Foundation season 2: everything we know so far

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Wed, 02 Feb 2022 12:43:20 +0000

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Heres everything we know about Foundation season 2, including a first look image and new cast members.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Key information

- Renewed by Apple in October 2021

- Brother Day and Hari Seldon will clash once more

- 10 new cast members announced in February 2022

- David S. Goyer returns to helm season 2

Foundation season 2 may be some way off, but fans of the epic sci-fi show aren't being kept in the dark by Apple.

Indeed, we recently received our first look at the show's next instalment alongside the announcement of 10 new cast members. And, based on that first official image and those casting confirmations, it seems that former adversaries will square off once more, and that Foundation's second season will introduce some characters who are integral to its overarching narrative.

You'll have to read on to learn more about Foundation's new hires and the first season 2 image there's a lot to cover about each new announcement, after all. But you'll also find more information about the Apple TV Plus show below, too, including its potential plot points, returning cast members and more. So there's plenty of Foundation season 2 news to digest.

Spoilers follow for Foundation season 1. No matter if you've only just started watching the early, slow burn episodes , or if you've nearly reached its absorbing season 1 finale , you'll want to turn back now or you'll ruin key story arcs for yourself. Foundation season 2 release date Foundation season 2 release date: what we know (Image credit: Apple TV Plus)

Foundation season 2 doesn't have an official release date yet. But, based on an Apple TV Plus press release, we know that filming is back underway.

Speaking to Collider in later 2021, showrunner David S. Goyer revealed that season 2 was likely to enter production in 2022, but declined to elaborate further on how much of season 2 had been written so far.

Fortunately, one of Foundations main cast members was more forthcoming about where season 2 is on the production line. Leah Harvey, who plays Salvor Hardin, told TVLine that weve already started work on season 2, so some aspects of development have started to move into gear.

And that's certainly the case. As we mentioned earlier, Apple unveiled a
first look image for Foundation season 2 on February 1, 2022. The photograph doesn't give much away, but we know that Lee Pace's Brother Day is set to verbally clash with Jared Harris' Hari Seldon. Well, the AI construct of Seldon's consciousness, anyway, what with Seldon dying in the show's second episode.

Take a look at the image below: (Image credit: Apple TV Plus/Skydance Television)

Despite principal photography seemingly being underway, we wouldn't expect season 2 to arrive on our screens until early 2023. Yes, filming on this season shouldn't take as long as the first season 1 was disrupted by the ongoing pandemic but there's still plenty of work to carry out. And that includes a very long post-production phase. So don't expect Foundation season 2's arrival for at least 12 months. Foundation season 2 plot Foundation
season 2 plot: what will the story be about? (Image credit: Apple TV Plus)

Full spoilers follow for Foundation season 1.

While fans of Isaac Asimovs novel series may think they know where season 2s story will go, the source material cant be relied upon to reveal any major story beats. Why? Because, although the creators used the books as a basis
for Foundations TV adaptation, the show had largely diverged from the books
by its season 1 finale.

Still, there are plenty of unresolved plot threads and storylines that need
to be picked up and addressed. And, based on comments made by the cast and crew, we have a few pointers about the direction they may go in.

Goyer explained that answers to some of season 1s open-ended plot points will be resolved in future seasons, telling Collider : If there's a question that we haven't answered, there's a reason why we haven't answered it. It's not because we forgot about it. It's watch this space.

Goyer was, though, happy to tease how certain season 1 events may impact its successor.

One of the biggest moments in the season 1 finale was the revelation that Brothers Dawn, Day and Dusk portrayed by Cassian Bilton, Lee Pace and Terrence Mann are not identical clones of Cleon I. After Eto Demerzel (Laura Birn) killed Dawns current incarnation due to genetic differences that supposedly made him an impure clone, its revealed that all of Cleons clones are genetically unique. An anti-Empire resistance group, that included Dawns ex-lover Azura, had tampered with the DNA of Cleon Is host body decades earlier, ensuring that none of the Empires current rulers are identical
clones of Cleon I.

Speaking to Newsweek post-finale, Goyer teased what this shock reveal may
mean for this triumvirate in season 2. The Emperors aura forcefield can only stop physical pain, not emotional pain. pic.twitter.com/3Pu1lwxcF6 November 20, 2021 See more

Part of the fun of the show moving forward [is] we'll be seeing how different the various Cleons are, Goyer said. It's part of the jazz that we're playing with Terrence, Cassian and Lee because, even though they're the same actors, some of the characters are going to be very different. One of the things that's exciting about this monkey wrench, that's thrown into the Genetic Empire, is what does that do when you introduce chaos into that system?

For Pace, the Great Spiral pilgrimage that Day undertook in episode 8 foreshadowed the season 1 finales big Empire reveal. Speaking to The Wrap , Pace said: He looks at his brothers and especially his younger brother
[Dawn], who is now shown to be different in all of these ways, and is basically screaming Me too. I feel the same way you feel. I know we are
living under this fantasy that we are all the same man, and I know better
now. I cant un-see what Ive seen. I cant forget. I cant believe that I am Cleon. I have to now believe that I am this person after what Ive
experienced. I think it forever changes the culture inside the dynasty.

The other major plot point from episode 10 confirmed a series-long fan
theory: that Salvor Hardin (Leah Harvey) is the daughter of Gaal Dornick (Lou Llobell). The episodes final scene is reserved for their overdue meeting albeit 138 years into the future. As viewers will remember, Gaal froze her embryo in episode 2. That fertilized egg would go on to become Salvor, who lives on Terminus over a century later. The only reason Gaal and Salvor eventually meet is because of the shows time travel elements, as well as Gaal entering cryostasis for decades at a time.

While Goyer was coy about whether the duos relationship will potentially grow in season 2, the series showrunner did provide some context for how Gaal may react to Salvors declaration. And, given their respective time travel adventures, how Gaal is strangely younger than her daughter when theyre reunited.

The story of Gaal and Salvor I would say the closest analogy would be if someone gave up a child at birth and didn't even know what happened to them, Goyer told Newsweek. And then one day that adult child knocks on their door and says, 'Hey, mom'. What's a little different is that, at least biologically, Salvor's a few years older than Gaal, which is one of the fun things that you can only do in science fiction. I think Salvor's about 26 or 27 years old, and Gaal is only about 23 years old, 22 years old. (Image credit: Apple TV Plus)

As for Hardin, the actor told TVLine : These two characters are complete strangers and we'll get to dive into how they navigate this new relationship, as well as the world around them bringing new challenges [in season 2]. They both have traveled years into the future, and for all they know, everything they knew has been left behind. They, potentially, only have each other left. Its a profound emotion to contemplate, but it is something that requires time to process. Whether or not they have the luxury of time is another question entirely.

And what of the Second Foundation, which fans of Asimovs book series already know about? As Hari Seldon previously teased, he set up two Foundations at opposite ends of the galaxy one which the Empire knows about and one that it doesnt. So will season 2 deliver on showing viewers where the secret society is and what its purpose is?

It's definitely something we're going to explore, Goyer told Newsweek. I didn't bring it up just to not mention it again. One of the other things
about the Second Foundation in the books is that the Second Foundation also largely develops off-screen, at least in the original trilogy. It appears almost as a deus ex machina. And I thought, for viewers of the show, that wouldn't be playing fair, that we had to see the Second Foundation develop.

Expect the Second Foundation to play as prominent a role in the new season as the First Foundation did in season 1, then. Not only that, but a Second
Seldon Crisis is likely to form a large part of the series second season,
too. The alliance that eventually formed between Terminus, Thespis and Anacreon in season 1 allowed the trio of outer-rim planets to navigate the First Crisis. But, as Haris AI construct told all three races in episode 10, more challenges will be on the way. So itll be interesting to see how those Seldon Crises are adapted from the novels for TV purposes. Foundation season
2 cast Foundation season 2 cast: who is returning? (Image credit: Apple TV Plus)

These are the actors who will return for season 2: Jared Harris as Hari
Seldon Lee Pace as Brother Day Lou Llobell as Gaal Dornick Leah Harvey as Salvor Hardin Laura Birn as Eto Demerzel Terrence Mann as Brother Dusk
Cassian Bilton as Brother Dawn

Season 2 will introduce new characters, too. As part of Foundation season 2s announcement, Goyer confirmed (via an Apple TV Plus press release) that more live-action incarnations of classic characters from Asimovs novels will
appear in the shows next instalment.

"With season two, our audience will get to visit more of Asimovs indelible characters and worlds, including Hober Mallow, General Bel Riose, and all the Outer Suns, Goyer explained. Were playing the long game with Foundation and
Im grateful to my partners at Apple and Skydance for entrusting me with this epic. Buckle up. Were about to fold some serious space."

And now we know who some of those characters will be. In a separate press release, Apple confirmed the identities of 10 new individuals, as well as the actors who will portray them: Isabella Laughland ( Harry Potter ) as Brother Constant , a cheerfully confident claric whose job is to evangelize the
Church of the Galactic Spirit across the Outer Reach Kulvinder Ghir (Goodness Gracious Me) as Poly Verisof , High Claric of the Church of the Galactic Spirit. Whip-smart and sardonic, hes also a terrible drunk intelligent
enough to see the path hes on, but too cynical to change Sandra Yi
Sencindiver ( The Wheel of Time ) as Enjoiner Rue , the beautiful,
politically savvy consigliere to Queen Sareth. A former courtesan to Cleon
the 16th, Rue parlayed her status to become a royal counsellor Ella-Rae Smith (Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw) as Queen Sareth of Cloud Dominion . Used to being underestimated, Sareth employs it to her advantage, charming her way into the Imperial Palace with biting wit, all while on a secret quest for revenge Dimitri Leonidas (Centurion) as Hober Mallow , a master trader with a sarcastic personality and questionable morals, who is summoned against his will to serve a higher, selfless cause Ben Daniels (Jupiter's Legacy) as Bel Riose , the last great general of the Superliminal Fleet and would-be conqueror of the Foundation. Bel is noble to a fault, but his fealty to the Galactic Empire is waning Holt McCallany (Mindhunter) as Warden Jaegger Fount , the current Warden of Terminus and guardian of its citizens against
external threats Mikael Persbrandt ( Sex Education ) as The Warlord of Kalgan , a monster of a man, coiled with muscle and possessing powerful psychic abilities, and fueled by hate in his quest to take over the galaxy Rachel House (Cowboy Bebop) as Tellem Bond , mysterious leader of the Mentallics Nimrat Kaur (Homeland) as Yanna Seldon

Interestingly, Poly Verisof, The Warlord of Kalgan, Bel Riose, and Hober Mallow are the only four of those 10 characters who appear in the books. So the other six, Yanna Seldon included, are entirely new creations for the TV series. Foundation season 2 trailer Foundation season 2 trailer: is there
one? (Image credit: Apple TV Plus)

No, and there wont be for some time. We'll update this section when one is released. Foundation season 2: the future Foundation season 2: will there be more seasons? (Image credit: Apple TV Plus)

Apple has only renewed Foundation for another 10-episode run, but wed be shocked if more seasons arent forthcoming. Speaking to Lovin Malta back in January 2021, Goyer revealed his ambitions to tell Foundations vast and epic tale which spans one thousand years of fictional human history across 80 episodes.

Game of Thrones was really the first of these big, giant novelistic shows, Goyer said. And now, with Foundation, we can tell the story, hopefully, over the course of 80 episodes, or 80 hours, as opposed to trying to condense it all into two or three hours for a single film.

Goyer also confirmed (via Collider ) that he initially pitched an 80-episode story to Apple before they greenlit the shows first run of episodes. And, if Foundation does run for eight seasons as Goyer hopes, he already has the
shows ending in mind, saying: I do have an endpoint in mind, at least for
now, I do know where all the major characters land and what happens at the
end of it. Hopefully, we'll get there.

If each season comprises 10 entries, Foundation might run for eight seasons. However, Apples continual renewal of Foundation will depend on whether audiences continue to tune in. Apple is notoriously guarded about releasing viewing figures for its in-house movies and TV shows so much so that no data for season 1s episodes is publicly available.

For now, then, Foundation will get a second season, but its future is unknown past that point. Its first season found its feet with each episode and, providing season 2 can improve on the series first outing, it should be renewed by Apple during (or after) season 2s release. Should it fail to attract viewers, however, Foundation may not survive past its second season. These are the best Apple TV Plus shows to watch



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