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Anna Maxwell Martin: 'Star City' characters in paranoid, fragile situation
- On Friday, Apple TV premiered the first two episodes of 'Star City,' a spin-off of the alternate-history space race drama 'For All Mankind' set in a parallel universe where the Soviet Union reached the Moon first.
- The series explores the 1970s space race from the Soviet Union's perspective, following cosmonauts and engineers at Star City, the USSR's Cape Canaveral-esque mission control, as they pursue increasingly dangerous missions.
- Leading the ensemble are British performers Anna Maxwell Martin as senior KGB official Lyudmilla Raskova and Rhys Ifans as the Soviet Chief Designer, navigating Cold War tensions and KGB surveillance.
- With a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, the series has earned immediate critical praise. The eight-episode first season releases new installments each Friday, concluding with the finale on July 10.
- Offering newcomers an accessible entry point, Star City functions as a darker, espionage-driven companion to the original franchise. The series continues weekly on Apple TV, expanding the alternate-history universe.
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No Spacesuits? No Problem! The For All Mankind Spin-Off Star City is a Very Different Kind of Space Exploration Show
Star City Episodes 1 and 2 are available on Apple TV now. New episodes will be released weekly throughout the first season.While For All Mankind creators Ronald D. Moore, Matt Wolpert, and Ben Nedivi have gotten the alt-history space-race format down to a science since that series debuted on Apple TV in 2019, they also felt there was an untapped mine of stories to be told on the other side of said race -- the Soviet side. Hence, Star City was bo…
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Fake News: The series "Star City" tells us that the Soviets have won the race against the Americans in space.
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- 46% of the sources lean Left, 45% of the sources are Center
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