Apple TV has ignited the thrusters on its next prestige drama, unveiling a tense, intrigue-laced first trailer for ‘Star City,’ a bold expansion of the acclaimed alt-history universe established by ‘For All Mankind.’ This time, the lens flips eastward, plunging viewers behind the Iron Curtain at the moment history fractured and rewrote itself.
‘Star City’ isn’t just revisiting the space race, it’s rewiring it. The series imagines a world where the Soviet Union wins the ultimate cosmic prize, becoming the first nation to land a man on the moon. But instead of ticker-tape parades and global applause, the story burrows into secrecy, surveillance, and sacrifice.
Framed as a propulsive paranoid thriller, the show explores the hidden machinery of the Soviet space program. Cosmonauts, engineers, and intelligence operatives orbit one another in a high-stakes dance where ambition and fear share the same oxygen supply. Every launch feels like a gamble, every success shadowed by the cost of getting there.
The ensemble cast reads like a constellation of prestige television talent: Rhys Ifans (House of the Dragon), Anna Maxwell Martin (Motherland), Agnes O’Casey (Black Doves), Alice Englert (Bad Behaviour), Solly McLeod (House of the Dragon), Adam Nagaitis (Chernobyl), Ruby Ashbourne Serkis (I, Jack Wright), Josef Davies (Andor) and Priya Kansara (Bridgerton).
‘Star City’ is crafted by the award-winning trio of Ben Nedivi, Matt Wolpert, and Ronald D. Moore, the architects behind the richly detailed storytelling of ‘For All Mankind.’
Wolpert and Nedivi serve as showrunners, with Moore executive producing alongside Maril Davis under Tall Ship Productions. Additional executive producers include Andrew Chambliss and Steve Oster. The series is produced by Sony Pictures Television for Apple TV.
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The eight-episode season will launch globally on Friday, May 29, with a two-episode premiere. New episodes will roll out weekly every Friday through July 10.
