Most anticipated Netflix shows and movies 2022 — Stranger Things season 4, Umbrella Academy season 3 and more

Most anticipated Netflix shows and movies 2022 — Stranger Things season iv, Umbrella Academy season 3 and more

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For Netflix, 2022 looks like a mammoth year. No, non because of the amount of programming it has in store, merely because of the big names about to come back. Yes, the big reddish streaming machine's biggest original shows and some of its most interesting-looking films are going to get in difficult to leave the burrow in the new year.

Whether nosotros're learning more about what'southward going on in Hawkins in Stranger Things Season 4, or finding out how the Byrde family unit in Ozark Flavor 4 is treatment tumult, Netflix is giving the states more than of the stuff we're excited for. We as well await forward to Umbrella Academy Season 3 and Pinnacle Blinders flavour 6. Oh, and there's a niggling movie called The Gray Man coming out, which looks similar the outset of something big for Netflix.

Here's all the biggest Netflix shows and movies coming in 2022, which looks like enough to ensure its loftier ranking on our best streaming services list. (Plus, they've got a few last notable releases to watch this weekend.)

Stranger Things flavor 4 (Summertime 2022)

If it seems like we've been waiting years for Stranger Things season four, that'due south considering we accept. ST3 aired style back in July 2019, a time that might besides have been centuries ago given everything that's come since. Has that long filibuster dampened our enthusiasm for the return of Eleven, Will, Mike, Dustin, Lucas and the rest of the gang? Not a jot — in fact, it's only ramped upwardly our expectations. For one, we're eager to notice out how Hopper survived the explosive end to season iii, likewise as being excited to find out how a alter of scene from Hawkins to California will affect the dynamics. — Marc McLaren

Umbrella Academy flavor 3 (2022)

The cast of Umbrella Academy — (Prototype credit: Netflix)

The first flavor of The Umbrella Academy was an entertainingly skewed take on the superhero genre, but flavour 2 lifted it to another level. With the majority of the activity set up in 1960s Dallas, UE2 was able to explore everything from the civil rights movement to mental wellness to sexuality, while tying its time-jumping, alternate-universe lore into increasingly complex knots. All of which has left u.s. more excited about Umbrella University flavour 3 than almost any other 2022 Netflix evidence. We don't withal know a lot about it, merely nosotros're pretty confident it will be vivid and bewildering in equal measure. — Marc McLaren

Ozark season 4 (Role 1: January 21, 2022)

Marty and Wendy, fresh off of seeing the murder of Helen Pierce by Navarro, are now deeper in the underworld of law-breaking than ever earlier. Their other business concern in Ozark flavour 4, Ruth Langmore, is going to go on to effort and make their lives hell, as she's now working with Darlene Snell. Showrunner Chris Mundy told the press that Ruth will be a pivotal office of the new season, which is carve up in two halves. We don't know when function ii will air. — Henry T. Casey

The Crown flavour 5 (Nov 2022)

All hail the new queen, Imelda Staunton. The actress will take over the office of Queen Elizabeth II from Olivia Colman, who took over from Claire Foy. Since Colman and Foy both won Emmys for their portrayals, Staunton may detect herself with a trophy next twelvemonth, too. As per its regular cycle, The Crown is irresolute its unabridged cast. Joining Staunton are Jonathan Pryce as Prince Philip, Dominic West equally Prince Charles and Elizabeth Debicki equally Princess Diana. The Crown flavour v won't jump as well far ahead in time, as it will pick upward more or less where the last episode left off — with Charles and Diana'southward wedlock on the rocks. Covering the early to mid-'90s, the show will impact everything from Diana's explosive Panorama interview to her niggling black revenge dress to their separation and divorce. Buckle upwardly, considering information technology'south going to be quite the ride (even if you tend to fall down a Wikipedia hole like me). — Kelly Woo

Bridgerton season 2 (2022)

Sometimes, a "meet-cute" is a "meet-I detest you." That was the case for Jane Austen's Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy, and it's likewise the case for Bridgerton's Kate Sharma (Simone Ashley) and Viscount Anthony Bridgerton (Jonathan Bailey). In Bridgerton season ii, he moves into the spotlight, at present that his sis Daphne has midweek the Hot Knuckles. Anthony is determined to hit the marriage mart and discover a bride. But he's developed quite the reputation every bit a rake — of which the whip-smart, beautiful Kate is well aware. It looks like Anthony may autumn for the one woman in the London ton who won't have him … at least, until he proves himself worthy. — Kelly Woo

Grace and Frankie final episodes (early 2022)

Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin in Grace and Frankie — (Image credit: Netflix)

Subsequently releasing the commencement four episodes of its seventh and final season on Netflix in August, Netflix Original Grace and Frankie will finish its seventh flavour in the early on part of 2022. Unsurprisingly, the carve up of episodes was due to production delays when the Covid-xix pandemic close things downwardly, as merely 4 episodes were shot past that point. The series left off with Grace and Nick's dynamic in turmoil as he's virtually to exist let out of prison, while Frankie'southward having trouble laundering Nick's greenbacks. — Henry T. Casey

The Sandman (2022)

Neil Gaiman's love Sandman graphic novels are getting their time in the streaming spotlight with a Netflix accommodation. The Sandman boasts a mighty cast, including Tom Sturridge equally Morpheus/Dream, Gwendoline Christie as Match and David Thewlis as John Dee. With Gaiman'south involvement, nosotros hope The Sandman is a much ameliorate adaptation than Netflix'southward high-contour misses of 2021, every bit Cowboy Bebop and Jupiter's Legacy both died quick deaths. — Henry T. Casey

The Witcher: Claret Origin (2022)

The Witcher earth does not begin and end with just Geralt of Rivia, and Netflix will aggrandize the Witcher Cinematic Universe even further with The Witcher: Claret Origin, a half dozen-part miniseries. Sophia Chocolate-brown will star every bit Éile, a warrior whose center belongs to the music, as she has an amazing voice. Aye, Éile is going through the career change of a lifetime, dropping the responsibilities of being in the Queen's baby-sit to play music on the road. That probably won't last long, though, as the series (set 1,200 years before the timeline in Geralt's series) is focused on the creation of the first Witcher and the events that brought human and monster onto the same realm of being in the Conjunction of the Spheres. If that's non plenty? Michelle Yeoh co–stars as Scian, an elf swinging mighty swords. — Henry T. Casey

Peaky Blinders season 6 (2022)

Tick, tick, tick … time is counting down to the moment where we discover out the fate of Cillian Murphy'due south Tommy Shelby. Drowning in a body of water of paranoia and malaise, Tommy held a gun to his own head equally Peaky Blinders ended season 5 back in 2019. The failure of the attempted bump-off of Sir Oswald Mosley is in the rear-view mirror, except that it isn't. Peaky Blinders season 6 starts with an episode titled "Blackness Day," and so we expect Mosley's Blackshirts to play a pretty big function. — Henry T. Casey

Sex activity Education flavour iv (2022)

Now that it looks similar Moordale's rid of Headmistress Hope (Jemima Kirk), information technology'south time to move onwards and upwards. Maeve and Otis will enter the flavor even so in that land of perpetual "what's going on here?" Possibly we would have seen some progression, but Maeve had to head off to America in season 3. Eric and Adam seem in good condition, every bit are Ola and Lily. We're curious how Aimee's going to handle her life at present that she's more contained, and observe out more about who'due south the male parent of Jean'south child. We'd too love to meet more than of Jackson's mom Sophia (Hannah Waddingham). — Henry T. Casey

Knives Out 2 (assumed to exist 2022)

Daniel Craig in Knives Out — (Image credit: Lionsgate)

Gauge who'south back? Yes, Netflix invested heavily in dual sequels to Knives Out, and Daniel Craig's got a new murderer's row of potential murderers. Other confirmed Knives Out 2 bandage include Dave Bautista, Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Leslie Odom Jr., Kate Hudson, Madelyn Cline, Jessica Henwick and Ethan Hawke. Oh, and it's even going to accept Kathryn Hahn, continuing the Hahnnaissance that WandaVision started. No word well-nigh what will happen in the squeal, simply we know it will have a new location and new mystery. — Henry T. Casey

The Grey Homo (2022)

Netflix isn't content to exist the service with most of the biggest names in TV shows, as The Gray Man looks to be the start of a major series of action movies. Why should yous care virtually another activity movie serial? For starters, information technology's coming from The Russo Brothers, Joe and Anthony, the duo behind some of the very all-time Marvel movies (The Winter Soldier, Civil War, Infinity War and Endgame). And in front of the photographic camera y'all've got Chris Evans and Ryan Gosling in the pb roles of a story of betrayal at the CIA. The supporting cast is strong too, featuring Ana de Armans, Regé-Jean Page, Billy Bob Thornton and Alfre Woodard. — Henry T. Casey

Pinocchio (late 2022)

There are two Pinocchio films coming in 2022, and so we should specify that Netflix looks like information technology'due south going to get the better of the two (Disney's is a live-action risk). Netflix's stop-movement animation version may not have a trailer notwithstanding, just all you lot really demand to know is that it'due south coming from the heed of Guillermo del Toro. The cinematic genius shares directing, screenplay and production credits for the film, which features a star-studded list of vocalism actors. Ewan McGregor is voicing "the Talking Cricket" while Ron Perlman provides the voice of theater director and puppet-master Mangiafuoco. Tilda Swinton, Christoph Waltz, Cate Blanchett, Tim Blake Nelson, Finn Wolfhard and John Turturro round out the cast. — Henry T. Casey

Beyond Netflix there'southward a whole host of other large Television shows coming in 2022; from Lord of the Rings to Stranger Things 4. And the 2022 picture show slate is packed, besides. A new The Batman trailer previews the highly predictable reboot.

Henry is a senior editor at Tom'southward Guide covering streaming media, laptops and all things Apple tree, reviewing devices and services for the past half-dozen-plus years. Prior to joining Tom's Guide, he reviewed software and hardware for TechRadar Pro, and interviewed artists for Patek Philippe International Magazine. He'due south as well covered the wild world of professional wrestling for Cageside Seats, interviewing athletes and other industry veterans.