US EditionApple TV reveals new space-race thriller series coming soon
The eight-episode series from For All Mankind creators debuts with two episodes on May 29 and explores the Soviet space program’s Moon landing and espionage risks.
- Apple TV announced Star City as an eight-episode spinoff of For All Mankind, premiering globally with two episodes on Friday, May 29, 2026, followed by weekly releases through July 10.
- To expand the For All Mankind story, Star City retells pre-1969 events from the Soviet Union’s perspective, showing when it became first to put a man on the moon.
- Produced by Sony Pictures Television, Star City features Rhys Ifans and a cast including Anna Maxwell Martin, Agnes O'Casey, with Nedivi and Wolpert as co-showrunners and three executive producers.
- With For All Mankind returning March 27, Star City debuts the same day as the For All Mankind Season 5 finale, strengthening Apple TV's growing sci‑fi slate for fans and streaming audiences.
- From behind the Iron Curtain, Star City explores lives of cosmonauts, engineers and intelligence officers, showing espionage risks and featuring Alexei Leonov in the speculative USSR Moonshot.
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'Star City' brings Soviet perspective to 'For All Mankind' in May
Apple is expanding its hit sci-fi drama "For All Mankind" into a full Apple TV franchise with "Star City," a Soviet-focused spinoff premiering in late May."For All Mankind" on Apple TVThe company is turning one of its most durable science fiction dramas into a broader franchise. For All Mankind followed NASA and American astronauts, but Star City shifts the focus to the Soviet Union and reveals the parallel effort behind the Iron Curtain.The tim…
Apple's Bold Sci-Fi "Paranoid Thriller" Is Streaming Sooner Than You Think
Apple TVThe scope of the alternate history spaceflight series, For All Mankind, cannot be overstated. Starting in 2019, the series has charted a timeline in which the USSR beat the US to the Moon in 1969, and then explored how various dominoes fell after that point. From an alternate 1980s featuring a functional Moonbase to landing on Mars in the 1990s, and now, with Season 5, a full-on Mars rebellion looming, this show is as thought-provoking a…
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