Star City Trailer Reveals the Soviet Union’s Secret War Before ‘For All Mankind’
Before humanity could reach the stars on For All Mankind, the Soviet Union had to face a harsh conflict within its ranks.
Star City, the franchise’s upcoming prequel series, looks to explore that era of this universe’s alternate history.
Apple TV released the trailer for Star City, which premieres with two episodes on Friday, May 29, followed by one new episode every Friday through July 10.
Although For All Mankind Season 5 is still releasing new episodes, the trailer for Star City teases a new narrative that’s been briefly shown. In fact, this trailer pulls the curtain back on the troubles that plagued humanity’s first cosmic flights.
The trailer heavily establishes a thriller-mystery tone within this exploration of For All Mankind‘s past. Although the Soviet Union was successful in putting the first man on the moon, they’re still hesitant to share resources with the West.
In Star City, the Soviet Union’s training center and home for cosmonauts, an investigation seems to be underway. The Soviet Union’s success has unknowingly launched a shadow espionage war with the United States, leading to mass paranoia.
Despite this, the country is still planning to conduct more lunar operations, which the Chief Designer, played by Rhys Ifans, has issues with. Meanwhile, Lyudmilla Raskova, the head of the KGB, played by Anna Maxwell Martin, enacts heavy surveillance within Star City.
What results from these actions leads to extreme consequences, from workers being taken by soldiers to friends turning on each other. As the lives of Star City’s inhabitants are at stake, these new characters must stop this conspiracy before it’s too late.
In addition to Ifans and Martin, Star City also stars Agnes O’Casey, Alice Englert, Solly McLeod, Adam Nagaitis, Ruby Ashbourne Serkis, Josef Davies, and Priya Kansara.
The series was created by For All Mankind creators Ben Nedivi, Matt Wolpert, and Ronald D. Moore.
Wolpert and Nedivi serve as showrunners and executive produce alongside Moore and Maril Davis of Tall Ship Productions, as well as Andrew Chambliss and Steve Oster. Star City is produced for Apple TV by Sony Pictures Television.
Watch the trailer for Star City:
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Star City premieres on Friday, May 29, on Apple TV.
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