The space race between the United States and Soviet Union will charge into uncharted territory — and history, based on the first look at the second season of "For All Mankind."
Creator Ronald D. Moore previewed the series' second installment during a San Diego Comic-Con@Home virtual panel that streamed Saturday (July 25) on YouTube.
p51 Member
Posts: 1784 From: Olympia, WA Registered: Sep 2011
posted 08-17-2020 03:23 PM
I had to sign onto Apple to watch "Greyhound" this weekend and of course had to watch this series as well (once we were done with "The Morning Show," which I thought was well written).
I thought the premise of "For all Mankind" was silly when I first read about it, but I must admit it IS better than I thought it'd be. Since this weekend, I'm currently up to them landing the Jamestown station.
Several period details surprised me. For example, when the female astronauts are going through their desert survival training, they're each wearing what appears to be Vietnam-era rucksacks and extra pouches with the correct fasteners for the era. The African-American woman astronaut's husband comes home from 'Nam in what looks like an original set of 1960s officer Class As (even though the epaulets aren't tucked under collar per uniform regs).
Not many people would have even thought of the little historical details I've noticed, which was very refreshing.
The one thing I'm really surprised over is that nobody has made replica patches for this series. I'd love to have one of those "backward meatball" NASA patches!
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 52873 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
It had two episodes left to shoot from its Season 2 order when production shut down industrywide in mid-March.
I hear filming on the remaining two episodes started today on the Sony lot in Culver City.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 52873 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 11-19-2020 07:39 PM
Apple TV+ release
Apple TV+ Announces Season Two Premiere Date and New Series Regulars for Epic Space Drama 'For All Mankind'
Second season of the critically acclaimed drama series from Golden Globe Nominee and Emmy Award-winner Ronald D. Moore will premiere Friday, February 19, 2021, Exclusively on Apple TV+
Apple TV+ today [Nov. 19] unveiled that the second season of the critically acclaimed space drama "For All Mankind," will premiere globally on Friday, February 19, 2021 on Apple TV+. The ten episode second season will debut with the first episode, followed by one new episode weekly, every Friday, exclusively on Apple TV+.
Season two of the space drama picks up a decade later in 1983. It's the height of the Cold War and tensions between the United States and the USSR are at their peak. Ronald Reagan is President and the greater ambitions of science and space exploration are at threat of being squandered as the US and Soviets go head to head to control sites rich in resources on the moon. The Department of Defense has moved into Mission Control, and the militarization of NASA becomes central to several characters' stories: some fight it, some use it as an opportunity to advance their own interests, and some find themselves at the height of a conflict that may lead to nuclear war.
New stars set to join Joel Kinnaman, Michael Dorman, Sarah Jones, Shantel VanSanten, Wrenn Schmidt, Jodi Balfour, Krys Marshall and Sonya Walger in the second season include:
Cynthy Wu ("Holidate," "Before I Fall," "American Vandal") as 'Kelly Baldwin,' Ed (Kinnaman) and Karen's (VanSanten) adopted daughter.
Coral Peña ("Chemical Hearts," "The Post") as 'Aleida Rosales,' a brilliant engineer with a complicated past.
Casey W. Johnson ("GLOW," "Rise") as 'Danny Stevens,' the son of astronauts Gordo (Dorman) and Tracy (Jones).
"For All Mankind" explores what would have happened if the global space race had never ended. The series presents an aspirational world where NASA astronauts, engineers and their families find themselves in the center of extraordinary events seen through the prism of an alternate history timeline — a world in which the USSR beats the US to the moon.
The drama series is created by Golden Globe-nominee and Emmy Award-winner Ronald D. Moore, and Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominees Ben Nedivi and Matt Wolpert. Moore, Nedivi and Wolpert executive produce alongside Golden Globe Award nominee Maril Davis of Tall Ship Productions. "For All Mankind" is produced by Sony Pictures Television.
The complete first season of "For All Mankind" is now available to stream on Apple TV+.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 52873 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 12-08-2020 07:53 PM
Apple TV+ has ordered a third season of "For All Mankind" from Ronald D. Moore and Sony Pictures Television, reports Deadline.
The renewal comes more than two months before the series’ Season 2 global premiere on February 19. Production on the new season is slated to begin next spring.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 52873 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
Space shuttles fly to the moon and astronauts take up arms in the new trailer for the second season of "For All Mankind," the alternate space history series from creator Ronald D. Moore.
The two-minute video released online on Friday (Jan. 15) sets up the stakes for the sophomore season, which is set at the height of the Cold War. The Apple TV+ series is set to return with the first of 10 new episodes streaming on Feb. 19.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 52873 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
A new augmented reality app serves as a bridge between the first and second seasons of "For All Mankind," the Apple TV+ alternate space history series that explores what might have changed if the Soviets were the first to land a cosmonaut on the moon.
In "For All Mankind: Time Capsule," now available through the Apple App Store, users can piece through a virtual box of personal mementos belonging to Danny Stevens (played by Casey Johnson), the son of astronauts Gordo and Tracy Stevens (Michael Dorman and Sarah Jones). The app uses the iPhone's or iPad's camera to make it look as if Danny's items are in the user's own setting, such that they sit on a real desk or are inside the same room as the user.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 52873 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 02-15-2021 12:56 PM
Meet real-life astronauts and hear from cast and creators in the For All Mankind: The Official Podcast, coming Feb. 19 to Apple Podcasts.
In "For All Mankind: The Official Podcast," the space race continues. Fans of the series and its themes can hear host Krys Marshall (Commander Danielle Poole) discuss what really goes down beyond our atmosphere with guests from the series, space experts, and former astronauts — plus never-before-heard audio that shows how astronauts achieve the impossible.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 52873 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
Created by Ronald D. Moore, Ben Nedivi and Matt Wolpert, "For All Mankind" debuts its second season on Friday (Feb. 19) with the first of ten new episodes on the Apple TV+ streaming service.
Here is a spoiler-free look at some of the familiar touchstones from real space history as presented at the start of Season 2 of "For All Mankind." (The following omits any mention of plot points and focuses instead on the characters, settings and background info from only the first episode of Season 2.)
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 52873 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
Garrett Reisman was reviewing the script for an episode of "For All Mankind" when he came across a familiar name.
A veteran NASA astronaut who has served as a technical consultant for the Apple TV+ series since it began, Reisman was used to seeing some of his fellow space explorers being played by actors in the context of the show's alternate history. This casting was different, though.
Spoiler warning: What follows contains minor spoilers for "The Bleeding Edge," Episode 2 in Season 2 of "For All Mankind."
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 52873 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
"Our shuttles need to refuel before they burn for the moon..."
That one line, from the penultimate episode of the now complete second season of "For All Mankind," seemed to answer one of, if not the most frequently asked questions about the Apple TV+ alternate space history series. The 11 words offer an explanation, however brief, for a point that was debated and discussed across multiple online communities, even though it was tangential to the series' plot lines.
posted 04-26-2021 02:36 AM
See no problem with the producers showing the shuttle orbiter flying to the moon and back. The scenario breaks no technological barrier nor laws of physics.
Don't have enough liquid oxygen onboard? Get a refill in orbit. The whole "not enough fuel" claim seemed like a lame argument years ago; and it still is. They didn't send an orbiter to the moon because they didn't want to. Period.
oly Member
Posts: 1481 From: Perth, Western Australia Registered: Apr 2015
posted 04-26-2021 03:19 AM
The orbiter could not withstand the heat and stress of a reentry from the velocity that it would achieve returning from a lunar distance. The shuttle dry mass is more than twice that of an Apollo command and service module, it would need better heat shielding to start with.
Skylon Member
Posts: 321 From: Registered: Sep 2010
posted 04-26-2021 07:41 AM
Okay, I figured (and get) the production cost aspect for the footage of shuttles lifitng off but sets and props — I don't buy.
The cockpit could be more easily hand waved as looking similar to the shuttle orbiter than the whole vehicle. Same with the pressure suits.
Alternate history is about confronting the weird differences. The audience would be confused by the missing shuttle? GOOD. It's an opportunity then to learn the trade offs and understand the history a little more. You could easily have a moment where characters discuss it as "what could have been" and then a diagram of the very familiar shuttle orbiter is seen sitting on a drafting board with a giant "X" through it and have a character say "we planned this, but it only would have worked in LEO."
It doesn't "break" the show for me. But I think its a missed opportunity to show the ramifications of alternate history, and frankly I think under-estimates the intelligence of the audience.
PJ Downunder Member
Posts: 12 From: Lancefield, Victoria Australia Registered: May 2015
posted 06-24-2021 02:35 AM
Having watched both seasons, it's a great show. Alternate history can be sometimes 'hit or miss', but this one hits it out of the park.
The US' response to the Russian moon landing isn't that different to the response to what happened after Gagarin's flight.
Great story telling, serviceable special effects and a little splash of soap opera. Terrific television. Inverted mission patches or not.
AstronautBrian Member
Posts: 310 From: Louisiana Registered: Jan 2006
posted 06-25-2021 10:10 AM
I enjoyed both seasons. The last two or three episodes of season 2 were pretty darn tense. I am looking forward to season 3.
I really liked the subtle things...a mix of some 21st technology in 1980's style...
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 52873 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 12-22-2021 09:47 AM
"For All Mankind" has topped lists as the best TV show of 2021.
The streaming era is so packed with star vehicles and series adapting popular IP that it's easy for an original show with an interesting premise that's executed at a high level to get lost in the shuffle. Let that not be the case with "For All Mankind."
The second season of Apple's unheralded sci-fi epic — set in an alternate history where the Russians put the first man on the moon and the Cold War turned into a never-ending space race — delivered the year's best, most assured, most intensely satisfying stretch of TV. As the action moved into the early Eighties and focused on tension between rival lunar bases, "For All Mankind" did what so many modern serialized dramas aspire to but rarely achieve: It told a collection of seemingly disparate stories that built in suspense and emotional resonance over the course of the season, until everything came together in a thrilling, beautiful conclusion — in this case, one that saw three simultaneous missions decide the fate of two worlds.
If the sight of duct tape does not yet cause you to instantly choke up, then you have a spectacular binge ahead of you.
Apple's alternate history of the space race, which posits what might have happened had the Soviet Union beaten the U.S. to the moon and the competition for the final frontier never ended, was a smart, appealing series in its first season. In this year's second season, however, it rocketed ahead to a possible spot on a list of TV's all-time great dramas.
That's thanks to a sprawling, effortlessly talented cast led by Joel Kinnaman, a plausible alternate reality, superb writing and riveting action set pieces. The series is at its best in the second-season finale, involving a U.S.-Soviet standoff in space with the stakes of the Cuban missile crisis.
"Mankind" asks big questions and doesn't shy away from the worst tendencies of 20th-century America, all without careening into pedantic and patronizing territory. "Mankind" truly flies.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 52873 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
On June 10, 1995, cosmonauts aboard Russia's space station Mir relocated one of the outpost's modules in preparation for the first docking by an American space shuttle, a part of phase one of the International Space Station.
Or, on that same day, the Cold War space race between the Soviet Union and United States continued to push both countries outward, well beyond the moon, to a new planetary frontier: Mars.
The latter is the premise behind the third season of the alternate space history series "For All Mankind," which is set to premiere on June 10, 2022 on Apple TV+. The ten-part season will debut a new episode each Friday through Aug. 12.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 52873 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 05-13-2022 03:35 PM
Entertainment Weekly has a first look at Season 3, including some new images and an interview with co-creators Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi.
Each season ends with a tease of what's to come after a 10-year time jump. So how much do you all have to plan in advance for the next season?
BEN NEDIVI: Before we even started the show, Ron, Matt, and I had a game plan for how far we'll take the show — though, obviously, the plan changes year to year. The fun thing about this show is that you can jump a decade every season, so we know that tease at the end of every season kind of gives the viewers a glimpse of where we're headed. And the thing that we really wanted to focus on is the idea of this space race that we ignited in season 1 now takes us to the Red Planet. And it's Russia. It's the USSR, the U.S. — and a new entrant into the space race, a private space company.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 52873 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
A three-way race to Mars is set to lift off next month with the return of the critically-acclaimed "For All Mankind" and Apple TV+ has your first extended look.
The alternate space history series, which last season topped multiple lists as the best show of the year, is set to launch with the first of ten new episodes on June 10. On Monday (May 16), Apple TV+ released the trailer for the third season, which again sees the series jump ahead nearly ten years, this time picking up in the early 1990s with all eyes set on reaching the red planet first.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 52873 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 05-25-2022 03:01 PM
Apple TV+ video
The Soviets landed on the moon in 1969, and the rest is alt-history. Go back in time with the For All Mankind cast to prepare for the Season 3 premiere June 10 on Apple TV+.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 52873 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 06-02-2022 08:56 AM
Apple TV+ video
Nuclear space shuttles, Apollo-Soyuz, and a near nuclear meltdown. Recap on Season 2 with the cast of For All Mankind before the Season 3 premiere June 10 on Apple TV+.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 52873 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
Were it not for a difference in our timelines, the title of the season 3 opening episode of "For All Mankind" might have been a spoiler.
In real life — as opposed to the alternate space history presented in the critically-acclaimed Apple TV+ series — "Polaris" is the name of a three-mission, privately-funded program intended to advance the day when humans will launch to Mars. On the show, as revealed in the first few minutes of the first episode, "Polaris" is the name of a space tourism company and its rotating space hotel in Earth orbit.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 52873 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
"For All Mankind" is heading to Mars by way of this year's San Diego Comic Con (SDCC).
Between a pair of star-studded panels and an exclusive set of collectible mission patches, the Apple TV+ alternate space history series will be well represented at the four-day comic book and pop culture event beginning July 21 at the San Diego Convention Center in California.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 52873 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 07-21-2022 01:10 PM
Apple TV+ "For All Mankind" poster created for San Diego Comic Con:
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 52873 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
"For All Mankind" has the "go" to launch into its fourth season.
The renewal was announced during the alternate space history series' cast and crew panel at San Diego Comic Con on Friday (July 22). The Apple TV+ show is currently seven episodes into its 10-part third season.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 52873 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 07-29-2022 06:41 PM
Apple TV+ video
Join Krys Marshall for an exclusive tour through the NASA Mars living quarters, on the "For All Mankind" production set.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 52873 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
What could more pivotal to the course of NASA history than landing the first humans on Mars? As revealed in the season three finale of "For All Mankind," the answer could be much more terrestrial.
Spoiler alert: what follows contains major plot points from the third season of "For All Mankind," including the tenth and last episode streaming now on Apple TV+.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 52873 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 08-31-2022 02:16 PM
Daniel Stern has joined the cast of "For All Mankind" for Season 4 as a series regular, Deadline reports.
Stern will play Eli Hobson, the new administrator at NASA. A former auto industry CEO, he's been tasked with bringing the agency into the 21st century, a challenge much bigger than he anticipated.
Stern most recently played Aidy Bryant's cancer-stricken father on the Hulu original series "Shrill." Prior to that, he recurred and directed episodes of the WGN America series "Manhattan" as well as recurred on "House of Lies" and "Getting On." On the film side, Stern starred in "Game Over, Man!" for Netflix and "James Vs. His Future Self." He is widely recognized for playing iconic characters in some of the beloved films to date including Marv Murchins in "Home Alone," Phil Berquist in "City Slickers" opposite Billy Crystal, and "Coach Brickma" in Fox's 1995 hit comedy "Rookie Of The Year" which he also directed.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 52873 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 09-14-2022 05:50 PM
Toby Kebbell has joined Season 4 of "For All Mankind," reports Variety.
Kebbell joins the series as Miles, described as "a former offshore oil platform worker who pursues a new job opportunity on Mars."
Kebbell is no stranger to Apple audiences, as he currently stars in the streamer's psychological horror series "Servant," which is prepping its fourth and final season. Kebbell is primarily known for his film roles, having starred in features like "Dead Man's Shoes," "RocknRolla," "War Horse," both "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" and "War for the Planet of the Apes," and "Destroyer."
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 52873 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 01-31-2023 10:15 AM
Filming for Season 4 has been completed. Cast and crew members, including Santiago Veizaga, have received their wrap gifts, including a Season 4 patch:
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 52873 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 04-05-2023 03:36 PM
Not available in the U.S. yet, but the first two seasons of "For All Mankind" are now available for pre-order (shipping May 1, 2023) through Amazon UK. The DVD and Blu-ray discs are encoded Region 2 (UK).
Posts: 52873 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 09-08-2023 08:29 PM
According to Entertainment Weekly, "For All Mankind" will return this fall.
Another season, another time jump. This alternate-history drama (in which the USSR beats the US to the moon) will pick things up in the 2000s — at least eight years after that heartbreaking season 3 finale.
Ed (Joel Kinnaman) and Danielle (Krys Marshall) are showing their age but still active in space exploration, and we'll hopefully find out what Margo (Wrenn Schmidt) is up to in Moscow. The cast who survived last season are joined in season 4 by "Home Alone" and "Shrill" star Daniel Stern as Eli Hobson, the new administrator at NASA; "The Terminal List's" Tyner Rushing as Samantha, a space worker on the Mars colony; The "Americans'" Svetlana Efremova as Irina Morozova, a high-ranking Soviet official; and "Servant's" Toby Kebbell as Miles, a former oil worker pursuing a new job opportunity on Mars.
"We're exploring an upstairs-downstairs dynamic," EP Maril Davis says of "average Joes" joining the astronauts and scientists this season.
Zoo Keeper Member
Posts: 57 From: Akron, OH Registered: Feb 2021
posted 09-09-2023 09:28 AM
Ed Baldwin, a Gemini VII astronaut, still actively flying missions into the 21st century. Eat your heart out, John Young.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 52873 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
The Apollo astronaut-turned-commander of the first private mission to the Red Planet is in need of a few good Martians.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 52873 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 09-14-2023 11:20 AM
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Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 52873 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
The upcoming fourth season of "For All Mankind" proves that an alternate space history series needn't be all about the Apollo-era of the past.
In fact, it can be as current as this week's headlines.
Just a day after NASA revealed its first sample returned from an asteroid and on the eve of the launch of the agency's first mission to a metal-rich asteroid, Apple TV+ dropped a new trailer featuring a familiar looking space rock.
Nanonevol Member
Posts: 24 From: Medway, MA Registered: Mar 2023
posted 10-12-2023 08:03 PM
There's another movie out using Aerosmith's Dream On ballad. I feel like the films' overuse would cause me to hate the song.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 52873 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
If indeed there is a multiverse where in every possible outcome happens, then in one of those universes Marv Murchins, one half of the "Wet Bandits" from "Home Alone," is serving as NASA administrator.
As unlikely as that might seem, such a thing is sort of playing out in the current season of "For All Mankind." Actor Daniel Stern, who is perhaps best known for his role as Marv from the 1990 Christmas comedy, has taken on the part of the space agency's chief in the Apple TV+ alternate space history series.
posted 07-25-2020 05:00 PM
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