'Foundation' cast and crew sent home as production delayed
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Apple TV+ drama "Foundation" should have resumed filming for season 3, but production has been shut down while issues including lowering its budget are being discussed.
"Foundation" had already seen its third season production interrupted by the Writers' Guild and SAG-AFTRA actors' union went on strike during 2023.
According to Deadline, production was due to resume this month, with around two-thirds of the season still to be shot. However, cast and crew arriving in Prague and Poland for filming have reportedly been sent home.
Deadline says that unspecified production issues are being worked out, and also that the budget is being brought down. Previously, it was reported that Apple TV+ was spending $5 million per episode, with each season having 10 editions.
Pushing back a start date after booking cast, crew, and at least undertaking some location logistics with everything from cameras to hotels, is clearly expensive. It's likely, then, that the show's budget reduction could be significant.
If so, it's then also likely that the series will require rewriting, which could mean a significant production delay.
Separately, Apple TV+ drama "Silo" was similarly shut down during production because of the strikes, but it has resumed filming its second season. Star and executive producer Rebecca Ferguson has revealed that filming is scheduled to finish on March 8, 2024.
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Foundation was a fair try, but it needed far better writing to survive — though at least it wasn't Rings of Power level bad writing. Silo hopefully has a much brighter future, that was an excellent and reasonably faithful adaptation.
Makes sense. It’s boring and slow moving. The only story line that’s any good is the emperors, and that’s the one that has the least to do with the book. Only the special effects are original.
Kinda sad to hear. Apple was really hoping this would end up being TV+'s Game of Thrones with how they hyped it up. But that first season was a real disappointment. Season 2 was way better, but I think hype mostly died off after Season 1. Apple TV+ has a severe viewership issue, and with how expensive Foundation supposedly is I can't see this going past this 3rd season.
It was the only show on Apple TV that I enjoyed, however the writing was slow and ponderous, they need to get new writers in!
Day is the best character by far and I love his right hand robot lady.....the rest of the story line and characters are a bit Meh.
Still, a bit sad the 3rd season isn't coming 😏
I watched the entire first season of Foundation the special effects and the look were great (like I knew they would be) could not move on to the second series, the story line is like Star Wars, or the later on non original Star Trek, it tries to hit home runs and fails it isn’t in the same league as a Quiet Place, Bird Box, Hellbound, Gyeongseong Creature, Ragnarok (1st season) where a storyline arc is told in a matter of fact way with great characters thru-out without the blockbuster grandstanding.
Note: the Quiet Place is the only one that might be able keep the magic going the previews of the third version look very promising John Krasinski writer/director proving to be a very good filmmaker with this series of movies.