WithFor All MankindSeason 2 now streaming on Apple TV+, I recently spoke with creators and executive producersBen NediviandMatt Wolpertabout making the fantastic series. During the interview, they talked about how each season gets bigger and bigger, how the show can take ideas from real life that never happened and bring them into this alt timeline (like the NASA Sea Dragon), how far ahead they’ve figured out the story, deleted scenes, if they’ve thought about what season would introduce a starship, where they are in the writing process for Season 3, and a lot more.
If you aren’t familiar withFor All Mankind, it takes place in an alternate history where the global space race of the 1960’s never ended. In this alt timeline, the Soviet Union landed on the Moon first, and we follow NASA astronauts, engineers and their families as they try and catch up with the Russians while also dealing with the changing times. Loaded with fantastic performances, incredible production design, and a detailed depiction of the space race,For All Mankindis one of my favorite series and I absolutely recommend checking it out.
InFor All MankindSeason 2, it’s now a decade later and we’re in the middle of the Cold War between the United States and the USSR. Tensions are high between both countries as each side tries to gain a foothold on the moon and control the areas rich in resources. At the same time, the Department of Defense has militarized parts of NASA and become central to several characters' stories.
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For All Mankindwas created byRonald D. Mooreand Nedivi & Wolpert and starsJoel Kinnaman,Shantel Vansanten,Michael Dorman,Sarah Jones,Wrenn Schmidt,Jodi Balfour,Krys Marshall, andSonya Walger. New cast members this season includeCynthy Wuas an astronaut’s daughter;Coral Peñaas adult Aleida Rosales (who we met in Season 1) andCasey W. Johnsonas Danny Stevens, the older son of astronauts Gordo (Dorman) and Tracy (Jones).
Check out what he had to say in the player above and below is an exact list of what we talked about. The ten episode second season is now streaming on Apple TV+ with a new episode every Friday.
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