Apple TV on Thursday debuted the gripping trailer for “Star City,” the highly anticipated new space race drama that expands the world of “For All Mankind,” from award-winning creators Ben Nedivi, Matt Wolpert, and Ronald D. Moore. The bold, eight-episode alt-history series will debut globally on Apple TV with two episodes on Friday, May 29th, followed by one new episode every Friday through July 10th. “Star City” is a propulsive, paranoid thriller that takes us back to the key moment in the alt-history retelling of the space race — when the Soviet Union became the first nation to put a man on the moon. But this time, we explore the story from behind the Iron Curtain, showing the lives of the cosmonauts, the engineers and the intelligence officers embedded among them in the Soviet space program, and the risks they all took to propel humankind forward. 
The series stars Rhys Ifans (“House of the Dragon”), Anna Maxwell Martin (“Motherland”), Agnes O’Casey (“Black Doves”), Alice Englert (“Bad Behaviour”), Solly McLeod (“House of the Dragon”), Adam Nagaitis (“Chernobyl”), Ruby Ashbourne Serkis (“I, Jack Wright”), Josef Davies (“Andor”) and Priya Kansara (“Bridgerton”). “Star City” is created by Nedivi, Wolpert and Moore. Wolpert and Nedivi serve as showrunners and executive produce alongside Moore and Maril Davis of Tall Ship Productions, as well as Andrew Chambliss and Steve Oster. “Star City” is produced for Apple TV by Sony Pictures Television. Apple TV offers premium, compelling drama and comedy series, feature films, groundbreaking documentaries, and kids and family entertainment, and is available to watch across all of a user’s favorite screens. After its launch on November 1, 2019, Apple TV became the first all-original streaming service to launch around the world, and has premiered more original hits and received more award recognitions faster than any other streaming service in its debut. To date, Apple Original films, documentaries and series have been honored with 797 wins and 3,429 award nominations and counting including multi-Emmy Award-winning and history-making comedies “The Studio” and “Ted Lasso,” global cultural phenomenon “Severance,” Apple’s most-viewed drama “Pluribus,” Academy Award Best Picture winner “CODA” and Academy Award nominee “F1,” the highest-grossing sports feature of all time. MacDailyNews Take: We’ve heard a few people complain that “For All Mankind” has become a “soap opera.” But, every compelling production, whether it’s prestige television like “For All Mankind,” classic literature, blockbuster films, or even acclaimed theater, is, at its core, a “soap opera.” The complaint that “For All Mankind” has devolved into one misses the point: serialized human drama with emotional stakes, interpersonal conflicts, and ongoing personal arcs is not a flaw; it’s the fundamental engine of all great storytelling. If you want raw space flight footage without a narrative story, subscribe to SpaceX’s and NASA’s YouTube channels. Strip away the rockets, the alternate history, and the high-concept sci-fi from “For All Mankind,” and what remains (and what keeps audiences hooked) is exactly what defines soap operas: people living, loving, scheming, failing, reconciling, and evolving in relationships that matter to them and, by extension, to us. Precisely because it’s from the creators of “For All Mankind,” “Star City” holds tremendous promise. We’ll be watching on May 29th! See also: • Empire Magazine: “For All Mankind” Season 5 is “TV’s under-the-radar masterpiece” that “continues to go quietly from strength to strength.” • Inverse: “For All Mankind” Season 5 is “One Of The Bravest Sci-Fi Shows Of All Time,” noting its unflinching realism and optimistic heart. • RogerEbert.com: “For All Mankind” Season 5 takes “bold new leaps in space and scope.” Praises the “lush testament to humanity’s dogged desire to better itself” and relatable human drama. Support MacDailyNews at no extra cost to you by using this link to shop at Amazon. The post Apple TV debuts trailer for ‘Star City,’ new space-race drama set in the world of ‘For All Mankind’ appeared first on MacDailyNews. You're currently a free subscriber to MacDailyNews. For the full experience, upgrade your subscription.
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