Apple TV Plus’ Foundation shares first look at season two, unveils cast additions
The streamer shares announces who will join Jared Harris and Lee Pace in the second season
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As the second season of Apple TV+’s sci-fi series Foundation quickly comes together, the streamer has announced the ten new cast members joining season one’s stars Jared Harris, Lee Pace, Lou Llobell, Leah Harvey, Laura Birn, Terrence Mann, and Cassian Bilton.
Foundation, based on Isaac Asimov’s novel series, chronicles the stories of four crucial individuals transcending space and time as they overcome deadly crises, shifting loyalties, and complicated relationships that will ultimately determine the fate of humanity. The series welcomes Isabella Laughland, Kulvinder Ghir, Sandra Yi Sencindiver, Ella-Rae Smith, Dimitri Leonidas, Ben Daniels, Holt McCallany, Mikael Persbrandt, Rachel House, and Nimrat Kaur to the second season cast.
Laughland (Good Luck To You, Leo Grande) joins as Brother Constant, a cheerfully confident claric whose job is to evangelize the Church of the Galactic Spirit across the Outer Reach. Constant is a true believer, whose courage and passion make her hard not to love.
Ghir comes aboard as Poly Verisof, High Claric of the Church of the Galactic Spirit. Whip-smart and sardonic, he’s also a terrible drunk—intelligent enough to see the path he’s on, but too cynical to change.
Sencindiver (The Wheel Of Time) has been cast 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.
Smith (The Stranger) joins 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.
Leonidas has been cast 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.
Daniels will appear as Bel Roise, 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.
McCallany (Mindhunter) will play ‘Warden Jaegger Fount,’ the current Warden of Terminus and guardian of its citizens against external threats.
Persbrandt (Sex Education) joins 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.
House (Cowboy Bebop, Moana) will take on the role of Tellem Bond, mysterious leader of the Mentallics. Finally, Nimrat Kaur will play Yanna Seldon.
Apple has not yet announced when Foundation’s second season will be available for streaming.
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I can only assume they’re deliberately keeping the Mule’s actor secret because it’s a really big name they want to surprise us with.
It seems a bit early for The Mule, doesn’t it? Obviously the writers are not adhering to the Asimov playbook, but Hober Mallow + General Riose + Kalgan seems to offer enough material for season two.
“Foundation, based on Isaac Asimov’s novel series”More accurate would be, “Foundation, which has the same name as Isaac Asimov’s novel series…”
Yes, plot similarities are basically easter eggs at this point. “Oh , lookie, it’s something that ACTUALLY HAPPENED in the books! Must be a ‘wink’ to the readers 😉 😉 ;)“
Baffled to the reaction from readers who don’t know how adaptations – especially one as unfilmable as Foundation – work.
Or know what “based on” means.
yes all successful adaptions merely take the title and a few character names and make up the rest, it’s how all the great adaptations are done
There’s adaptations, and then there’s adaptations. If you’ve read the Foundation books and watched the show, you know that this may be the loosest adaptation ever done. The reason the studios buy the rights to a popular series is because they know they have a built in audience, and there’s a point where the adaptation is so loose it almost feels like a bait and switch. I’m not a purist…I’ve enjoyed Game of Thrones, The Expanse, Wheel of Time etc. despite the changes they’ve made that I may not agree with. But this, I’d admit, annoys me.
Kulvinder Ghir, great stuff, haven’t seen him in an age. He was one quarter of the tremendous Goodness Gracious Me many years ago.
I watched this show every week the night it came out… but still not sure if it’s a good show or if I even really enjoy it. That seems to happen to me a lot lately, and I think it’s because there are so many shows now with stupendously high production values that just look great or at least interesting, and I don’t mind watching those at all. Foundation has just enough story and enough actors I like that I’m sure I’ll watch season 2. The massive time jumps actually help too.
What a tremendously dull still. And that’s the one they PICKED.
Holt McCallany would have made a perfect Han Pritcher. Lost opportunity there.
I think I’m done with the series though. The only thing I liked was the Empire scenes, and that’s not good enough to keep watching.
The series has engaged me enough to keep watching (possibly because I never read the books and can’t be disappointed by the difference). Pace and Harris are always welcome on my TV screen and I liked the world-building and production design.
I enjoyed Season 1 overall. Looking forward to Season 2.
Season 2 is on now. Has the AV Club noticed?