It has been a while since we’ve heard about Ronald D. Moore’s upcoming sci-fi series but Apple, but the untitled show has finally received some casting news as development continues. According to Deadline, the series has found its lead cast with Joel Kinnaman (Suicide Squad), Michael Dorman (Patriot) and Sarah Jones (Damnation).
The series will explore an alternate timeline that imagines if the global space race had never ended in the 1960s. Kinnaman will play Edward Baldwin, one of the top NASA astronauts. Dorman and Jones will play Gordo and Tracy Stevens, one of the prominent NASA couples.
Ronald Moore is known for his extensive career in sci-fi, first coming to prominence with the Star Trek series The NExt Generation and Deep Space Nine. He is also the creator of the reimagined Battlestar Galactica as well as Starz’s hit series Outlander.
Moore has created and written the series along with Fargo executive producers Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi. Moore, Wolpert and Nedivi will executive produce the series with Moore’s Tall Ships Productions Maril Davis.