For All Mankind (TV series)

For All Mankind is an American science fiction drama television series created by Ronald D. Moore, Matt Wolpert, and Ben Nedivi and produced for Apple TV+. The series dramatizes an alternate history depicting "what would have happened if the global space race had never ended" after the Soviet Union succeeds in the first crewed Moon landing ahead of the United States. The title is inspired by the lunar plaque left on the Moon by the crew of Apollo 11, which reads, in part, "We Came in Peace for All Mankind".

For All Mankind
Genre
Created by
  • Ronald D. Moore
  • Matt Wolpert
  • Ben Nedivi
Starring
ComposerJeff Russo
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes40
Production
Executive producers
  • Ronald D. Moore
  • Matt Wolpert
  • Ben Nedivi
  • Maril Davis
  • Seth Gordon
  • Naren Shankar
Production locationLos Angeles, California
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time42–82 minutes
Production companies
  • Tall Ship Productions
  • Sony Pictures Television
Original release
NetworkApple TV+
ReleaseNovember 1, 2019 (2019-11-01) 
present (present)

The series stars an ensemble cast including Joel Kinnaman, Michael Dorman, Sarah Jones, Shantel VanSanten, Jodi Balfour, Wrenn Schmidt, Sonya Walger, and Krys Marshall. Cynthy Wu, Casey W. Johnson, and Coral Peña joined the main cast for the second season, and Edi Gathegi joined in the third. The series features historical figures (played by actors or appearing through archival footage) including Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins, Mercury Seven astronaut Deke Slayton, rocket scientist Wernher von Braun, astronaut Sally Ride, NASA administrator Thomas Paine, NASA flight director Gene Kranz, U.S. senators Ted Kennedy and Gary Hart, along with U.S. presidents John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton.

For All Mankind premiered on November 1, 2019. The second season was critically acclaimed and was nominated for the TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Drama. In July 2022, the series was renewed for a fourth season, which premiered on November 10, 2023. In 2023 the writers said that from the beginning they had discussed that their goal was that there would be "about seven seasons" and that the story will span "at least 70 years". In April 2024, the series was renewed for a fifth season, and it was announced that a spinoff series titled Star City, focusing on the Soviet space program, was in development.

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