Apple TV simply introduced the premiere date for Star Metropolis, the upcoming spinoff of For All Mankind, and shared a number of first-look photographs of the collection.
After debuting on Apple’s streaming service in 2019, For All Mankind is returning this 12 months for its fifth season on March 27 with the primary of 10 new episodes. The spinoff was first introduced in 2024, with Apple TV revealing that Star Metropolis‘s storyline would revolve round an alternate historical past of the Soviet area program.
Star Metropolis will launch its first two episodes on Could 29, with the remaining six episodes dropping weekly and the finale set for July 10, in keeping with Deadline. This is identical day that the For All Mankind season 5 finale can be launched.
Take a look at eight first-look photographs of Star Metropolis under:
After creating For All Mankind, Ronald D. Moore, Ben Nedivi and Matt Wolpert are additionally creating Star Metropolis, with the latter two on the helm as showrunners. The solid of the spinoff consists of Rhys Ifans, Agnes O’Casey, Anna Maxwell Martin, Solly McLeod, Alice Englert, Ruby Ashbourne Serkis, Adam Nagaitis, Priya Kansara and Josef Davies.
All three creators are on board as government producers, with a staff that additionally consists of Maril Davis (who has the identical function on For All Mankind), Andrew Chambliss and Steve Oster.
For All Mankind tells an alternate historical past of the area race by which the Soviet Union, as an alternative of the USA, was the primary to land a human on the Moon. Consequently, the area race continues on, with the 2 nations at odds with one another in unimaginable methods.
Every season is about in a distinct decade, beginning within the late Sixties and Nineteen Seventies, with the newest installment happening within the 2000s. For All Mankind season 5 is predicted to leap forward to the 2010s.
Critics have showered For All Mankind with overwhelming reward because it premiered. After the primary season debuted with a 75% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, subsequent seasons have by no means dipped under 94%, with the second and fourth installments incomes excellent critic scores, and the collection as a complete averaging 92%. The viewers rating presently sits at 82%.
For All Mankind has been nominated for a number of awards through the years and received Excellent Innovation in Interactive Programming and Excellent Rising Media Program on the Inventive Arts Emmys. Different nods embrace Finest Drama Collection on the Critics’ Alternative TV Awards and Finest Dramatic Presentation (Brief Kind) on the Hugo Awards.
With the unique collection nonetheless going robust, Apple is now on the verge of debuting the spinoff Star Metropolis, which can proceed the alternate historical past first depicted on For All Mankind however from the Soviet viewpoint.
Star Metropolis premieres Friday, Could 29 on Apple TV.