Apple TV has released a trailer for Star City, the highly anticipated spinoff of its critically acclaimed alt-history series For All Mankind. The show premieres on May 29 with two episodes, followed by one new episode every Friday through July 10.
The release date for Star City is deliberate because May 29 is also the same day For All Mankind’s fifth season wraps up, giving fans something to jump into immediately.
What is Star City about and how does it connect to For All Mankind?
For All Mankind imagines an alternate history in which the Soviet Union beats the United States to the moon. The original show has been exploring that butterfly effect across decades, currently set in 2012 in its fifth season.
The new spinoff Star City zooms back to where it all began, the 1970s, and tells the story from behind the Iron Curtain. You are watching the cosmonauts, engineers, and intelligence officers who made the Soviet moon landing possible.
The trailer is loaded with Cold War paranoia, secret photos being snapped, phones being tapped, and people disappearing. Showrunners Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi have been clear that this is not just a companion piece to For All Mankind. It is its own genre entirely, a spy thriller that happens to be set during the space race, with no time jumps.
Who is in the Star City cast and who is behind the show?
The series was created by Matt Wolpert, Ben Nedivi, and Ronald D. Moore, the same team behind the hit series For All Mankind.
The cast includes Rhys Ifans from House of the Dragon, Anna Maxwell Martin, Agnes O’Casey, Alice Englert, Solly McLeod, Adam Nagaitis from Chernobyl, Ruby Ashbourne Serkis, Josef Davies from Andor, and Priya Kansara from Bridgerton.
Star City is produced by Sony Pictures Television for Apple TV. With Dark Matter Season 2 and Silo Season 3 also arriving this summer, Apple TV is shaping up to be the best destination for sci-fi right now.