2025 is almost over, and what a year it has been for sci-fi fans. From the dark comedy of Murderbot, to the prophetic satire of Black Mirror season 7, through to the abject horror of Alien: Earth, there has arguably never been a better time to be a sci-fi fan, and we're not done yet. We're looking ahead to the upcoming sci-fi TV shows for 2025 and 2026, and we like what we see.
Returning shows, entirely new concepts, and expanding franchises are on the menu for the rest of 2025, with shows including Apple TV's Pluribus and Prime Video's Fallout season 2. And from there, we move boldly into a 2026 slate headlined by Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, Blade Runner 2099, and more. No matter what streaming service you prefer, there’s something on offer for sci-fi fans.
So, ready your calendars and your notifications for what’s next in the sci-fi TV landscape. Oh, and we haven't forgotten the silver screen — check out our upcoming sci-fi movies for 2025/2026 for the theatrical releases too. OK, let's dive in — here are the upcoming sci-fi TV shows for 2025 and 2026.
Pluribus — November 7, 2025
- Release Date: November 7, 2025
- Cast: Rhea Seehorn, Karolina Wydra, Carlos Manuel Vesga
Not much is known about Apple TV's Pluribus at the moment, which is shocking given that it's less than a month away from release. Still, with the staggering roster of amazing original sci-fi shows that Apple's streaming service has given us in the last few years, you better believe it's on our radar. Oh, and did we mention it's coming from the creators of Breaking Bad?
The show is set in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and follows Carol Sturka, an author who seems to be the only person immune to a virus that causes its victims to be permanently content and optimistic. That might not sound so bad, but Carol seems quite content to live a normal life, even as the entire globe tries to get her smiling.
Stranger Things (Season 5) — November 26, 2025
- Release date: November 26, 2025
- Cast: Millie Bobby Brown, David Harbour, Michael Modine, Winona Ryder
It's the moment everyone's waiting for, as the fifth and final season of Netflix's hit sci-fi horror show "Stranger Things" will premiere this fall in three parts. The first volume, episodes 1-4, drops on November 26, 2025, followed by the second volume (episodes 5-7) on December 25 and the grand finale (episode 8) on December 31, 2025. The finale will also be streamed in select theaters, so buy your tickets now!
The story picks up in the fall of 1987 with a bit of a time jump, as the town of Hawkins reels and adapts from the opening of the rifts to the upside-down. Our rag-tag group of friends has to unite for one final mission: find and kill Vecna.
Like seasons before it, Season 5 has been described as having movie-length episodes, with the budget and production to match.
Fallout (Season 2) — December 17, 2025
- Release date: December 17, 2025
- Cast: Ella Purnell, Walton Goggins, Aaron Moten
War might never change, but the sci-fi TV landscape was given a seismic shift when Fallout season 1 dropped on Amazon Prime Video back in 2024. Now we're getting a follow-up season that drops in December, and we can't wait.
Based on the iconic video game franchise of the same name, Fallout is a post-apocalyptic tale about the "haves and have-nots in a world in which there’s almost nothing left to have".
Set 200 years after the nuclear apocalypse, season 2 picks up right where the first left off, with Lucy and The Ghoul heading to New Vegas in search of Lucy's duplicitous father, while Maximus prepares for war as a newly anointed knight of the Brotherhood of Steel.
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy — January 15, 2026
- Release Date: January 15, 2026
- Cast: Holly Hunter, Bella Shepard, Karim Diane, George Hawkins
Set in the 32nd century, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is a Star Trek: Discovery spin-off that follows the first new class of Starfleet cadets in over a century. The cadets are training to be officers after ‘The Burn’, a cataclysmic event that caused the near-collapse of the United Federation of Planets.
In a similar way that Alien: Earth skewed the franchise’s focus to young adults, Starfleet looks set to do the same as the cadets navigate life in the academy, as well as their own personal turmoils.
We got the first trailer at New York Comic Con, alongside a release date of January 15, 2026. We also got some extra details, including the reveal of Stephen Colbert as Starfleet Academy’s Digital Dean of Students.
Wonder Man — January 27, 2026
- Release date: January 27, 2026
- Cast: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Ben Kingsley, Demetrius Grosse, Ed Harris
The 17th TV series from the MCU, Wonder Man, stars Simon Williams as the titular Wonder Man (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II), a superpowered Hollywood actor and stunt person looking to secure the lead role as Wonder Man in a superhero TV series. It’s a superhero show about a superhero show, which is a pretty novel idea.
The cast list is impressive too, with Ben Kingsley returning as failed actor Trevor Slattery and Ed Harris playing Simon’s agent. There’s also Lauren Glazier, Josh Gad, Byron Bowers, and Manny McCord in currently undisclosed roles.
Filming wrapped way back in April 2024, and we just got the first trailer, which bumped the release date slightly, from the original December 2025 date into January 2026.
Daredevil: Born Again (Season 2) — March 2, 2026
- Release Date: March 2, 2026
- Cast: Charlie Cox, Margarita Levieva, Vincent D’Onofrio
We're pushing the sci-fi definition with this one, but Daredevil was Spider-Man's lawyer, and he went to space, so it counts. Also, Daredevil rules.
Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) is a blind lawyer looking to fight justice through his work. But with heightened senses from radioactive exposure (and a lot of martial arts training), he also serves violent street justice as his alter ego, Daredevil. Disney’s Daredevil: Born Again returns for season 2 in March, just 12 months after the original season premiered.
Daredevil originally ran for three seasons on Netflix from 2015-2018, and has been given new life in the Disney MCU in this revival that carries on his tale (hence the Born Again moniker). It’s also a subtitle of one of the Daredevil comic books, but the show isn't actually adapted from the story.
In season 1, Daredevil continued his favorite pastime of fighting ex-mob boss turned mayor of New York City, Wilson Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio). But Fisk is not easily defeated, so Daredevil will be back in season 2, gathering allies to take him down. There was a trailer shown to attendees of New York Comic Con that hasn't been officially released to the general public yet, but we're expecting it any day now.
3 Body Problem (Season 2) — TBA 2026
- Release Date: TBA 2026
- Cast: Jovan Adepo, Eiza Gonazález, Jess Hong, Benedict Wong
This thrilling sci-fi series, adapted from the trilogy book series by Cixin Liu, really made its mark on Netflix’s original content slate when it premiered in 2024. And, with a trilogy of books as source material, it’s no surprise that 3 Body Problem is coming back for season 2. Heading into production in July, it’s been reported that season 2 will also be shot back-to-back with the third and final season, so there’s plenty more to come.
Season 1 saw the San-Ti, an advanced extraterrestrial civilization, enacting their plans to colonise the Earth to escape their own unstable homeworld (which is caught in a trinary solar system). While their threat seemed imminent, as it turns out, the invasion fleet is actually 400 years away. But that hasn’t stopped our protagonists, the "Oxford Five," from preparing Earth to defend itself.
If you loved season 1, the show’s co-creators told Tudum: “The tone really changes once you get to the second season. It’s much bigger. Things get wilder, the conflicts get more cosmic.” There is no trailer for season 2 yet, but we'll keep you posted.
Blade Runner 2099 — TBA 2026
- Release Date: TBA 2026
- Cast: Hunter Schafer and Michelle Yeoh
A live-action sequel TV series to Blade Runner 2049 is coming to Amazon Prime, set 50 years after the movie, and aptly named Blade Runner 2099. In keeping with the rest of the franchise, the show will continue to follow the concept of the "blade runners" — humans who hunt bioengineered humanoids called "replicants".
Not much is known about the plot other than that, but Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once) has been confirmed to play a replicant called Olwen, and Hunter Schafer (Euphoria) will co-star, although her character details have also been kept under wraps.
It’s definitely on the way, though, as filming for the six-episode mini-series wrapped in December 2024. We're excited to see more on this one in the new year.
Lanterns — TBA 2026
- Release Date: TBA 2026
- Cast: Aaron Pierre, Kyle Chandler, Kelly Macdonald, Nathan Fillion
Some superheroes wear capes, and some… suffer from strained attempts at making it onto the big/small screens. Green Lantern doesn’t have the best history when it comes to on-screen adaptations, but that hasn’t put the DCU off giving it another go. This time, though, while Green Lantern has usually appeared as a one-off member of the Green Lantern Corps, this time, we’re getting two.
Both Hal Jordan, the experienced Lantern of the pair, and John Stewart, the new recruit, are investigating a murder in Nebraska that leads them on the path of a much darker and sinister mystery. James Gunn has described it as similar to True Detective, but this time with space cops. I don’t know about you, but I really like the sound of that.
Neuromancer — TBA 2026
- Release Date: TBA 2026
- Cast: Callum Turner, Briana Middleton, Mark Strong, Peter Sarsgaard
Another epic, multi-award-winning sci-fi novel turning into a TV show is William Gibson's Neuromancer. The story follows Case, a washed-up but excellent hacker, who is hired to complete one last job. While Neuromancer has seen adaptations into a graphic novel, an '80s video game, and even an opera, Apple TV is finally bringing it to the small screen with a 10-episode run.
We won’t spoil the plot of the book, but Case’s investigation sees him clashing with a powerful AI, high-stakes crime, and a web of digital espionage alongside his partner/assassin, Molly.
Callum Turner (Masters of the Air) has been signed up as Case, and Briana Middleton as Molly, alongside other big casting announcements, including Mark Strong and Peter Sarsgaard.
Silo (Season 3) — TBA 2026
- Release Date: TBA 2026
- Cast: Rebecca Ferguson, Robert Sims, Tim Robbins, Harriet Walker
Sci-fi thriller Silo is based on Hugh Howey’s dystopian trilogy of novels, depicting a world where the last people on Earth live in a silo, hidden underground and away from the harmful substances of the Earth’s surface. Sort of like a grittier, more serious version of Fallout.
While most of the silo residents are happy to adhere to the rules, others begin to ponder what’s really being hidden from them. In pursuit of the truth, Juliette Nichols (Rebecca Ferguson), a silo engineer, embarks on a mission to uncover the truth, no matter how deadly it is. Season 2 concluded with Juliette returning back to her home Silo, only to get caught in a tense confrontation with Holland (Tim Robbins), which results in them both getting trapped in a burning airlock. Certainly a hot cliffhanger to finish on.
We also got a sneaky tease in the form of a flashback sequence, showing a man and woman discussing a dirty bomb attack. This was our first glimpse into the world before the apocalypse, and we're expecting to see more of this for season 3.
Spider-Noir — TBA 2026
- Release Date: TBA 2026
- Cast: Nicolas Cage, Brendan Gleeson, Li Jun Li, Jack Hutson
The MCU is well-versed in the multiverse, and your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is one Marvel character that delicately straddles alternate timelines and realities. If you’ve seen the animated Spider-Verse, you’ll have already met Spider-Noir, a character in keeping with his name as a black-and-white Spidey, but now he's getting his own live-action show on Prime Video.
In Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Nicolas Cage voiced Noir, and he’ll be reprising that role, in person, in his very own spin-off. Not much is known about the plot beyond the synopsis; Spider-Noir is an aging and struggling private investigator who reminisces about his vigilantism as the only superhero in 1930s New York City.
With that said, if the pitch is Cage as a brooding Spider-Man with a Sin City-esque backdrop, then you can sign me up.
Star City — TBA 2026
- Release Date: TBA, 2026
- Cast: Rhys Ifans, Anna Maxwell Martin, Solly McLeod
Sci-fi mystery thriller For All Mankind has delighted fans with its tales of an alternative world. A world where the Soviet Union beat the US to the Moon, and the space race continues down the road of "what if," and ultimately, the repercussions of this twisted reality. While the show has been renewed for a fifth season, a spin-off series, Star City, has also been announced.
For Star City, the show will tell the stories of the cosmonauts, engineers, and intelligence officers serving in the Soviet space program at the home of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.
In an official announcement, showrunners Ben Nedivi and Matt Wolpert said, "The more we learned about this secret city in the forests outside Moscow where the Soviet cosmonauts and engineers worked and lived, the more we wanted to tell this story of the other side of the space race."
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Season 4) — TBA 2026
- Release Date: TBA 2026
- Cast: Anson Mount, Christina Chong, Ethan Peck, Melissa Navia
The prequel series, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, follows Captain Pike (Anson Mount) and his crew on the USS Enterprise, and while season 3 only finished in September with an explosive finale, you’ll be pleased to know that season 4 has already wrapped production. Oh, and the show has already been renewed for a fifth and final season already too.
No stranger to unusual episodes, like the crossover animated episode with 'Lower Decks,' we’ve already seen a teaser for the new season, and it features Captain Pike as a puppet. How he turns into a puppet, that’s yet to be revealed.
We also got a first look at a clip of a more conventional episode at New York Comic Con. Season 4 will bring another ten episodes to look forward to as we approach the show's final frontier.
Vision Quest — TBA 2026
- Release Date: TBA 2026
- Cast: Paul Bettany, James Spader, Emily Hampshire, T’Nia Miller
After the success of WandaVision and its rather open-to-interpretation ending, Marvel’s Vision is finally getting his own spin-off show. Whether we’ll see Wanda return as part of this next chapter, there’s been no word yet.
While Vision died in Avengers: Infinity War, the Wandavision show brought him back to life… twice… kinda. It's complicated, but the show ends with the antagonistic ‘White Vision’ regaining his memories before flying off to parts unknown.
James Spader and T'Nia Miller have been cast as Ultron and Jocasta, respectively, giving a little hint at where the Vision Quest plot may take us. And there’s huge potential for Vision to find his very own narrative, isolated for the first time for his own spin-off. Fans at New York Comic Con got an exclusive sneak peak at the show's first trailer, but the rest of us are still waiting.
