Apple TV+ has released a one-minute teaser trailer for the upcoming 10-episode second season of the critically acclaimed sci-fi series Foundation. The short teaser begins with Queen Sareth (series newcomer Ella-Rae Smith) reciting a poem that Brother Day (Lee Pace) doesn’t recognize. Queen Sareth reveals the poem is about an uprising, and the trailer ends with Hari Seldon (Jared Harris) warning that all empires must fall.
Apple TV+ also released a season two poster and confirmed a Friday, July 14, 2023 premiere date.
Returning cast members include Laura Birn as Demerzel, Cassian Bilton as Brother Dawn, Terrence Mann as Brother Dusk, Lou Llobell as Gaal Dornick, and Leah Harvey as Salvor Hardin. Joining the cast for season two are Isabella Laughland as Brother Constant, Kulvinder Ghir as Poly Verisof, Holt McCallany as Warden Jaegger Fount, Rachel House as Tellem Bond, Nimrat Kaur as Yanna Seldon, Ben Daniels as Bel Riose, and Dimitri Leonidas as Hober Mallow.
Foundation is based on the stories by sci-fi icon Isaac Asimov, with David S. Goyer executive producing and serving as showrunner. Additional executive producers include Alex Graves, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Bill Bost, Robin Asimov, and Marcy Ross.
The Season 2 Plot, Courtesy of Apple TV+:
More than a century after the season one finale, tension mounts throughout the galaxy in Foundation season two. As the Cleons unravel, a vengeful queen plots to destroy Empire from within. Hari, Gaal, and Salvor discover a colony of Mentalics with psionic abilities that threaten to alter psychohistory itself. The Foundation has entered its religious phase, promulgating the Church of Seldon throughout the Outer Reach and inciting the Second Crisis: war with Empire.
The monumental adaptation of Foundation 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.
