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For All Mankind has spent four seasons exploring an alternate timeline of space exploration, and with Season 5 in development, many fans are wondering how much story is left to tell. According to co-creators Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi, the end may be closer than we think. Speaking exclusively with Collider's Steve Weintraub at San Diego Comic-Con, the duo reaffirmed that their long-standing plan for the series remains largely intact. While some creative detours have occurred along the way, the show’s trajectory hasn’t veered too far from their original vision.

“It has done a little bit of both,” Wolpert said when asked how much of the show still follows the seven-season blueprint. “I think a lot of the things we talked about in those early stages have held and some things, as you go, you realize, ‘Oh, that doesn't really track,’ or we thought of a more interesting idea.

Star City, the upcoming Soviet-era spin-off set in the universe of For All Mankind, is almost finished filming — and co-creators Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi say the end is finally in sight. The cast of the series includes Rhys Ifans, Anna Maxwell Martin, Solly McLeod, Agnes O’Casey, Alice Englert, Adam Nagaitis, Josef Davies, Ruby Ashbourne Serkis, and Priya Kansara.

“We’re very close to the end of the production process and getting into the editing and visual effects,” Wolpert told Collider's Steve Weintraub in an exclusive Sdcc interview. When pressed about a possible release window, Nedivi added, “It’ll be next year, for sure.”

That lines up with current expectations for the Star City rollout, which seems on track for late 2026. “It’s sort of in that ballpark probably,” Wolpert said. “That could be 12 months, could be 18. So, it's just a question of where it fits.”

Filming took place in Lithuania,...

If you were hoping to return to Happy Valley before the end of 2025, you might want to adjust expectations — or at least pack some extra patience for the journey back to Mars. At San Diego Comic-Con, For All Mankind co-creators Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi gave Collider's Steve Weintraub an exclusive update on the status of Season 5, and while there’s good news that it’s still very much in the works, the bad news is… no one’s ready to commit to a premiere date just yet.

“We're still sort of figuring that out,” Wolpert admitted when asked if fans could expect new episodes to drop this year. “So, it will come out soon-ish, but that could mean a lot of different things.”

Nedivi explained the reasons behind the delay. “We're still working on the season. As with the writers’ strike and the fact that we worked on two shows this last year,...

If For All Mankind started as an alternate history of the space race, then Season 5 looks ready to turn it into a full-blown interplanetary standoff. At San Diego Comic-Con, Collider's Steve Weintraub spoke with co-creators Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi about what’s ahead in the upcoming fifth season, and they made one thing clear — the show’s Cold War roots are evolving into something much bigger.

“We can say that, obviously, Season 4 ended with an asteroid being stolen, and so there are a lot of people on Earth who are pretty pissed off about that,” Wolpert said. “I think that more than anything, I would say the thrust of the Season 5 story is how a rift is forming between the people who live on Mars — and more and more people are now living on Mars — and the people who have stayed back on Earth. And so, this show...

For All Mankind fans got a major scare in the Season 4 finale when Danielle Poole took a bullet during the climactic Mars skirmish. But the bigger question heading into Season 5 is whether we’ve seen the last of her entirely. At San Diego Comic-Con 2025, For All Mankind co-creator Ben Nedivi played it coy when asked by Collider's Steve Weintraub if Dani Poole (Krys Marshall) would return next season.

“That’s for you to find out with Season 5. That’s part of the fun of the show — obviously, the characters every season evolve. The cast from Season 1 to now, it’s crazy to see how many people are left, and we bring in new people. We’re actually going to bring in new people for Season 5, as well. So I think we like to keep people around. It depends on their story and if their arcs are done. I think...

For All Mankind showrunners Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi tease Ed Baldwin's age in season 5 as the show's timeline jumps another decade. For All Mankind's alternate timeline has brought the United States to Mars, something the series will be further exploring in the upcoming episodes. Season 5 takes place in 2012, nine years after the events of season 4.

In an interview with ScreenRant's Joe Deckelmeier at San Diego Comic-Con, Wolpert and Nedivi explained Ed's age going into For All Mankind season 5. Wolpert explained how they haven't particularly ascribed an age to Ed, describing a time during season 1's production when Joel Kinnaman was preparing for when the character got older. Check out what Wolpert said below:

ScreenRant: Now, For All Mankind, we're heading into season 5. It's 2012, but a whole new series is also going to explore the space race from the other side of the lens that we get The Soviets coming out swinging hard.

The creators of the hit sci-fi TV show For All Mankind hint at how the ongoing series could become Apple TV+'s version of Star Trek. For All Mankind season 4 ended with the alternate history series jumping ahead another 10 years, showcasing the US' successful settlement on Mars. The series is expected to showcase humanity going even further into space.

Speaking with ScreenRant's Joe Deckelmeier, series co-creator Ronald D. Moore expressed interest in For All Mankind exploring some Star Trek-like ideas, such as something similar to Starfleet:

ScreenRant: Now, Ronald, I have a theory about the show. I'm sure it's not an original theory, but For All Mankind is really, really grounded. Could this be a prequel to something like a Star Trek for Apple TV+? And were you ever planning to gradually build towards that--your own version of Starfleet or a Federation-like future?

Ronald D. Moore: We...

For All Mankind'sseven-decade roadmap has received a compelling update from the show's creators. Fans of the critically acclaimed Apple TV+ sci-fi series currently await For All Mankind season 5, which is expected to be released toward the end of 2025. Screen Rant caught up with the show's creators at San Diego Comic-Con 2025.

Screen Rant's Joe Deckelmeier spoke with For All Mankind's Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi regarding For All Mankind season 5 about the show's long-term roadmap. Nedivi shared that the seven-decade roadmap is "still the hope," but that each season comes with the desire to surprise themselves with fresh ideas. Read the full quote below:

ScreenRant: Now you've inched this show forward as we move throughout the decades. Do you know what time period you want the show series to end in?

Ben Nedivi: I think when we started the show, we had an idea, like a roadmap, of like, "Okay,...

During an interview with Screen Rant’s Joe Deckelmeier at San Diego Comic-Con 2025, the creators of For All Mankind discussed what fans can expect from the Star City spinoff and revealed whether a crossover could happen. The Apple TV+ show For All Mankind has been a major hit, leading to a confirmed spinoff called Star City.

While the original show focuses on the United States side of the space race, Star City will explore the story from the perspective of the Soviet Union. Screen Rant caught up with Ronald D. Moore, Matt Wolpert, and Ben Nedivi at Comic-Con (the latter two in a separate interview from the former). They revealed interesting information about the inspiration for the show, sharing that they're using real-life information about the Star City cosmonaut training base as inspiration for the story. Fans will also be overjoyed to know that crossovers will happen with characters from the original show.

Exclusive: Priya Kansara has joined the cast of the For All Mankind spinoff Star City from Apple and Sony Pictures Television. She will play Lakshmi, a gifted scientist, in a series regular role.

Kansara joins the previously announced cast of Rhys Ifans, Agnes O’Casey, Solly McLeod, Alice Englert, Adam Nagaitis, Josef Davies, and Ruby Ashbourne Serkis.

Created by Ben Nedivi, Matt Wolpert and Ronald D. Moore, Star City is another alt-history retelling of the space race, when the Soviet Union became the first nation to put a man on the moon. But this time, we explore the story from behind the Iron Curtain, showing the lives of the cosmonauts, engineers, and intelligence officers embedded among them in the Soviet space program, and the risks they all took to propel humanity forward.

Wolpert and Nedivi serve as showrunners and executive produce alongside Moore and Davis of Tall Ship Productions,...

Apple TV+ has recently announced Star City, which is going to be a spin-off of the popular show for all mankind. The upcoming show will take viewers into the heart of the Soviet space program. It will be shorter from the point of view of the Soviet Union side of the space race.

It’s potentially going to be about a world where the Soviets were the first people to land in space and not the USA. It was announced in April 2024, along with the renewal of for all mankind for a fifth season. It promises a character-driven, espionage-laced narrative, which is going to embark on a new journey with reminiscences of some familiarities.

Star City to turn the perspective towards the Soviet Union

For All Mankind was centred around NASA and the American space program. The spin-off Star City will deliciously flip the narrative and create a storyline entirely...

For All Mankind, one of Apple TV+’s most acclaimed sci-fi dramas, is all set to return for its 5th installment in an attempt to continue humanity’s venture into the exploration of space. The creators of the series, Matt Wolpert, Ronald D Moore, and Ben Nedivi, have reimagined the global space race, depicting a reality where the first people to land on the moon were from the Soviet Union and not the United States.

Season 4 finale concluded with remarkable development, which included a tragic bombing incident at the iconic John Space Centre as well as the expansion of Happy Valley, the Martian colony. Anticipation runs high for Season 5. Let’s dive right into what we know so far from the storyline, release date, cast, and everything in between.

A recap of Season 4 of For All Mankind with all its transitions, tragedy, and time jumps

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Apple TV+ is taking a bold leap into uncharted territory with a gallant spinoff of its highly praised alternate-history show For All Mankind. Ronald D. Moore, the executive producer, has described the project as a daring attempt, pointing to the risks and realism entrenched in the Soviet space program.

The original show is already a concept rarely showcased in Western media. Now, with the new courageous narrative shift, audiences can expect to view the Cold War’s space race from a fresh lens, diving deep into the lives of Russian engineers, cosmonauts, and intelligence officers.

Star City might be a gritty shift from For All Mankind

Star City will transport viewers into the secret world of the Russian space program, based in the concealed city near Moscow known as Star City. The series will portray the immense pressures of pushing humanity forward under the vigilant eye of the Kgb. Talking...

Created by Ronald D. Moore, Matt Wolpert, and Ben Nedivi, Apple TV+’s science fiction drama series For All Mankind has received critical acclaim for its concept. The show dramatizes an alternate version of the Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union, and each episode introduces an exciting alternate history to explore.

For All Mankind is reportedly taken from the plaque that the astronauts placed on the moon where Neil Armstrong took his first steps. It read, ‘Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the moon, July 1969 A.D. We came in peace for all mankind.’ One detail from the show goes on to depict that the world would be a better place if America achieved gender equity.

For All Mankind Season 1 showcases how one change can open doors for great good

Apple TV+’s science-fiction drama For All Mankind is an alternate version...

The final season of Outlander just got a colossal update from one of its leading stars. Outlander follows Claire Beauchamp Randall (Caitríona Balfe), a WWII nurse who goes back in time to Scotland in 1743. She meets the dashing Highland warrior Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan) and falls for him while also landing in the middle of an epic rebellion. Starz confirmed more than two years ago that Outlander would end with Season 8, and the final season even wrapped filming back in September 2024, but it’s still lacking an official premiere date. Caitríona Balfe recently sat down for a chat with Collider’s Steve Weintraub to talk about her upcoming action movie, The Amateur, and she teased an emotional season finale:

“Wrapping Outlander was very emotional. Everybody came to set, which was just very weird because they gave Sam [Heughan] and I a seven-page scene that was just full of dialogue to finish on,...

Apple TV+’s thrilling hit For All Mankind is expanding with a new exciting spinoff called Star City. Creators of For All Mankind, Ronald D. Moore, Matt Wolpert, and Ben Nedivi, are looking forward to developing the fictional universe. Critics have deemed For All Mankind as a “superior sci-fi,” and since the show got renewed for a fifth season, the creators did not want to stop there. Matt Cherniss, head of programming for Apple TV+, explained, “There is so much to explore, and we, along with our partners at Sony, can’t wait to dive into this next chapter of the engrossing For All Mankind universe.” What is Star City about? The official description of the series is, “A robust expansion of the For All Mankind universe, Star City is a propulsive, paranoid thriller that takes us back to the key moment in the alt-history retelling of the space race...

The “For All Mankind” spinoff “Star City” has made three new additions to its main cast, Variety has learned.

Adam Nagaitis, Josef Davies, and Ruby Ashbourne Serkis have all joined the upcoming Apple TV+ alt-history drama.

The trio will appear alongside previously announced cast members Rhys Ifans, Anna Maxwell Martin, Solly McLeod, Agnes O’Casey and Alice Englert.

The show was originally announced in April 2024. As previously reported, the series will tell the story the alternative history of the space race like “For All Mankind,” but this time from the Soviet Union perspective.

The official description for the show says it is “a propulsive, paranoid thriller that takes us back to the key moment in the alt-history retelling of the space race – when the Soviet Union became the first nation to put a man on the moon. But this time, we explore the story from behind the Iron Curtain, showing the lives of the cosmonauts,...

Adam Nagaitis, Josef Davies and Ruby Ashbourne Serkis are set as series regulars in Star City, rounding out the cast of Apple’s upcoming For All Mankind spinoff. They join previously announced Rhys Ifans, Anna Maxwell Martin, Solly McLeod, Agnes O’Casey and Alice Englert.

Created by Ben Nedivi, Matt Wolpert and Ronald D. Moore, Star City is another alt-history retelling of the space race – when the Soviet Union became the first nation to put a man on the moon. But this time, we explore the story from behind the Iron Curtain, showing the lives of the cosmonauts, the engineers, and the intelligence officers embedded among them in the Soviet space program, and the risks they all took to propel humanity forward.

Nagaitis will play Valya, a highly respected cosmonaut within the Soviet Space program.

Davies portrays Sergei,...

The “For All Mankind” spinoff “Star City” is building out its cast with the addition of three new series regulars.

Variety has learned that Solly McLeod, Agnes O’Casey, and Alice Englert have all signed on to the alt-history drama.

They will appear alongside previously announced cast members Rhys Ifans and Anna Maxwell Martin.

The show was originally announced in April 2024. As previously reported, the series will tell the story the alternative history of the space race like “For All Mankind,” but this time from the Soviet Union perspective.

The official description for the show says it is “a propulsive, paranoid thriller that takes us back to the key moment in the alt-history retelling of the space race – when the Soviet Union became the first nation to put a man on the moon. But this time, we explore the story from behind the Iron Curtain, showing the lives of the cosmonauts,...

Solly McLeod (House of the Dragon), Agnes O’Casey (Black Doves) & Alice Englert (Bad Behaviour) have joined the cast of Star City, Apple TV+’s upcoming spinoff from the streamer’s space drama For All Mankind. They join previously announced Rhys Ifans and Anna Maxwell Martin.

Created by Ben Nedivi, Matt Wolpert and Ronald D. Moore, Star City is another alt-history retelling of the space race – when the Soviet Union became the first nation to put a man on the moon. But this time, we explore the story from behind the Iron Curtain, showing the lives of the cosmonauts, the engineers, and the intelligence officers embedded among them in the Soviet space program, and the risks they all took to propel humanity forward.

McLeod will play Sasha, a reckless cosmonaut who has yet to live up to his potential.

O’Casey will portray Irina, a recent addition to the surveillance department at Star City.

Apple TV+ is expanding its For All Mankind universe with a new series, Star City, and has cast BAFTA-winning actress Anna Maxwell Martin in a key role. The upcoming show will take a fresh look at the space race, but this time from the perspective of the Soviet Union.

Star City is a spinoff of For All Mankind, an alternate-history drama that imagines what would have happened if the Soviet Union had beaten the United States to the moon. While the original series explored the American side of events, Star City shifts the focus behind the Iron Curtain, offering a glimpse into the lives of Soviet cosmonauts, scientists, and intelligence officers. The series will highlight the struggles, sacrifices, and risks they faced in pushing space exploration forward.

Anna Maxwell Martin, known for her standout performances in Motherland, Bleak House, and Line of Duty, will take on the role of Lyudmilla,...

Anna Maxwell Martin is the latest addition to the cast of the “For All Mankind” spinoff “Star City,” Variety has learned.

Martin joins previously announced cast member Rhys Ifans in the alt-history drama, which was originally announced in April 2024.

As previously reported, the series will tell the story the alternative history of the space race like “For All Mankind,” but this time from the Soviet Union perspective.

The official description for the show describes it as “a propulsive, paranoid thriller that takes us back to the key moment in the alt-history retelling of the space race – when the Soviet Union became the first nation to put a man on the moon. But this time, we explore the story from behind the Iron Curtain, showing the lives of the cosmonauts, the engineers, and the intelligence officers embedded among them in the Soviet space program, and the risks they all took to propel humanity forward.

BAFTA Award-winner Anna Maxwell Martin (Motherland) is set as a lead opposite Rhys Ifans in Apple TV+‘s upcoming series Star City, a spinoff from the streamer’s space race drama For All Mankind.

Created by Ben Nedivi, Matt Wolpert and Ronald D. Moore, Star City is another alt-history retelling of the space race – when the Soviet Union became the first nation to put a man on the moon. But this time, we explore the story from behind the Iron Curtain, showing the lives of the cosmonauts, the engineers, and the intelligence officers embedded among them in the Soviet space program, and the risks they all took to propel humanity forward.

English actress Martin will play Lyudmilla, the head of the Kgb surveillance department at Star City. Ifans stars as the Chief Designer.

Wolpert and Nedivi serve as showrunners and executive produce alongside Moore and Maril Davis of Tall Ship Productions...

The first man to land on the moon was Neil Arsmstrong, achieved on July 21st of the 1969 space race - but Not in this alternate history where Russia got there first and Alexei Leonov didn’t end the space race, he just got the motor started.

For All Mankind's alternate history has become one of Apple TV’s most popular science fiction shows, with the fifth season set to take the show closest to the modern age to date with another massive time jump. Though along with the fifth season, the popular show is also working on a spinoff and has just announced its first cast member - and he’s someone House of the Dragon fans probably know: Rhys Ifans, as revealed by Variety.

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Rhys Ifans is heading straight to the moon: The House of the Dragon actor will lead Apple TV+’s Star City, a spinoff of the streamer’s space series For All Mankind, TVLine has confirmed.

Ifans will play the role of Chief Designer, the driving force behind the Soviet Space program. The series will cover an “alt-history retelling of the space race — when the Soviet Union became the first nation to put a man on the moon,” according to the show’s official description. “But this time, we explore the story from behind the Iron Curtain, showing the lives of the cosmonauts,...

The “For All Mankind” spinoff has found its first cast member. Variety has learned that Rhys Ifans has been cast in the upcoming Apple TV+ drama series, which is titled “Star City.”

“Star City” was originally announced in April 2024 alongside the news that “For All Mankind” would be back for a fifth season. As previously reported, the series will tell the story the alternative history of the space race like “For All Mankind,” but this time from the Soviet Union perspective.

The official description for the show describes it as “a propulsive, paranoid thriller that takes us back to the key moment in the alt-history retelling of the space race – when the Soviet Union became the first nation to put a man on the moon. But this time, we explore the story from behind the Iron Curtain, showing the lives of the cosmonauts, the engineers, and the intelligence officers embedded...

Rhys Ifans (House of the Dragon) is set to lead the cast of Apple TV+’s upcoming series Star City, a spinoff from the streamer’s space drama For All Mankind. According to sources, Ifans is not leaving House of the Dragon, where he plays Ser Otto Hightower. It’s not clear, however, how his Star City casting will affect his future on Hotd in the long run.

Created by Ben Nedivi, Matt Wolpert and Ronald D. Moore, Star City is another alt-history retelling of the space race – when the Soviet Union became the first nation to put a man on the moon. But this time, we explore the story from behind the Iron Curtain, showing the lives of the cosmonauts, the engineers, and the intelligence officers embedded among them in the Soviet space program, and the risks they all took to propel humanity forward.

Ifans will star as the ‘Chief Designer,...

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Apple TV+ has premiered a number of noteworthy series and compelling dramas in the six short years since its debut. Currently, Severance is receiving its well-deserved spotlight in the sun. The second season just premiered, and on the heels of an almost perfectly rated first season, the series looks to be continuing the stellar work in this psychological drama. And while fans of the series are streaming Apple TV+, they should check out this other sci-fi series that takes the drama out of this world, For All Mankind.

Starring Joel Kinnaman, Michael Dorman, and Shantel VanSanten, For All Mankind is a dramatic re-imagining of the global space race and the attempt to be the first nation to land on the moon. Placed in a world where the Soviet Union...

For All Mankind was one of the first original shows to appear on Apple TV+. It's an alternate history series that asks the question: what if the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union, which raged through the 1950s, 60s and 70s, never stopped? What if the countries kept pushing each other to develop new technologies? How different would our world be?

For All Mankind has been plugging away for four seasons now, all of them worth watching. Each season jumps forward in time. The show began in 1969, but the stinger at the end of season 4 jumped all the way ahead to 2012, where we've built a mining facility on an asteroid orbiting Mars. That's where we'll pick up with For All Mankind season 5.

As the years pass on the show, characters drift in and out of the foreground. Some die. One of the characters who's consistently been...

The Apple TV+ original series For All Mankind has re-written history throughout its first four seasons on the air, and there are important updates regarding season 5. Developed by Ronald D. Moore, Matt Wolpert, and Ben Nedivi, the series is set in an alternate reality in which the Soviet Union beat the United States to the moon in the 1960s, and the legendary space race never truly ended. Essentially reinventing itself from season to season, For All Mankind moves one decade at a time to show more of what could have been.

Critically popular from the start, the series has been one of the best shows on Apple TV+ since its debut, and it is certainly one of their longest-running original programs. Several of the show's seasons have earned 100% scores on Rotten Tomatoes with many critics praising the ensemble casting, thought-provoking writing, and original atmosphere that the series brings each and every episode.

For All Mankind season 5 continues to expand its growing ensemble, adding an actor from Cobra Kai. Production on For All Mankind season 5 began this past July, keeping up the established trend of steadily adding new faces to its roster of characters. So far, six new cast members are confirmed for the show's upcoming episodes. A pivotal recurring actor from Cobra Kai continues the tally.

TVLine reports that Barrett Carnahan has joined For All Mankind season 5, playing a recent high school graduate named Marcus who is now living on Mars. Carnahan is well-known for his role as a young John Kreese, appearing in flashbacks as the Cobra Kai villain for seven episodes of the Emmy-nominated dojo drama. He is also recognized for playing ‘Jake Riordan’ in the Peacock teen drama One of Us is Lying and Derek Turner in the Freeform murder mystery Cruel Summer.

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Exclusive: Barrett Carnahan (Cobra Kai) has been cast in the Apple TV+ series For All Mankind for the space drama’s upcoming fifth season. In a recurring role, he will portray ‘Marcus,’ a recent high school graduate living on Mars.

The latest season of For All Mankind, created by Ronald D. Moore, Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi, rocketed the series into the new millennium. In the eight years since Season 3, Happy Valley has rapidly expanded its footprint on Mars by turning former foes into partners. It’s now 2003, and the space program’s focus has turned to capturing and mining extremely valuable, mineral-rich asteroids that could change the future of both Earth and Mars. But simmering tensions between the residents of the now-sprawling international base threaten to undo everything they are working toward.

Carnahan joins the expanding cast that includes Mireille Enos, Costa Ronin, Sean Kaufman, Ruby Cruz and Ines Asserson.

Exclusive: Sean Kaufman (The Summer I Turned Pretty), Ruby Cruz (Bottoms) and Ines Asserson (Royalteen) are set as series regulars in Season 5 of Apple TV+’s For All Mankind. They join previously announced new series regulars Mireille Enos and Costa Ronin and returning cast Joel Kinnaman, Wrenn Schmidt, Krys Marshall, Edi Gathegi, Cynthy Wu, Coral Peña, Toby Kebbell, Tyner Rushing, Daniel Stern and Svetlana Efremova.

Season 4 of For All Mankind picked up eight years after the events of Season 3, when Happy Valley rapidly expanded its footprint on Mars by turning former foes into partners. Now 2003, the focus of the space program turns to the capture and mining of extremely valuable, mineral-rich asteroids that could change the future of both Earth and Mars. But simmering tensions between the residents of the now-sprawling international base threaten to undo everything they were working toward.

Kaufman will play Alex Poletov Baldwin, son of Kelly Baldwin...

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After launching into the overcrowded streaming industry, Apple TV+ has surprised everyone by giving the audience one brilliant series after another and most of the original shows by Apple TV+ are of the sci-fi genre. From the brilliant For All Mankind, which came out in the early days of Apple TV+ to its most recent sci-fi series Dark Matter, these Apple TV+ shows have garnered a huge amount of fan base. So, we thought of compiling a list of the best sci-fi you can watch on Apple TV+ right now.

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For All Mankind is an alternate history sci-fi drama series created by Ronald D. Moore, Matt Wolpert, and Ben Nedivi. The Apple TV+ series is set in an alternate history where the United States lost the global space race and it also...

Exclusive: Tyler Labine (New Amsterdam) has been tapped for a recurring role in the fifth season of Apple’s acclaimed space drama For All Mankind.

The actor will play Fred, a Mars Peacekeeper. The expanding cast for this season also includes Mireille Enos and Costa Ronin, as previously reported.

Created by Ronald D. Moore, Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi, For All Mankind picks up in an alternative version of 1969, in which the Soviet Union beats the United States to the Moon, watching as the space race continues on for decades with still grander challenges and goals. The latest season rocketed the series into the new millennium: In the eight years since Season 3, Happy Valley has rapidly expanded its footprint on Mars by turning former foes into partners. It’s now 2003, and the focus of the space program has turned to the capture and mining of extremely valuable, mineral-rich asteroids that...

Superman, the first film in the DC Universe, is set to premiere in 2025. The film will introduce the Man of Steel and many other characters relevant to his lore, such as Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Kara Zor-El, and fans can't wait, especially because Superman boasts an incredible cast.

Stars like Edi Gathegi, Milly Alcock, and Rachel Brosnahan have been confirmed to portray some of DC's most important characters and their filmography is proof that they were the right option for their roles. These actors have appeared in great projects that viewers will want to check out before seeing them in Superman.

Edi Gathegi Is a Tough Tech Entrepreneur in For All Mankind

Gathegi joined the series as a regular for the third season.

One of the best sci-fi shows of the last years, For All Mankind, follows a what-if scenario in which the Soviet Union arrives on the Moon before the United States.

For All Mankind season 5 filming has started, creator Ronald D. Moore reveals. The new character Lenya, played by Costa Ronin, will appear in a key role. Returning cast members include Joel Kinnaman, Wrenn Schmidt, and more.

For All Mankind season 5 gets a filming update from creator Ronald D. Moore at San Diego Comic-Con. After the writers strike put a pause on development, For All Mankind season 5 was officially renewed in April of this year, and cast announcements have been rolling in. The long-running Apple TV+ drama recently added Costa Ronin as Lenya, a Soviet politician and former cosmonaut.

Speaking with Screen Rant's Joe Deckelmeier at Sdcc, Moore was asked about Ronin's addition. In response, the creator shared that Ronin's character will play a key role, and mentioned that filming for new episodes is already underway but added that some stories are being reworked and rewritten. Read the full quote below:

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What would Battlestar Galactica look like if it were launched today?

That was the question posted to Ronald D. Moore, the uber-producer who returned to his native habitat on Thursday — San Diego Comic-Con — to discuss his life’s work with former muse Mary McDonnell.

McDonnell, who played President Laura Roslin on the sci-fi series, wondered if Moore’s 2004 reimagining of the 1978 Battlestar Galactica series would look and sound any different today given the state of politics and our culture.

“I mean, the story itself would probably be different because I wrote it at a specific moment in our lives and in our history,” said Moore. “I was approached to do the project just a months after the 9/11 attacks. As it was developed, it happened and then there as Iraq and Guantanamo Bay and we were dealing with the Patriot Act and a lot issues of freedom versus security with terrorism...

Exclusive: Costa Ronin is joining the Season 5 cast of Apple TV+‘s For All Mankind as a new series regular.

Season 4 of For All Mankind picked up eight years after the events of Season 3, when Happy Valley rapidly expanded its footprint on Mars by turning former foes into partners. Now 2003, the focus of the space program turns to the capture and mining of extremely valuable, mineral-rich asteroids that could change the future of both Earth and Mars. But simmering tensions between the residents of the now-sprawling international base threaten to undo everything they were working towards.

Ronin will play Lenya, a Soviet politician and former cosmonaut. He joins fellow new series regular Mireille Enos as well as returning cast Joel Kinnaman, Wrenn Schmidt, Krys Marshall, Edi Gathegi, Cynthy Wu, Coral Peña, Toby Kebbell, Tyner Rushing, Daniel Stern and Svetlana Efremova.

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Mireille Enos joins For All Mankind season 5, reuniting with Joel Kinnaman in a major role as Celia Boyd. A series regular, Enos' character is described as a member of Mars' Peacekeeper Security Force. Season 5 will likely focus on the year 2012, continuing unresolved plotlines like the Goldilocks asteroid mining project and the search for life on Mars.

The forthcoming season of For All Mankind has added a new name to its ever-expanding ensemble cast list. Created by the trio of Ronald D. Moore, Matt Wolpert, and Ben Nedivi for AppleTV+, this highly rated sci-fi drama imagines a world where the Soviet Union beat the United States to the moon in the 1960s and the global space race never ended. Since the shows inception a few years ago, it has featured mainstays like Joel Kinnaman, Shantel VanSanten, Wrenn Schmidt, and Krys Marshall, with a number of other notable names joining in subsequent seasons.

Mireille Enos just booked one moonshot of a job.

She’s joining the Season 5 cast of Apple TV+’s For All Mankind, TVLine has confirmed. Our sister site Variety first reported the casting.

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Enos will play Celia Boyd, a member of the Peacekeeper Security Force on Mars. The actress’ previous TV work includes Lucky Hank, Hanna,...

Mireille Enos has joined the cast of “For All Mankind” Season 5 at Apple TV+, Variety has learned.

Enos will appear in the space race historical fiction drama in a series regular role as Celia Boyd, described as “a member of the Peacekeeper Security Force on Mars.”

The role reunites Enos with “For All Mankind” star Joel Kinnaman. The two previously starred opposite one another in the AMC/Netflix series “The Killing,” for which Enos was nominated for an Emmy and Golden Globe for best lead actress in a drama. Her other TV credits include “Lucky Hank” at AMC, “Hanna” at Amazon Prime Video (which also starred Kinnaman), “Big Love” at HBO, and “The Catch” at ABC. In film, Enos has starred in features such as “Miranda’s Victim,” “World War Z,” and “The Lie.”

She is repped by CAA, Howard Green Entertainment, and Goodman Genow.

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Mireille Enos has joined the Season 5 cast of Apple TV+’s For All Mankind as a new series regular.

Season 4 of For All Mankind picked up eight years after the events of Season 3, when Happy Valley rapidly expanded its footprint on Mars by turning former foes into partners. Now 2003, the focus of the space program turns to the capture and mining of extremely valuable, mineral-rich asteroids that could change the future of both Earth and Mars. But simmering tensions between the residents of the now-sprawling international base threaten to undo everything they were working towards.

Enos will play Celia Boyd, a member of the Peacekeeper Security Force on Mars.

She joins a cast that includes Joel Kinnaman, Wrenn Schmidt, Krys Marshall, Edi Gathegi, Cynthy Wu, Coral Peña, Toby Kebbell, Tyner Rushing, Daniel Stern and Svetlana Efremova.

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How do Hollywood creators forge massive universes for their characters? For Ronald D. Moore, executive producer of “For All Mankind” and “Outlander,” it all began with the question: What if the Russians landed on the moon first? From this starting point, “For All Mankind” was born. Moore and his team explored their alternate timeline, weaving cultural, societal, and political shifts with historical events, crafting a rich universe for the Apple+ TV series.

Diving deeper into the intricacies of world-building for Variety’s Sony FYC Showcase, Moore was joined on the “Building a Television Universe” panel by “For All Mankind” co-showrunners and exec producers Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi, as well as Maril Davis, who serves as an exec producer on both “For All Mankind” and “Outlander.” Also on the panel: “Justified: City Primeval” co-showrunners and exec producers Michael Dinner and Dave Andron, as well as Sony Pictures TV drama development exec VP Andrew Plotkin.

Variety and Sony Pictures Television will host an invite-only FYC Showcase in Los Angeles on May 7 featuring activations and three panel conversations with creatives from “For All Mankind,” “Justified: City Primeval,” “Platonic,” “Twisted Metal,” “Outlander” and “The Wheel of Time.”

All conversations will be moderated by a Variety editor and available on Variety.com following the event.

Programming includes:

Building a Television Universe

A conversation between showrunners and key below-the-line talent on how to successfully build a universe in the competitive television landscape. Executive producers from diverse genres and backgrounds dive into their respective worlds, discussing their approach to growing their franchises, building connections between characters, navigating the fanbase, and more.

Panelists:

Matt Wolpert, Co-Showrunner, Executive Producer, “For All Mankind” Ben Nedivi, Co-Showrunner, Executive Producer, “For All Mankind” Ron Moore, Executive Producer, “For All Mankind” Michael Dinner, Co-Showrunner, Executive Producer, “Justified: City Primeval” Dave Andron, Co-Showrunner, Executive Producer, “Justified: City Primeval” Moderated by Michael Schneider,...

There are lots of exciting things to look forward to as For All Mankind season 5 reaches the year 2012. AppleTV+ have recently renewed For All Mankind for season 5, meaning that audiences will return to the Red Planet to catch up on the progress of the Goldilocks asteroid mining project, and the search for life on Mars spearheaded by Kelly Baldwin (Cynthy Wu). The time jump at the end of For All Mankind's season 4 finale revealed that the Goldilocks asteroid heist had led to the establishment of a sprawling mining base, Kuznetsov Station, in which much of season 5's action will presumably take place.

The future of Kuznetsov Station is key to For All Mankind season 5 because of its impact on both Mars and the space race. Fam showrunners Ben Nedivi and Matt Wolpert have teased that the huge mining operation could have led to an expansion of the Happy Valley base into a thriving Martian colony.

Star City offers a fresh perspective, as it follows the Soviet space program during the established timeline of For All Mankind. The Apple TV+ spin-off series could enhance character arcs and fill in narrative gaps, providing more context for fans. Star City could also add a stronger sense of historicity if it runs concurrently with its parent show's latest season.

For All Mankind's spin-off series, Star City, gives the story an exciting opportunity to explore and expand on that world's characters. The show explores the question "what if the global space race had never ended," in an alternate version of 1969 after the Soviet Union successfully landed on the Moon before the United States. As the two countries attempt to catch up and one-up each other, more people get involved on each side as the path diverges from the reality audiences know, with each season taking place ten years after the previous one.

For All Mankind is returning for another season. Apple TV+ has renewed the alternate history drama for a fifth year and has also ordered a spin-off series. Titled Star City, the new show will focus on the space race from the point of view of those in the Soviet Union. The creators of the original series, Ronald D. Moore, Matt Wolpert, and Ben Nedivi, are behind the new drama.

Starring Joel Kinnaman, Michael Dorman, Shantel Vansanten, Wrenn Schmidt, Sarah Jones, Jodi Balfour, Sonya Walger, Krys Marshall, Cynthy Wu, Casey Johnson, and Coral Pena, the For All Mankind series shows an alternate history of the space race. Season four took viewers into the 21st century.

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Some very good news over the long-distance relay for fans of alt-history sci-fi series For All Mankind. Apple TV+ has decided to not only renew the main show for a fifth season, but also commission a new spin-off sibling, Star City, which will explore the space race story from the Russian side of events.

Season Four of For All Mankind reached 2003, and the well-established Mars base on Happy Valley became a hotbed of blue-collar dissent and authority crackdowns. And asteroid mining became a hot-button issues, with disagreements over where this rich new source of minerals and metals should be positioned to maximize their use.

The fifth season will see another time jump, meaning we're likely to say goodbye to veteran characters such as those played by Joel Kinnaman and Krys Marshall.

Yet the new spin-off offers the chance to see the likes of NASA-chief-turned-defector Margo Madison (Wrenn Schmidt) again...

Following its critically acclaimed fourth season, which has been praised as “the best-written show on all of television” and “superior sci-fi,” Apple TV+ announced that its hit, award-winning space drama series “For All Mankind” has landed a renewal for season five. Additionally, Apple TV+ and “For All Mankind” creators Ronald D. Moore, Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi will expand the “For All Mankind” universe with a brand-new spinoff series, “Star City,” which will be showrun by Nedivi and Wolpert. Both series are produced for Apple TV+ by Sony Pictures Television.

“Our fascination with the Soviet space program has grown with every season of ‘For All Mankind,’” said executive producers Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi. “The more we learned about this secret city in the forests outside Moscow where the Soviet cosmonauts and engineers worked and lived, the more we wanted to tell this story of the other side of the space race.