'Foundation' trailer teases new season & summer release

A sneak peek for season two of the Apple TV+ show "Foundation" is out on YouTube and shares tantalizing details.

Apple hasn't shared a specific date yet, but the trailer says it will arrive in the summer of 2023. Based on the award-winning novels by Isaac Asimov, "Foundation" chronicles a group of exiles on their journey to save humanity and rebuild civilization amid the fall of the Galactic Empire.

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It stars SAG Award winner and Emmy Award nominee Jared Harris as Dr. Hari Seldon, Emmy Award nominee Lee Pace as Brother Day, Lou Llobell as Gaal Dornick, Leah Harvey as Salvor Hardin, Laura Birn as Demerzel, Terrence Mann as Brother Dusk, Cassian Bilton as Brother Dawn, and Alfred Enoch as Raych.

Skydance Television is producing the series for Apple, with Robyn Asimov, Josh Friedman, Cameron Welsh, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, and Marcy Ross serving as executive producers. David S. Goyer leads the project as showrunner and executive producer.

In February 2022, Apple announced the addition of 10 new cast members to the series for season two. They include Isabella Laughland, Kulvinder Ghir, Sandra Yi Sencindiver, Ella-Rae Smith, Dimitri Leonidas, Ben Daniels, Holt McCallany, Mikael Persbrandt, Rachel House, and Nimrat Kaur.

Season one of "Foundation" debuted on Apple TV+ in in September 2021 and wrapped up in November. Apple renewed the show for a second season in October.

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12 Comments

lkrupp 19 Years · 10521 comments

About 1 year ago

It’s been so long I’ve almost lost interest

9secondkox2 8 Years · 3148 comments

Dang. Why the long wait between seasons? It completely kills the momentum.

By the time it rolls around, the market for it will be different as a result.

I think streaming services are going to have
to commit to two services up front and decide on the third season halfway through the first if they want IPs to thrive. Otherwise interest wanes during the droughts and people move on to other IPs. Then launch the third season in close proximity to the second. It’s a nice recipe that will work - the lone exception being Amazon’s Rings of Power which cost ridiculous amounts of money for such poor quality return.

spheric 9 Years · 2705 comments

9secondkox2 said:

Dang. Why the long wait between seasons? It completely kills the momentum.

Covid happened.

sidrictheviking 11 Years · 192 comments

lkrupp said:

It’s been so long I’ve almost lost interest

The trick is to rewatch season 1 shortly before season 2 arrives. (But I suspect you already know that!) 😄🤣🙃

😎🇮🇪☘️

9secondkox2 said:

Dang. Why the long wait between seasons? It completely kills the momentum.
By the time it rolls around, the market for it will be different as a result.

I think streaming services are going to have
to commit to two services up front and decide on the third season halfway through the first if they want IPs to thrive. Otherwise interest wanes during the droughts and people move on to other IPs. Then launch the third season in close proximity to the second. It’s a nice recipe that will work - the lone exception being Amazon’s Rings of Power which cost ridiculous amounts of money for such poor quality return.

Yeah, Yellowstone’s supposed mid-season finale was Sunday night and it won’t be until summer until the rest of the season starts. We were left with Jamie and Beth now considering wacking each other to ‘save’ the ranch.