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Netflix’s The Gentlemen, based on Guy Ritchie’s 2019 film, is a sharp, high-energy black-comedy crime drama powered by snappy dialogue and a stylish ensemble, and after two acclaimed seasons it’s already renewed for a third.
Gary Oldman says HBO's Harry Potter TV series could be more satisfying than the films because it can include more character detail and stay closer to the source material; the series is set to debut Christmas 2026 on HBO and HBO Max, and Oldman applauds the original cast and director Chris Columbus for helping launch the franchise.
AMC and AMC+ have greenlit a Point Break TV series set in the same universe as the 1991 film, with Alcon Television Group leading production alongside AMC Studios and StudioCanal; Dave Kalstein and Christopher C. Rogers will co-showrun, production earmarked for early 2027, and no casting has been announced yet; StudioCanal will handle worldwide sales.
AMC and Canal+ have ordered an eight-episode Point Break TV series from Alcon Television Group, set 30 years after the film with a new heist crew linked to the Ex-Presidents and an ex-pro surfer infiltrating them; production starts early next year, with Dave Kalstein and Christopher C. Rogers as co-showrunners, and Studiocanal distributing globally while AMC/AMC+ air the series in the U.S. and Canal+ handles France plus Europe, Africa and Asia.
Dexter: Resurrection Season 2 premieres Friday, Oct. 30 on Paramount+ with a teaser; Michael C. Hall returns as Dexter, joined by new and returning cast including Dan Stevens, Brian Cox, Nona Parker Johnson, Krysten Ritter and Gabriel Luna, as Clyde Phillips again leads the series through Dexter’s battle with two killers and a midlife crisis.
Season 3’s finale ties two timelines together to reveal Silo 1’s nanotech project: people are cryogenically frozen in pods and awakened to work, Daniel is actually Troy with erased memories, and the outside air is fine—deaths outside were caused by the silos’ nanogas. With Camille pulling the strings and Thurman revealed as a director, the episode leaves big questions about motives and leadership while setting up a high-stakes showdown for Season 4.
Disney+ is developing a Kane Chronicles TV series based on Rick Riordan’s Egyptian-mythology novels, with Angela Robinson writing and executive producing alongside Riordan. The show, set in the same universe as Riordan’s Percy Jackson and Magnus Chase works, would follow siblings Carter and Sadie Kane as they master inherited magic to rescue their father, with 20th Television producing after Netflix previously pursued a film version that did not move forward.
Dave Bautista is in the gym three weeks into weight training with two months left to reach the Kratos physique for the upcoming God of War series on Prime Video; the adaptation will follow Kratos and Atreus through the Norse-based games, with Bautista taking over after Ryan Hurst was injured and the streamer greenlit two seasons to shoot back-to-back.
The Yellowstone spin-off Marshals returns for Season 2 with a trailer that reveals Kayce facing a new, personal threat from Tom Weaver, including a tense home visit and a focus on Tate’s safety. Kayce visits John Dutton’s grave as the family’s legacy and dangers intensify, Andrea is likely to stay with the team, Cal and Belle survive and grow closer, and the season premieres October 4 on CBS.
Deadline reports Heated Rivalry’s Season 2 is expanding its cast with returning stars like Sophie Nélisse, François Arnaud, Christina Chang, Dylan Walsh, Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams, plus new additions, as the HBO Max drama moves forward; Season 2 will adapt The Long Game, following the Shane Hollander–Ilya Rozanov saga, with Accent Aigu Entertainment for Bell Media’s Crave and HBO Max, distributed internationally by Sphere Abacus.
A new trailer for HBO’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone TV series expands the Wizarding World with scenes not in the books (Ron’s Hogwarts letter, Hermione on the Hogwarts Express, Lily and James Potter’s romance) and a refreshed Hogwarts, while revisiting fan-favorites like Quidditch, the Mirror of Erised, and wizard chess; Voldemort is teased, shown only from behind. The cast includes Dominic McLaughlin as Harry and Paapa Essiedu as Snape, with J.K. Rowling and Brontë Film & TV’s Ruth Kenley-Letts among the executive producers. The series premieres on HBO Max this Christmas.
Norman Reedus has joined Apple TV+'s upcoming action thriller Disavowed as a series regular; the show centers on CIA Case Officer Brad Griffin (James Marsden) who is fired during a global hunt for an elusive assassin with a $15 million bounty, and Reedus's exact role is not disclosed. The series, created by Art Marcum and Matt Holloway, is produced by Apple Studios with Blue Marble Pictures, and Michelle MacLaren will direct the first two episodes.
Netflix has ordered Arrivals: A New Manifest Mystery, a Manifest-universe spinoff from creator Jeff Rake and co-showrunners Margaret Easley and Laura Putney, with Warner Bros. TV as the studio. The series introduces a new cast and follows a mysterious Denver plane crash whose survivors recall nothing of who they are, as a young social worker and a novice Homeland Security agent partner to stop a humanity-ending catastrophe while remaining accessible to new viewers and expanding the Manifest universe.
BBC Culture highlights nine September TV premieres across Netflix, Apple TV+, BritBox and more—ranging from crime dramas (The Gentlemen; Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story) and thrillers (Last Seen; Slow Horses) to comedies (Colin From Accounts; Brothers) and horror (American Horror Story), plus Agatha Christie’s Tommy & Tuppence and A Different World, with dates in mid to late September.
Deadline unveils a first look at Apple TV+'s eight-episode comedy Brothers, in which real-life best friends Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson portray fictional versions of themselves whose friendship is tested when a decades-old secret hints they might be brothers; the cast also includes Natalie Martinez and others, and the show, produced by Paramount Television Studios for Apple TV+, debuts September 23 with two episodes and releases one new episode weekly through November 4.