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Vikings: Valhalla (2022–2024) is a sequel to History’s Vikings, filmed in County Wicklow, Ireland, and created by Jeb Stuart for Netflix. Taking place a century after the events of Vikings, tensions run high between the Viking and English royals, leading to a violent climax. Amidst these conflicts, Leif Erikson, Freydís Eiríksdóttir, and Harald Hardrada embark on a grand voyage, traversing seas and war zones from Kattegat to England and beyond. Their journey is one of struggle for survival and pursuit of fame. Ultimately, the series portrays the culmination of the ...

Condor (2018–2020) is a thriller series based on James Grady’s novel Six Days of the Condor and its 1975 film adaptation Three Days of the Condor, written by Lorenzo Semple Jr. and David Rayfiel. The show features Max Irons in the lead role. Created by Todd Katzberg, Jason Smilovic, and Ken Robinson, it ...

Fargo (2014–2024) is an award-winning American black comedy crime drama TV show, created and primarily written by Noah Hawley. Inspired by the 1996 film of the same name, which was written and directed by the Coen brothers, it also takes place within the same fictional universe. The Coens were impressed with Hawley’s script and served as executive producers for the series. It first aired on FX on April 15, 2014, and follows an anthology format. Each season is set in a ...

Based on the legends of Ragnar Lodbrok, a renowned Viking leader feared for his ruthless raids on Anglo-Saxon England and West Francia, Vikings (2013–2020) portrays his rise from a simple farmer in Kattegat to a Scandinavian king. With the help of his family and fellow warriors, Ragnar’s fame only grows as he continues to pillage England. As the show progresses, it also delves into the stories of his sons and their own daring exploits across Europe, Asia, and North America. It broadly follows the exploits of the legendary Viking chieftain Ragnar Lothbrok and his crew, family and descendants as described in the 13th-century ...

Stargate Universe (2009–2011) is a military science fiction drama series in MGM’s Stargate franchise. It follows a present-day multinational exploration team on their adventures aboard the Ancient spaceship Destiny, located billions of light years away from the Milky Way Galaxy. The team must find a way back to Earth while also navigating and surviving in their unfamiliar surroundings. To aid them in their mission, the SGC (Stargate Command) constructed Icarus base on a distant planet with a Stargate powered by naquadria deposits. The team, led by Dr. Nicholas Rush, believes that this powerful energy source can be used to dial into the Stargate using a ...

Stargate Atlantis (2004–2009) is a science fiction TV show within the Stargate franchise. It was developed by Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper as a spin-off of Stargate SG-1, which was originally created by Wright and Jonathan Glassner and based on the 1994 film Stargate. The series aired for five seasons on the Sci-Fi Channel in the US and The Movie Network in Canada, premiering on July 16, 2004 and concluding its run on January 9, 2009. Filmed ...

Carrie (2002), a supernatural horror television film, is based on Stephen King’s 1974 novel of the same name. The film is both a re-imagining of the novel and the third installment in the Carrie franchise. During his investigation into the disappearance and suspected arson of high school student Carrie White, Detective John Mulcahey interviews several individuals, including students like Sue Snell and Ms. Desjarden, her gym teacher. Through these interviews, details emerge about the events leading up to Carrie’s disappearance. One week before the prom at Ewen High School, Carrie is a lonely and shy girl who ...

The drama 12 Angry Men (1997), directed by William Friedkin and based on Reginald Rose’s 1954 teleplay of the same name, is a remake of the 1957 film. The story follows a murder trial in which a teenage boy from the city slums is accused of killing his father. The judge instructs the jury to determine the boy’s guilt or innocence, with a unanimous decision required for conviction. A guilty verdict could potentially result in the death penalty, unlike in the 1957 film. As the twelve jurors retire to the jury room, an initial vote reveals that eleven are in ...

The Twilight Zone (1985–1989), an anthology television series that originally aired from September 27, 1985 to April 15, 1989, was the first of three revivals of Rod Serling’s acclaimed 1959-1964 show. Similar to its predecessor, it featured a range of speculative fiction that often involved ordinary characters in extraordinary situations. However, unlike the original, most episodes included multiple self-contained stories instead of just one. Though the voice-over narrations were still present, they were not as consistent as in the previous series. Some episodes had only an opening or closing narration, while ...