While summer has been somewhat slow in terms of series premieres (although there have been interesting things, such as Furious or House of the Dragon), the start of the new season always comes packed with powerful novelties across all platforms. And there will be a bit of everything: highly anticipated literary adaptations, serial killers, women who can see the dead, and science fiction universes.
There will be no room for boredom, so we have selected the ten most promising series of autumn (and we’re leaving you a bonus with a good handful more). We’ll jump from a series based on a Stephen King book to another based on Jane Austen, or from the most promising season of American Horror Story to a comedy featuring the stars of True Detective.
Ella Beatty is Lizzie Borden, the protagonist of the new season of Ryan Murphy’s anthology Monster.
Monster: The Story of Lizzie Borden. Netflix. September 17.
Although the summer premiere of The Shards left us a bit cold, the prolific Ryan Murphy will soon bring us other series to try to win us over. The first will be the fourth season of the anthology Monster, which, after dedicating the previous installments to Jeffrey Dahmer, the Menéndez brothers, and Ed Gein, will now focus on Lizzie Borden (played by Ella Beatty).
The main difference here is that Borden was accused of killing her parents with an axe, but it was never proven that she did it, a circumstance that the series will exploit, in addition to linking her story with that of another serial killer, Aileen Wuornos (Sarah Paulson).
The leads of Adrift, with Paula Echevarría in the center.
Adrift. Atresplayer. September 20.
Paula Echevarría returns to work with Atresmedia, where years ago she led Velvet, taking the helm of a new 70s-set melodrama. Across ten episodes, Adrift tells the story of a coastal town scarred by the tragedy of the disappearance of a ship that is believed to have sunk.
Echevarría plays Lucía, a woman who rebuilds her life with a new love (Michel Noher) after believing that her husband had died, but he (Daniel Grao) and his shipmates return from the sea two years later.
Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey in a still from Brothers.
Brothers. Apple TV. September 23.
If you enjoyed the first season of True Detective (how could you not, it was excellent), having Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson back together is great news. But this time they will not play tortured detectives; they will portray a fictionalized version of themselves: two longtime friends who discover they might be brothers.
Mercedes Morán is Ema in Mis muertos tristes.
Mis muertos tristes. Netflix. September 24.
Chilean director Pablo Larraín, who has signed acclaimed films like Jackie or Spencer, returns to television (in 2021 he did for Apple TV The Story of Lisey) with a project in Spanish adapting four stories by author Mariana Enriquez. The protagonist is Ema (Mercedes Morán), a recently retired woman who has the gift of seeing and hearing deceased people, which she has ignored all her life. However, when her niece Julie (Dolores Fonzi) manifests the same quality, albeit in a more intense and sexual form, and murders occur in the neighborhood, Ema will not be able to keep ignoring it.
Promotional poster for American Horror Story’s thirteenth season.
American Horror Story. Disney+. 25 September.
We return to Ryan Murphy and his anthologies, because the most famous of them all is back. While the latest seasons of American Horror Story didn’t have much pull, the new one, season 13, promises a lot. It will be an all-stars season in which characters from previous seasons mix together and return its most popular faces: Jessica Lange, Evan Peters, Sarah Paulson, Angela Bassett, Kathy Bates, Emma Roberts, and Billie Lourd, among others.
Initially it was speculated that it would be a continuation of the witches story from Coven and Apocalypse, but in reality, these actors will portray characters from all seasons.
Mike Faist, Christopher Abbott, and Florence Pugh in a still from Al este del Edén.
East of Eden. Netflix. October 1.
John Steinbeck’s East of Eden novel was brought to the screen by Elia Kazan in 1955. Now, decades later, it is his granddaughter Zoe Kazan (screenwriter of Ruby Sparks or What Sparks Will Do) who has taken on the task of turning it into a miniseries. Christopher Abbott and Mike Faist play the half-brothers Adam and Charles Trask, who inherit a fortune and, afterwards, are seduced and manipulated by a woman named Cathy (Florence Pugh).
Summer H. Howell, the lead of the series Carrie.
Carrie. Prime Video. October 7.
After a long collaboration with Netflix, Mike Flanagan (the author of The Haunting of Hill House or Midnight Mass) signed with Prime Video and, as a result of this union, we will get Carrie. No, not the one with Sarah Jessica Parker but Stephen King’s Carrie. Flanagan has already adapted other King books like Gerald’s Game or Doctor Sleep, and King has always been quite happy with the result. This time, he will bring the Carrie story to the present and his challenge will be to distance it from Brian De Palma’s iconic movie.
Blade Runner 2099. Prime Video. November 25.
The Blade Runner universe keeps expanding. After the film Blade Runner 2049 (2017), the series Blade Runner 2099 arrives, taking us further into the story’s future. We will see a world different from the one we knew, with replicants in power and humans turned into second-class citizens. In that context, a replicant at the end of her life (played by Michelle Yeoh) teams up with a human posing as a replicant (Hunter Schafer) to fight a gang of replicants.
Omar Ayuso in a still from the Spanish series The Castle.
The Castle. Movistar Plus +. No date.
Although it does not yet have a release date, The Castle will have a pre-premiere at the San Sebastián Film Festival, being one of Movistar Plus’s big bets for the last quarter of 2026. Isabel Peña and Eduardo Villanueva sign a script about prostitution and human trafficking in Spain, using the book The Pimp by Mabel Lozano as a starting point. Omar Ayuso and Laia Marull play two police officers from the UCRIF (Central Unit for Illegal Immigration and False Documents) and Raúl Arévalo becomes Suizo, one of the pimps, and debutant Valentina Vidal plays a Colombian girl who is prostituted.
Part of the cast of Orgullo y Prejuicio, with Emma Corrin on the left and Olivia Colman, third.
Pride and Prejudice. Netflix. No date.
And we end with another fiction that also does not have a fixed date but that we will see this 2026, and that will undoubtedly generate a lot of talk. Netflix will bring us a new take on Jane Austen’s classic, two decades after the Keira Knightley-starring film, and it comes with a mystery: the script is by writer Dolly Alderton, whose only previous work as a screenwriter was the British series Everything I Know About Love, in which she adapted her own memoirs, so it’s not easy to imagine what she has done with Austen’s text.
Be that as it may, the casting gives us reasons to trust: Emma Corrin (The Crown) and Jack Lowden (Slow Horses) play Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy, while Olivia Colman stars as Mrs. Bennet.
Brian Fraser and Harriet Slater, two of the protagonists of Outlander: Blood of My Blood.
Carrie. Prime Video. October 7.
After a long period collaborating with Netflix, Mike Flanagan (author of The Haunting of Hill House or Midnight Mass) signed with Prime Video, and as a result we’ll get Carrie. No, not the one with Sarah Jessica Parker but Stephen King’s. Flanagan has already adapted other King books such as Gerald’s Game or Doctor Sleep, and King has always been quite pleased with the result. This time, he will bring Carrie’s story to the present and his challenge will be to distance it from Brian De Palma’s iconic film.
Carrie. Prime Video. October 7.
After a long collaboration with Netflix, Mike Flanagan—author of The Haunting of Hill House or Midnight Mass—signed with Prime Video, and as a result, we’ll get Carrie. No, not the one with Sarah Jessica Parker, but Stephen King’s. Flanagan has already adapted other King books such as Gerald’s Game or Doctor Sleep, and King has always been quite pleased with the result. This time, he will bring the Carrie story to the present, and his challenge will be to distance it from Brian De Palma’s iconic film.
Blade Runner 2099. Prime Video. November 25.
The Blade Runner universe continues to expand. After the film Blade Runner 2049, released in 2017, the series Blade Runner 2099 arrives, taking us further into the future of the story. We will see a world different from the one we knew, with replicants in power and humans turned into second-class citizens. In that context, a replicant at the end of her life (portrayed by Michelle Yeoh) will team up with a human posing as a replicant (Hunter Schafer) to fight a gang of replicants.
Omar Ayuso in a still from the Spanish series The Castle.
The Castle. Movistar Plus +. No date.
Even though it does not yet have a release date, The Castle will have a pre-premiere at the San Sebastián Festival, being one of Movistar Plus’s big bets for the last quarter of 2026. Isabel Peña and Eduardo Villanueva sign a script about prostitution and the trafficking of women in Spain, using the book The Pimp by Mabel Lozano as a starting point. Omar Ayuso and Laia Marull portray two officers from the UCRIF (Central Unit for the Investigation of Illegal Immigration and Document Forgery), Raúl Arévalo steps into the skin of Suizo, one of the pimps, and debutante Valentina Vidal plays a Colombian girl who is prostituted.
Part of the cast of Pride and Prejudice, with Emma Corrin on the far left and Olivia Colman, third.
Pride and Prejudice. Netflix. No date.
And we close with another fictitious work that also has no fixed date, but which we will see this 2026, and will certainly generate a lot of talk. Netflix will bring us a new version of Jane Austen’s classic, two decades after the film starring Keira Knightley, and it comes with a mystery: the screenplay is by Dolly Alderton, whose only prior work as a screenwriter was the British series Everything I Know About Love in which she adapted her own memoirs, so it’s not easy to imagine what she has done with Austen’s text.
Be as it may, the casting gives us reasons to trust: Emma Corrin (The Crown) and Jack Lowden (Slow Horses) portray Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy, while Olivia Colman plays the Bennet matriarch.
Brian Fraser and Harriet Slater, two of the protagonists of Outlander: Blood of My Blood.
Carrie. Prime Video. October 7.
After a long time collaborating with Netflix, Mike Flanagan (creator of The Haunting of Hill House or Midnight Mass) signed with Prime Video, and as a result, we’ll get Carrie. No, not the one with Sarah Jessica Parker but Stephen King’s. Flanagan has already adapted other King novels such as Gerald’s Game or Doctor Sleep, and King has always been quite pleased with the result. This time, he will bring Carrie’s story to the present and his challenge will be to distance it from Brian De Palma’s iconic film.
Carrie. Prime Video. October 7.
After a long period collaborating with Netflix, Mike Flanagan (creator of The Haunting of Hill House or Midnight Mass) signed with Prime Video, and as a result we’ll get Carrie. No, not the one with Sarah Jessica Parker but Stephen King’s. Notably, Flanagan has previously adapted other King novels like Gerald’s Game or Doctor Sleep, and King has always been quite pleased with the result. This time, he will bring the Carrie story to the present and his challenge will be to distance it from the iconic film by Brian De Palma.
Blade Runner 2099. Prime Video. November 25.
The Blade Runner universe continues to expand. After the film Blade Runner 2049, released in 2017, the series Blade Runner 2099 arrives, taking us further into the future of the story. We will see a world different from the one we knew, with replicants in power and humans turned into second-class citizens. In that context, a replicant at the end of her life (played by Michelle Yeoh) will join forces with a human posing as a replicant (Hunter Schafer) to fight a gang of replicants.
Omar Ayuso in a still from the Spanish series The Castle.
The Castle. Movistar Plus +. No date.
Although it still has no premiere date, The Castle will have a pre-release at the San Sebastián Film Festival, being one of Movistar Plus’s big bets for the last quarter of 2026. Isabel Peña and Eduardo Villanueva write a script about prostitution and the trafficking of women in Spain, using the book The Pimp by Mabel Lozano as a starting point. Omar Ayuso and Laia Marull play two officers from the UCRIF (Central Unit for the Investigation of Illegal Immigration and Document Forgery), Raúl Arévalo dives into the role of Suizo, one of the pimps, and debutante Valentina Vidal portrays a Colombian girl who is prostituted.
Part of the cast of Pride and Prejudice, with Emma Corrin on the left and Olivia Colman, third.
Orgullo y prejuicio. Netflix. No date.
And we close with another fiction that also has no fixed date, but that we will see this 2026, and that will undoubtedly generate a lot of talk. Netflix will bring us a new version of Jane Austen’s classic, two decades after the film starring Keira Knightley, and it comes with a mystery: the script is by writer Dolly Alderton, whose only previous work as a screenwriter was the British series Everything I Know About Love in which she adapted her own memoirs, so it’s not easy to imagine what she has done with Austen’s text.
Be that as it may, the casting gives us reasons to trust: Emma Corrin (The Crown) and Jack Lowden (Slow Horses) play Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy, while Olivia Colman plays the Bennet matriarch.
Brian Fraser and Harriet Slater, two of the protagonists of Outlander: Blood of My Blood.
Outlander: Blood of My Blood. Netflix. No date.
Y damos paso a una nueva versión de otra obra de Jane Austen que Netflix presentará este año y que también se mantiene sin fecha exacta. Emma Corrin y Jack Lowden interpretan a Elizabeth Bennet y al señor Darcy, y Olivia Colman interpreta a la madre de las Bennet.
Brian Fraser and Harriet Slater, two of the protagonists of Outlander: Blood of My Blood.
Y mucho más…
And if all of the above weren’t enough, there’s much more to see this autumn. We’ll have a dose of superheroes with VisionQuest (Disney+, October 14), a series that completes the trilogy of WandaVision and Agatha, Who Else?, and anticipated returns of every kind: the second seasons of Outlander: Blood of My Blood (Movistar Plus, September 19), The Gentlemen (Netflix, September 3) and Land of Mobsters (SkyShowtime, September 21), the third of The Rings of Power (Prime Video, November 11) and the fourth of Lupin (Netflix, October 23).
As for Spanish series, there will be standout premieres like Aquel, the series about Raphael on Netflix arriving October 9, as well as others still without confirmed dates such as Killing a Bear (Movistar Plus), Wolf, and The Crime of Pazos (Netflix) or The Ladies (Atresplayer), as well as second seasons of Furia and Celeste (on HBO and Movistar Plus respectively).
