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While much about this new take on The Addams Family—which turns the spotlight on everyone’s favorite teenage sociopath, Wednesday—remains a secret, the impressive team behind it makes clear that this will be a show to keep an eye on. Featuring breakout star Jenna Ortega and Catherine Zeta-Jones as her goth-fabulous mother, Morticia, it’s being directed by Tim Burton and scored by Danny Elfman. A dark comedy gem clearly awaits.
Daisy Jones & the Six, date TBA (Amazon Prime Video)
While there’s been plenty of speculation around what the Netflix adaptation of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo might look like, keep an eye out for the other adaptation bestselling novelist Taylor Jenkins Reid also has in the works. Based on her 2019 novel Daisy Jones & the Six, the Amazon Prime Video show will star Riley Keough as a Stevie Nicks-inspired rocker rising to fame in 1970s Los Angeles.
Love and Death, date TBA (HBO Max)
Elizabeth Olsen in Love and Death. Photo: Courtesy of HBO Max
The latest HBO drama from David E. Kelley—the mastermind behind Big Little Lies, The Undoing, and Nine Perfect Strangers—Love and Death will be sure to inspire plenty of similar watercooler moments when it debuts later this year. Starring Elizabeth Olsen as the infamous suburban housewife who killed her friend Betty Gore with an axe in 1980s Texas, the show looks set to be a twisty, sinister treat.
The White House Plumbers, date TBA (HBO)
Those still mourning the loss of Veep can finally rejoice: The trio of creators behind The White House Plumbers, arriving later this year, are all graduates of Armando Iannucci’s school of vicious political satire, here turning their lens to the infamous bungled burglary that launched the Watergate scandal. With a stacked cast that includes Woody Harrelson, Lena Headey, Justin Theroux, and Judy Greer, this playful comedy-drama can’t come quickly enough.
