AMC Plus shares trailer for dystopian sci-fi series Moonhaven
The new series stars Joe Manganiello, Dominic Monaghan and Emma McDonald
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AMC+ has released the trailer for its new sci-fi suspense series Moonhaven, set to premiere on the streamer at the beginning of next month. Joe Manganiello, Dominic Monaghan and Emma McDonald star as inhabitants of the eponymous utopian colony located on the moon.
The series comes from creator Peter Ocko, who also worked on Lodge 49, Black Sails, and Elementary. Moonhaven is set for a six-episode run in its first season
Paradise is never quite what it seems, and in the new teaser, Earth pilot Bella Sway (McDonald) learns this firsthand when she is stranded on Moonhaven after being accused of a crime. After arriving in the New Age-style colony, where clean-cut individuals in monochromatic slacks roam around expansive gardens, Bella is quickly told just how valuable Moonhaven is.
“Moonhaven isn’t a people, it’s a purpose,” one resident tells Bella after her arrival. And he’s right: Moonhaven is more than just a peaceful, 500-square mile Eden offering a respite from Earth as the planet becomes increasingly uninhabitable. The colony’s members have also been tasked with solving the mounting issues Earth faces, and ultimately saving humanity.
But when two Moonhaven residents are murdered in quick succession (and news of a secret agent from Earth infiltrating the colony spreads) Bella begins sensing something sinister is at work in Moonhaven.
“I get that this is supposed to be our future, but you and I know, darkness finds a way,” Bella tells Tomm Schultz (Manganiello), the righthand man of an Earth diplomat.
Teaming up with mysterious local detective Paul Sarno (Monaghan) to investigate a conspiracy beneath Moonhaven’s surface, Bella finds herself surrounded by danger. Though Sarno assures Bella she can trust him, his true intentions are left a mystery.
Moonhaven’s 2-episode premiere will kick off on AMC+ on July 7. Succeeding episodes will be released weekly on Thursdays.
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We really could have used this moon haven earlier when the moon fell!!!
Why are future clothes always monochromatic?
Because the future is fascist.
If the GQP has it’s way..
This cracks me up too – always, no matter how serious and portentious the sci-fi, they seem unable to imagine the future as anything but jumpsuits, preferably in silver and grey. Why silver I wonder?
Space 1999 had great costumes.
I’m confused about all this stuff I see advertised as AMC+….do these not air on the network anymore?
That’s correct. It sucks. I’d DVR and watch this if this aired on the AMC network instead of just their streamer (already have enough of those).
I mean, I know they’ve had a few iconic shows over the past ten years, but is their brand REALLY strong enough to launch their own dedicated streaming service? Ridiculous. Are they still creating shows for their network, too? Or are they all-in on the streamer? So dumb.
A few days late but: I actually do have AMC+ and it includes AMC, Shudder, IFC, and Sundance so its more than just exclusively AMC projects. But I only got it because I already had Shudder, but also wanted access to the IFC midnight movies and frankly the Shudder only streaming app can be quite glitchy. They do have some good exclusive content though. I’ll definitely be watching this show!
Thanks for the info. Still not enough to get me to shell out for another streamer. I don’t think I’ve watched Curiosity Stream in 10 months and I keep forgetting that I have Paramount Plus, even though I actually like Strange New Worlds, but have only watched two because, well, I keep forgetting.
They only create Walking Dead spinoffs for AMC Prime these days, I think.
All the more reason to avoid it!
seems more CW then AMC
As long as they don’t do that awful thing in (the otherwise good) Silent Sea, where there’ like a button in the airlock you press and it says “gravity set to Earth normal”.