Fans of Apple TV+ shows For All Mankind Earlier this year, the very good news came out: not only would the show be returning for a fifth season, but a spinoff series would also be coming. Star City There was a piece in the works that was going to tell a story from a Russian perspective. It was an intriguing but very strange proposition. The Russians were already For All MankindHow does it all work?
In a new interview with Collider, one of the show’s producers, Ronald D. Moore, went into more detail: “We’re in the writing stages of a spinoff series. Star City“I’m super excited,” Moore said, “that Apple got behind this whole concept and brought it to life and told the story from an astronaut’s perspective of how the Russians got to the moon first and what it was like to work on that program.”
Moore continues to explain the differences between the two stories. “I didn’t know much about the Russian space program before I started this project,” he says. “What they did was pretty daring. The spacecraft were not as reliable as ours. They lost a lot of good people. The conditions were tough. Also, the KGB was always in mission control, so the show deals with a lot of espionage and a Cold War-like environment. So, in terms of the story, it’s a familiar story to the audience.” Human raceThey know that the Soviets got there first, and that in our alternate history the Soviets had a powerful space program, but how I think it will be really interesting for viewers to see how that program worked and what it was like inside that program.”
and Star City Since it’s still in the script stage, not all the details have been finalized — Moore isn’t sure how they’ll handle the language barrier, for example — but he did reveal that the general direction is set: “The path is set. The general arc is set. It’s probably not as detailed as we originally thought it would be.” For All MankindBut we have a rough idea of, ‘Okay, here’s the structure of how this will play out over a few seasons.'”
yes, Star City Following on from something very important For All Mankind The idea is to skip time between seasons. [how long] “We’re going to jump through time. We’re not there yet. Maybe 10 years or so down the line. We’re right now. Human race What the jump is, or whether you try to split the jump down the middle.”
But it works well for us and makes us a unique part of this universe. It also helps the space program grow. That’s why we did it. Human race, That way, you can see progress little by little, rather than being stuck in a situation where you’re stuck for a limited time and not making a huge difference.”
For more information on Moore, see Collider. Star City, For All Mankind, Star Trekand Battlestar Galactica.
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