Undoubtedly, HBO is a hub of best movies and popular shows. It amazes its fans with its awesome collection of television shows like Game of Thrones, His Dark Materials, Vikings, Watchmen, Succession, Euphoria, and others.

In 2020 also HBO comes up with various good movies and web shows. The all-in-one streaming platform tries to set another milestone this year with its upcoming web shows and movies, which are mentioned in this blog.

The Outsider

Release Date: January 12

Adaptation of Stephan King’s novel “The Outsider” is a new HBO series with various twists and turns. The horrifying drama series takes place in the Georgia suburb where a baseball coach and a teacher named Terry Maitland, blamed for the murder of a young boy.

An investigator or detective Ralph Anderson is appointed to solve the case. But when an insidious supernatural force edges its way into the case, it leads a seasoned cop and an unorthodox investigator to question everything they believe in.

The New Pope

Release Date: January 13

Paolo Sorrentino directed new television series “The New Pope” is the continuation of the 2016 series “The Young Pope”. The nine-episode series star Jude Law as Pope Plus XIII and John Malkovich as Pope John Paul III.

The series focuses on finding a successor to Lenny’s Old Testament reign, along with the political turmoil associated with swinging too far in a new direction.

Avenue 5

Release Date: January 19

Set 40 years in the future, the series shows the interesting journey of crew and captain of a luxury space ship that navigate disgruntled passengers and unexpected events after experiencing technical difficulties onboard.

Directed by Natalie Bailey and Armando Iannucci, the show uncovers various mystery related to space and the future.

McMillions

Released Date: February 3

James Lee Hernandez and Brian Lazarte directed HBO documentary series is the story of McDonald’s Monopoly game scam during the 1990s. Over those five years, an ex-cop turned security officer duped his bosses at the firm as well as everyone at the McDonalds’ corporation and walked away with $24 million in stolen winnings.

The television series star various characters such as Nelson Hayne, Michael C. Pizzuto, Todd Ramsey Moore, and others.

Westworld: Season 3

Release Date: March 15

Aaron Paul, Lena Waithe, Kid Cudi, Marshawn Lynch, Vincent Cassel, Evan Rachel Wood, starring series “Westworld” is written by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy.

Inspired by 1973, Michael Crichton’s Westworld. The first two seasons of the series set in Wild West theme park populated by human-like androids. High paying guests visit the park to fulfill their wildest fantasies within the park without any interference of human beings.

The Plot against America

Release Date: March 16

Based on Philip Roth’s novel of the same name, the television series shows alternate American history during World War II by the eyes of a working-class Jewish family in Newark, New Jersey. It covers the political rise of Charles Lindbergh and the increment of fascism in the nation.

The Plot against America is a six-episode television miniseries, created and written by David Simon and Ed Burns.

Barry: Season 3

Release Date: March 2020 (Expected)

Popular series “Barry” once again come back with a new season on HBO. Created by Alec Berg and Bill Hader, the series has win Emmy Awards.

The new part of the dark-comedy is expected to present a haunting and well-constructed drama that never watched on television screens before.

I know this much is true

Release Date: April 2020 (Expected)

Mark Ruffalo starring the upcoming HBO series “I know this much is true” is written and created by Derek Cianfrance.

Adaptation of 1998 Wally Lamb’s novel of the same name, the series shows Ruffalo as identical twin brothers Dominick and Thomas Birdsey, who suffers from paranoid schizophrenia and suffers a debilitating loss because of his illness.

The Undoing 

Release Date: May 2020 (Expected)

Based on Jean Hanff Korelitz’s novel “You Should Have Known”, “The Undoing” is a miniseries written by David E. Kelley.

Nicole Kidman plays the role of Grace Sachs, a successful therapist on the brink of publishing her first novel when a violent death brings forth revelation after unwanted revelation. Her husband (Hugh Grant) is no longer the supportive, loving man she once knew, and the public debacle forces Grace to follow the very advice she gives to others.

Euphoria: Season 2

Release Date: June or August 2020 (Expected)

After the success of season one, the Euphoria team decides to produce a second season on the best channel HBO.

Created and written by Sam Levinson, the first season of the web series released in 2019 based on the friendship and love of a group of high school students in a world of sex, drugs, violence and social media. The second part of the series is also expected to present a storyline that never watched before.

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