November on Netflix gave us a new Marvel series in The Punisher[1] – which split critics with its grim depiction of veteran affairs, PTSD, and vengeance – in addition to the second well-received adaptation of a Margaret Atwood book this year, Alias Grace[2], as well as Sundance hit and awards contender Mississippi-set WWII racial tension drama Mudbound[3], and Steven Soderbergh co-produced Western mini-series Godless[4]. Now though, we're headed into the cold months of winter.
The fourth season of Charlie Brooker's acclaimed sci-fi anthology series, Black Mirror[5], which looks at the wonders and dangers of technology, is supposed to be out in 2017. There's only one month left in the calendar, and we're getting teaser trailers for specific episodes, so it seems that we'll (hopefully) get to see it sometime in December. Jodie Foster, Tim Van Patten (Boardwalk Empire), and David Slade (American Gods[6]) have each directed one episode in Black Mirror season 4.
On December 8, fans of Netflix original series can look forward to the second season of the hit British period royal drama The Crown[7]. Then there's Dark[8], Netflix's first German original, which has been described as Twin Peaks[9] meets Stranger Things[10], and arrives December 1. Fuller House[11], the critically-panned but much-watched follow-up to the two-decade-old sitcom, is getting a third season on December 22.
Ashton Kutcher-starrer The Ranch[12] gets a Part 4 on December 15, while the second season of Joe Swanberg's Chicago-based anthology comedy Easy[13], and Mexican drug kingpin crime series El Chapo[14], alongside the live-action version of Japanese anime...