    Showrunner: Misha Green
    Cast: Jonathan Majors, Jurnee Smolett-Bell,
    Wunmi Mosaku, Elizabeth Debicki
    Release date: 2019

Based on Matt Ruff’s book, this

HBO show is about a black man

in ‘50s America who encounters

terrifying beasts and terrifying

racism. This will be a big one.

David

Morrissey is

Roman genereal

Aulus.

2009

The film adaption of The Time

Traveller’s Wife is released.

2019

HBO announce a TV adaption of the

book, to be written by Steven Moffat.

2008

The first appearance of Doctor Who’s

River Song – a character created by

Steven Moffat and later revealed to

be the time-travelling Doctor’s wife.

2003

Audrey Niffenegger’s book The Time

Traveller’s Wife, about the non-linear

relationship between a time traveller

and his wife, is published.

54. The Time
    Traveller’s Wife
    Showrunner: Steven Moffat
    Cast: TBC
    Release date: TBC