The Last of Us and 14 other fantasy/sci-fi shows that won’t be back in 2024

12. The Wheel of Time season 3 (Amazon Prime Video)

The Wheel of Time books by Robert Jordan stand as one of the most iconic fantasy series written in the past half-century. It was long past time someone adapted them to the screen. Amazon Prime Video is in the middle of taking a good honest swing. The show is bold, bright, and only getting better. Season 2 was an improvement on season 1 in pretty much every way, and buzz is already building for season 3.

Unfortunately, we’ll probably have to wait a while to see the continuing adventures of Rand al’Thor, the Dragon Reborn. The good news is that season 3 is already finished filming. If the post-production team works like the wind, they could, in theory, get new episodes ready for the end of 2024. Sure, The Wheel of Time is a complicated show with lots of special effects, but if filming is in the can, a year should be enough time.

However, we know that Amazon will also release the second season of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power in 2024. We doubt they would bring out both of their big high fantasy guns in one year. Our bet is that they’ll save The Wheel of Time season 3 for 2025, whether it’s ready to go beforehand or not. Still, it’s not impossible that we’ll be seeing this one earlier than anticipated.

13. Dune: Prophecy (Fall 2024, Max)

Dune: Prophecy is set thousands of years before Frank Herbert’s Dune, recently adapted to film by Denis Villeneuve. This show will explore the origins of the Bene Gesserit, a sisterhood of women able to use advanced mental powers to pull strings at the highest levels of interstellar government. The series will star top-tier talent like Emily Watson and Olivia Williams as sisters Valya and Tula Harkonnen, Travis Fimmel as a soldier named Desmond Hart, and Mark Strong as the Emperor of the freaking universe.

Recently, HBO released a sizzle reel highlighting series on deck for 2024, as well as some they had in mind for 2025. Dune: Prophecy didn’t appear in the video at all, suggesting HBO neither has any footage to show off nor is comfortable giving a ballpark at all. With the series in this early state, we don’t think it’ll make it on the 2024 schedule.

14. Good Omens season 3 (Amazon Prime Video)

The Wheel of Time is on the bubble. There’s even less certainly about Good Omens, because Amazon hasn’t yet ordered a new season. In a different world where the strikes never happened, work might have already begun on Good Omens season 3. But you know by now we don’t live in that world.

The first season of Good Omens adapted the satiric fantasy book of the same name by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, who shows up on our list for the second time. The second went beyond the pages of the book to focus on the relationship between the angel Aziraphale (Michael Sheen) and the demon Crowley (David Tennant). Season 3 will close out the series with a final arc dreamt up by Gaiman.

Back in October, we heard that Amazon had retained Sheen and Tennant for another season, and writer Nellie Andreeva said that season 3 now seemed “very likely.” So the odds that we’ll get Good Omens season 3 are looking good, but the odds that we get it in 2024 are basically nil.

15. Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (Apple TV+)

The newest show on our list may still be airing its first season as you read this. Monarch: Legacy of Monsters is all about Godzilla, his huge friends, and the people who try to understand them. Apple has poured a lot of money into this show, and hired stars like Kurt and Wyatt Russell to star in it. There’s been no official renewal announcement yet, but creators Matt Fraction and Chris Black are hopeful. Plus, it seems unlikely that Apple would make this significant an investment without giving the show a chance. It’s renewed Foundation and that show arguably has less buzz. But if Apple does bring back Monarch, there won’t be another season ready by 2025.

Now that we’ve depressed you by going over all the things you won’t be watching next year, let’s go over some of the things you will:

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