Peacock is ready with an entertainment-packed January next year. The upcoming month will see the release of the much-anticipated season 2 of The Hunting Party, as well as the release of Peacock’s original spy thriller series Ponies. Just like every month, Peacock is ready to overload you with great content. So, we’re here to tell you about the five new movies and TV shows coming to Peacock in January 2026.
The Hunting Party Season 2 (January 9)
The Hunting Party is a procedural crime drama series created by JJ Bailey. The upcoming season of the NBC series continues the story of ex-FBI profiler Bex Henderson and her team as they hunt down more escaped convicts while plunging even deeper into dangerous conspiracies. The Hunting Party stars Melissa Roxburgh, Nick Wechsler, Patrick Sabongui, Josh McKenzie, and Sara Garcia.
The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes (January 14)
The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes is a dystopian action film directed by Francis Lawrence from a screenplay co-written by Michael Lesslie and Michael Arndt. Based on Suzanne Collins’ 2020 novel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, the 2023 film serves as a prequel to The Hunger Games film series, and it revolves around the origins of Coriolanus Snow. The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes stars Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Hunter Schafer, Jason Schwartzman, Peter Dinklage, Josh Andres Rivera, and Viola Davis.
Twisters (January 15)
Twisters is a disaster film directed by Lee Isaac Chung from a screenplay by Mark L. Smith. The 2024 legacy sequel film follows Kate Cooper, a young woman still haunted by the friends she lost in an encounter with a tornado. She is soon approached by an old friend to test a groundbreaking new tracking system, which will save thousands of lives from tornadoes, but things soon change when she meets a charming but reckless social media star. Twisters stars Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, Anthony Ramos, Brandon Perea, Maura Tierney, and Sasha Lane.
Ponies Season 1 (January 15)
Ponies is an upcoming spy thriller comedy-drama series co-created by Susanna Fogel and David Iserson. The Peacock series is set in 1977 in Moscow, and it follows two secretaries at the American embassy whose CIA operative husband suddenly dies, and they are soon thrust into a dangerous espionage situation and take advantage of the fact that no one suspects them because of their gender. Ponies stars Emilia Clarke, Haley Lu Richardson, Adrian Lester, Artjom Gilz, and Nicholas Podany.
Silent Night (January 29)
Silent Night is a vigilante action-thriller film directed by John Woo from a screenplay by Robert Archer Lynn. The 2023 film follows Brian Godlock, a grieving father who lost his son and voice in a drive-by shooting on Christmas Eve. After recovering from his wound, he decides to set out on a bloody path for revenge. Silent Night stars Joel Kinnaman, Scott Mescudi, Harold Torres, and Catalina Sandino Moreno.