Apple’s sci-fi series For All Mankind has made a new addition to the cast for its upcoming fifth season. Following Mireille Enos’ casting, the series has now added Costa Ronin (The Americans) to its fifth season.
For All Mankind has chartered an alternate history where the Soviet Union were the ones to first land on the moon instead of America. That has challenged America to aim for loftier goals with NASA colonizing Mars and looking to a brighter future even as tension rises among the inhabitants of Mars. The series was created by Ronald D. Moore, Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi.
Ronin will play Lenya, a Soviet politician and former cosmonaut in a series regular role throughout the season.
In addition to the fifth season, Apple is getting ready to expand For All Mankind with the spin-off Star City, a prequel that will explore how the Soviet Union managed to make it to the moon before the US.
Rocketing into the new millennium in the eight years since season three, Happy Valley has rapidly expanded its footprint on Mars by turning former foes into partners. Now 2003, the focus of the space program has turned to the capture and mining of extremely valuable, mineral-rich asteroids that could change the future of both Earth and Mars. But simmering tensions between the residents of the now-sprawling international base threaten to undo everything they are working towards.
For All Mankind stars Joel Kinnaman, Wrenn Schmidt, Krys Marshall, Edi Gathegi, Cynthy Wu, Coral Peña, Toby Kebbell, Tyner Rushing, Daniel Stern and Svetlana Efremova.
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