The fantasy genre is inherent to the human being: since ancient times we have dreamed of the unreal through mythology: the Iliad , the Odyssey , Beowulf and our Iberian Cantar de mio Cid . We have gone from parchment and hemistiches to the audiovisual format, but we cannot deny that it continues to attract us like moths to a fire. Although sci-fi is eating more and more ground in this genre , new and original television series are still being produced, as well as new seasons of franchises that have been well received. What fantastic series await us this 2022?
The most anticipated fantasy series of 2022
Here we leave you a list of the fantasy series that we most want to see in this 2022 :
House of the Dragon
If you are still limping from the stab in the back that was dealt to us on that fateful May 19, 2019 with the end of Game of Thrones -let’s be honest, it hurt us viewers more than Daenerys-, here comes the hope of reconciling with the universe of the Seven Kingdoms . And it is that HBO Max is trying to redeem itself with a prequel . House of the Dragon is based on George R. R. Martin’s 2018 novel Fire and Blood . Its plot takes place 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones , and recounts the decline and civil war that occurs within the Targaryen house .
House of the Dragon brings in a talented cast with Matt Smith playing the role of Daemon Targaryen. The first season has already been shot and will premiere at the end of the year . While we wait, we can make an appointment at the hairdresser to bleach our hair, because platinum is going to become fashionable with this series. We only ask that it has been shot calmly and there is not a single glass of Starbucks that can spoil this new experience for us.
Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings crawled so that Game of Thrones could run, if you can call it “crawling” to 17 Oscars, 10 BAFTAS and 4 Golden Globes. Peter Jackson’s film adaptation created a furor before it was believed possible to be able to recreate fantasy universes with a cable TV budget.
Now, Amazon Studios turns the tables and has a series set in the Second Age of the Sun saved for September 2 . This epoch, also known as ‘the Dark Years’, spans 3,144 solar years and precedes the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings . It is in this period that Sauron rises as the Dark Lord and forges the One Ring . Unconditional fans of Tolkien’s legendarium eagerly await the adaptation of this fantastic story to the big screen in their living rooms.
The Boys Season 3
Man does not live by bread alone, and there is not only the fantastic epic . And it is that superheroes are still pure fiction (except for Tony Stark, that man’s is pure engineering), so we take the liberty of putting them in the same bag as the rest of the legendary characters .
This Prime Video series, praised and criticized in equal parts, will renew with a third season in spring or summer of 2022. It is also rumored that there will be a spin-off later. Like Game of Thrones , The Boys debunks those we take for myths . Robert Baratheon was a formidable warrior, but when we meet him he’s a fat, drunk, and—excuse me—whoremonger middle-aged man. The Boys is transgressive in the same way; shows us the hidden face of the life of superheroes, the part that is not pretty or idealized; in short, their antics when not in front of an adoring crowd.
Willow (2022)
It will be a sequel to the universe created by George Lucas in 1988 , and which, at the time, was not as successful as expected. The project will again star Warwick Davies and the first few episodes will be directed by Stephen Woolfenden. We will see it on Disney + throughout this year.