Foundation fans rejoice! Apple TV+ has announced that its epic saga Foundation has been renewed for season three.
Hailing from storyteller David S. Goyer, the third season of Foundation ‘will expand the acclaimed, sweeping television adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s award-winning stories’.
“I’m thrilled Apple has given us the opportunity to continue chronicling Asimov’s pioneering galactic saga. This time, the stakes for Foundation and Empire are even higher as the Mule takes center stage, along with fan-favorites Bayta, Toran, Ebling and Magnifico Giganticus,” said Goyer.
“We have all been incredibly impressed with the ambitious, action-packed and imaginative adaptation that David and the rest of this gifted creative team and cast have brought to life with this premium sci-fi series from day one,” said Matt Cherniss, head of programming for Apple TV+. “To watch ‘Foundation‘ become such a global hit has been beyond exciting with audiences around the world continuing to be captivated week after week by this dramatic and compelling journey to save humanity. We can’t wait for everyone to experience what is in store for characters old and new in season three.”
The second season of Foundation took viewers more than a century after the season one finale. As the Cleons unravelled, a vengeful queen plotted to destroy Empire from within. Hari, Gaal and Salvor discovered a colony of Mentalics with psionic abilities that threatened to alter psychohistory itself. The Foundation entered its religious phase, promulgating the Church of Seldon throughout the Outer Reach and inciting the Second Crisis: war with Empire.
“Something that we were very cognizant of when we were adapting the show was making sure that this would appeal to people who haven’t read Asimov, who don’t consider themselves to be fans of science fiction, just making sure that the characters are vivid and that we care about their fates,” said Goyer when we spoke to him about the show earlier this year.
“Science fiction works best when it works as an allegory. I think people don’t like to feel that they’re being preached to. But when you do show like Foundation, you can talk about all of the issues that are affecting society today, but approach them in a sideways way. I think it’s important to entertain people first and to not stand on a soapbox.
“If you’re not entertaining people, then whatever message you’re trying to get across is just going to become completely lost.”
The complete first and second seasons of Foundation are now streaming globally on Apple TV+. Watch our clip from Episode 9 of Season Two here.
