“DMZ” on HBO Max is the first new television show of 2022 to be set in a dystopian or post-apocalyptic world. The four-episode miniseries premiered on March 17.
Based on a DC graphic novel, “DMZ” takes place in the demilitarized zone of Manhattan Island during a second American civil war. It stars Rosario Dawson and Benjamin Bratt.
Next up in the post-apocalyptic genre is “Tales of the Walking Dead,” premiering in mid-2022 on AMC. The anthology series is the fourth television series in “The Walking Dead” zombie apocalypse franchise.
The six-episode run of “Tales of the Walking Dead” will feature actors Anthony Edwards, Terry Crews, Parker Posey, and Olivia Munn in standalone stories.
Next year will see the fifth series in the franchise, “Isle of the Dead.” It will star Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Lauren Cohan as their characters Negan and Maggie.
A sixth series also is due to premiere next year. It’s an untitled spin-off series starring Norman Reedus and Melissa McBride as their characters Daryl and Carol.
In the meantime, there will be other dystopian and post-apocalyptic television series.
Netflix has set a premiere date of July 14 for “Resident Evil,” based on the long-running video game series. The eight-episode series takes place 14 years after a deadly virus caused a global apocalypse that overran the world with blood-thirsty creatures. It will star Lance Reddick and Ella Balinska.
HBO is making a TV series based on the acclaimed video game franchise “The Last of Us.” The series, starring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey, is expected to debut in 2023. The story takes place in a world destroyed by an outbreak of a mutant Cordyceps fungus. The fungus turns human hosts into aggressive creatures known as the Infected.
Amazon Prime is working on a TV series based on the “Fallout” video game series. Walton Goggins has been cast in a lead role. The “Fallout” series is set in an alternate future United States after a nuclear apocalypse.
Apple TV+ is developing a dystopian sci-fi drama called “Wool.” The show will star Rebecca Ferguson, Tim Robbins and David Oyelowo. It is based on the “Silo” trilogy of novels by Hugh Howey.
“Wool” takes place on a post-apocalyptic Earth where the air is poisonous. What’s left of humanity lives in The Silo, a subterranean city 144 stories below the surface.
Netflix is planning a spin-off series of “Into the Night,” which completed its second season last fall. The series takes place after radiation from the Sun kills all life on the surface of the Earth. Survivors must live underground during the day.
The spin-off is called “Into the Deep” and is set on a submarine.
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