- A new HBO Max trailer has revealed the first footage from some of 2026’s biggest shows
- The sizzling reel features clips from new and returning HBO TV Originals
- Lantern, Euphoria season 3, and House of the Dragon season 3 is among the series shown
2025 isn’t over yet, but that hasn’t stopped HBO Max from giving us our first official look at some of its biggest shows debuting next year.
In a fully loaded ‘new in 2026’ trailer, one of the world’s best streaming services has given us a taste of some of the most notable HBO TV Originals that will drop after New Year’s Day.
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There is also something for everyone. By my count, 17 new and returning series are part of this HBO Max sizzling reel, and in most cases, the footage that makes up said video is the first visual tease we’ve seen for them.
Take Lanternthe next DC Universe (DCU) TV show, which is set to arrive sometime in mid-2026 and is one of my most anticipated shows of the next 12 months, for example.
Until today (December 12th), a single image is all we’ve had to work with – in an official capacity, anyway – for the DCU Chapter One project. Thanks to the above trailer, however, we can finally see that we’ve not only seen the first footage of the Green Lantern TV show, but also Aaron Pierre’s John Stewart and Kyle Chandler’s Hal Jordan in action for the first time.
With Supergirl‘s first trailer airing yesterday (December 11) and now Lantern‘ first official footage is revealed, DC fans have certainly been partying hard over the past 24 hours. Want to know more about these projects? Check my Supergirl hub and Lantern guide for more details.
However, focusing solely on DC Studios’ next two productions would do a disservice to the other major HBO TV shows slated for 2026.
Actually from the second season of the multi-award nominated medical drama The Pitt and sci-fi series Dune: Prophecyto financial thriller Industry‘s fourth outing and comedy-drama Hacks‘ fifth chapter there will be something for everyone to enjoy in the coming months. Add in A knight of the seven kingdoms‘ debut season and House of the Dragon season 3 – that couple is Game of Thrones prequels that HBO has made so far – and high fantasy lovers have not been overlooked either.
Here’s a full breakdown of the series – which will air on Sky/Now TV in the UK, JioHotstar in India, Crave in Canada and Neon in New Zealand – which was shown in the teaser above. Confirmed release dates and windows that have been announced so far are also included:
- The Pitt season 2 – January 8
- Industry season 4 – January 11
- A knight of the seven kingdoms season 1 – January 18
- The comeback season 3 – March
- Rooster – March
- Euphoria season 3 – April
- House of the Dragon season 3 – mid 2026
- Lantern – mid 2026
- DTF St. Louis – TBA
- Dune: Prophecy season 2 – TBA
- The Gilded Age season 4 – TBA
- Hacks season 5 – TBA
- Half a man – TBA
- Mel Brooks: The 99-Year-Old Man! – TBA
- Stuart fails to save the universe – TBA
- Untitled Larry David Project – TBA
- War – TBA
HBO Max’s 2026 preview video lands just a week after Netflix struck an $82.7 billion deal to buy Warner Bros. and its streaming business. However, Netflix has indicated that HBO Max will continue to sit independently on its own highly popular streamer if the acquisition is approved by the US Congress and other global government institutions.
Want to know more about how Netflix’s purchase could affect you? Read our article on what several experts think will happen if the Netflix-Warner Bros. deal goes through.
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