Grab a cup of hot cocoa, snuggle up with your favorite blanket, and get ready to have a busy pop culture season. Hypable’s winter 2017-18 calendar is here!
This winter, keep the cold (and S.A.D.) at bay with these upcoming movie and book releases, TV premieres, and special events. Your December, January, and February are going to be so busy that it’ll be spring before you know it!
Just a note: This winter pop culture calendar won’t be including show return and mid-season premiere dates because it would just become too long and unwieldly.
*Don’t worry! We’ll keep updating our winter 2017-2018 release date calendar as new and exciting dates are announced!*
Related: Find out what you missed this fall by checking out our fall 2017 release date calendar!
December 2017 movie, TV, book release dates
Movies
The Disaster Artist (12/1) — Been waiting for this movie for YEARS
Love Beats Rhymes (12/1)
Padmavati (12/1)
Slumber (12/1)
Wonder Wheel (12/1)*
Psych: The Movie (12/7)
I, Tonya (12/8)
The Shape of Water (12/8) — This movie looks absolutely beautiful
Just Getting Started (12/8)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (12/15)
Ferdinand (12/15)
Permanent (12/15)
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (12/22)
Pitch Perfect 3 (12/22)
The Post (12/22)
All the Money in the World (12/22)
Downsizing (12/22)
Father Figures (12/22)
Hostiles (12/22)
The Greatest Showman (12/29)
Molly’s Game (12/29)
Phantom Thread (12/29)
Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool (12/29)
*Editor’s Note: Woody Allen has been accused of allegedly sexual abusing his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow, amongst other egregious allegations. Why are we telling you this?
TV premieres
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season premiere (12/1) — Finally!
Easy Netflix season premiere (12/1)
Dark series premiere (12/1)
The Crown Netflix season premiere (12/8)
The Librarians season premiere (12/13)
Gunpowder HBO miniseries (12/18-12/20)
Bright Netflix series premiere (12/22)
Book releases
Foolish Hearts by Emma Mills (12/5)
Roomies by Christina Lauren (12/5)
Instructions for a Secondhand Heart by Tamsyn Murray (12/5)
The Truth Beneath the Lies by Amanda Searcy (12/12)
The Love Letters of Abelard and Lily by Laura Creedle (12/26)
Special events
Taraji’s White Hot Holidays TV special (12/14)
Showtime at the Apollo: Christmas TV special (12/14)
The Daily Show’s The Yearly Show 2017 Hour-Long Year-End Special Hosted by Trevor Noah Featuring The Best F#@king News Team (12/18)
Fuller House season premiere (12/22)
Call the Midwife Christmas special (12/25)
Doctor Who Christmas special (12/25) — Introducing the 13th Doctor!
Dave Chappelle: Equanimity Netflix comedy special premiere (12/31)
January 2018 movie, TV, book release dates
Movies
Insidious: The Last Key (1/5)
Stratton (1/5)
The Commuter (1/12)
Paddington 2 (1/12)
Proud Mary (1/12)
12 Strong (1/19) — More Chris Hemsworth in our lives? Yes please!
Den of Thieves (1/19)
The Final Year (1/19)
Forever My Girl (1/19)
White Boy Rick (1/26)
Maze Runner: The Death Cure (1/26) — Can’t wait for this!
TV premieres
The Bachelor season premiere (1/1)
LA to Vegas series premiere (1/2)
The X-Files season premiere (1/3)
9-1-1 series premiere (1/3)
Match Game season premiere (1/3)
grown-ish series premiere (1/3)
Nashville season premiere (1/4)
The Chi series premiere (1/7) — This show looks fantastic
The Magicians season premiere (1/10)
Alone Together series premiere (1/10)
Slutever series premiere (1/10)
Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams Amazon series premiere (1/12)
Taken season premiere (1/12)
Victoria season premiere (1/14)
Black Lightning series premiere (1/16)
The Path Hulu season premiere (1/17)
The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story premiere (1/17)
Beyond season premiere (1/18)
Portlandia season premiere (1/18)
Grace and Frankie Netflix season premiere (1/19)
Counterpart Starz series premiere (1/21)
The Alienist series premiere (1/22)
Bellevue series premiere (1/23)
The Detour season premiere (1/23)
Baskets season premiere (1/23)
Hate Thy Neighbor season premiere (1/23)
Waco series permiere (1/24)
Schitt’s Creek season premiere (1/24)
Let’s Get Physical series premiere (1/24)
Hollywood Love Story series premiere (1/24)
Book releases
Gunslinger Girl by Lyndsay Ely (1/2) — Can’t wait to get our hands on this!
Before I Let Go by Marieke Nijkamp (1/2)
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black (1/2)
Batman: Nightwalker (DC Icons #2) by Marie Lu (1/2)
You’ll Miss Me When I’m Gone by Rachel Lynn Solomon (1/2)
Someone to Love by Melissa de la Cruz (1/2)
Don’t Cosplay with My Heart by Cecil Castellucci (1/2)
Between the Blade and the Heart (Valkyrie #1) by Amanda Hocking (1/2)
Unearthed by Amy Kaufman and Meagan Spooner (1/9)
Zenith (The Androma Saga #1) by Sasha Alsberg & Lindsay Cummings (1/16)
Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson (1/16)
Still Me (Me Before You #3) by Jojo Moyes (1/23)
Say You’ll Remember Me by Katie McGarry (1/30)
The Hazel Woods by Melissa Albert (1/30)
Purple Hearts (Soldier Girls #3) by Michael Grant (1/30) — LOVE this series
This Is Not A Love Letter by Kim Purcell (1/30)
Reign the Earth (The Elementae #1) by A.C. Gaughen (1/30)
The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory (1/30)
Special events
The 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1/8)
23rd Critics’ Choice Awards (1/11)
49th Annual NAACP Image Awards (1/15)
The 24th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (1/21)
2018 Sundance Film Festival (1/18-1/28)
NFL Pro Bowl 2018 (1/28)
The 60th Annual Grammy Awards (1/28)
February 2018 movie, TV, book release dates
Movies
Cloverfield Movie (2/2)
Winchester: The House That Ghosts Built (2/2)
Fifty Shades Freed (2/9)
Peter Rabbit (2/9)
The Hurricane Heist (2/9)
The 15:17 to Paris (2/9)
Freak Show (2/13)
Black Panther (2/16) — This movie is going to be ahh-mazing!
Early Man (2/16)
Samson (2/16)
Nostalgia (2/16)
Annihilation (2/23)
The War with Grandpa (2/23)
TV premieres
Ash vs. Evil Dead season premiere (2/25)
Good Girls series premiere (2/26)
UnREAL season premiere (2/26) — Can’t wait for this to return!
Book releases
Tempests and Slaughter (The Numair Chronicles #1) by Tamora Pierce (2/6)
The Queen’s Rising (Untitled Trilogy #1) by Rebecca Ross (2/6)
By the Book by Julie Sonneborn (2/6)
Fade to Us by Julia Day (2/6)
The Rogue Queen (The Hundredth Queen #3) by Emily R. King (2/13)
Black Mirror: Volume I (Black Mirror #1) by Charlie Brooker (2/20)
Flight Season by Marie Marquardt (2/20)
Daughter of the Siren Queen (Daughter of the Pirate King #2) by Tricia Levenseller (2/27)
Everlife (Everlife #3) by Gena Showalter (2/27)
A Girl Like That by Tanaz Bhathena (2/27)
The Traitor’s Game (The Traitor’s Game #1) by Jennifer A. Nielsen (2/27)
Special events
Superbowl LII (2/4)
2018 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremonies (2/9)
68th Berlin International Film Festival (2/15-2/25)
71st British Academy Film Awards (2/18)