Darryl Boxberger
Apple TV+ has announced a new, conspiracy-based psychological thriller "Constellation," which is set to star Noomi Rapace and Jonathan Banks.
The series will feature a plot surrounding Jo (Rapace), who returned to Earth after suffering a disaster in space. She must find the pieces of her life that have gone missing since her mission began.
Billed as "an exploration of the dark edges of human psychology," Jo must uncover the hidden history of space travel to be reunited with those missing pieces.
Noomi Rapace has previously starred in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," and "You Won't Be Alone." Co-star Jonathan Banks, who is an Emmy Award nominee, has himself starred in "Mudbound," "Breaking Bad," and "Better Call Saul."
The series is created and written by Peter Harness, who has previously worked on "Doctor Who."
Emmy Award winner Michelle MacLaren will direct the series. This will be MacLaren's third series collaboration with Apple TV+, after previously working on series "Shining Girls" and "The Morning Show" for the streaming service.
The series will join other thrillers on the service including espionage thriller "Tehran," and neo-noir thriller "Losing Alice."
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Two of my all-time favorite actors.
Thirded.
I'm ever hopeful that the writers and director/s can avoid the usual female-in-danger tropes, i.e.:
• When a female runs, she must fall.
• When a female is grabbed by the aliens, bad guys, good guys, she must say "Let me go!".
• When a female is confronted suddenly by a bad guy or bad situation, she must scream, no matter how much additional danger that puts her in.
• When a female is being choked by a bad guy, she must avoid using her two free arms to poke the guy in his eyes
• Alternately, the female (or males, to be fair) being choked must not ever use their arms to simply go in between the choker's arms and push them away. Even a child can accomplish this. Thumbs are no match for that movement.
These, and others, are not weaknesses of real-life women, just the lazy tropes of TV and movie writers and directors.