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Netflix’s Lost in Space is a reboot and modern reimagining of the 1960s show of the same name and the movie that followed (no longer on Netflix, unfortunately). The series is centered around a small colonist family that crash lands on a remote world after the spacecraft they were traveling in is attacked by alien robots.
These characters are essentially lost in space and given a lonely death sentence. Yet, the film fights for ways to make it a sappy love story between Jim and Aurora. Oh sure, Aurora gets a little pissed about the whole waking her up to die thing, but the script calls for Jim to be some sort of hero rather than her captor. The Robinson family is getting one last go-around: Netflix has renewed its visually impressive “Lost in Space,” sci-fi series for a third and final season. The series, a reimagining of the.
Two of Hollywood’s biggest, most lovable stars labor away in the pretty but kind of dumb Passengers, a movie that doesn’t have the guts to be as ugly as it should be.
Chris Pratt plays Jim Preston, a mechanic dedicated to starting a life on a distant planet. He and 5,000 other passengers are in suspended animation aboard a ship taking a 125-year journey. That ship has an unfortunate encounter with a meteor shower, and Jim’s sleeping pod awakens him … with 90 years to go on the trip.
What to do, what to do, what to do? Jim soon realizes his plight. He’s fortunate in that the ship is a cruise ship, so it has a nice gym, OK food, and pretty suites. The novelty runs out after a year, and a lonely, Robinson Crusoe-looking Jim—terrible fake beard—gets it into his head to do a very bad thing.
I’m delivering a spoiler of sorts here, but if you’ve seen commercials for this movie, you know that Jennifer Lawrence is in it, and her character has to enter the plot at some point, right? Besides, you can’t really spoil what kind of stinks already.
Jim, after exhausting all conversation with the ship’s android bartender (Michael Sheen), opts to wake up Aurora (Lawrence). What’s more, he doesn’t tell her. He also doesn’t tell her that he studied her for a good long while, and woke her up because he thought she was really smart and, yes, super hot. In one year of isolation, he’s become a super freaky creep.
So, where does director Morten Tyldum go wrong besides having a really hard name to spell? He’s working off a Jon Spaihts (also hard to spell) script that insists upon being happy and triumphant while it would probably work better as some sort of horror movie.
These characters are essentially lost in space and given a lonely death sentence. Yet, the film fights for ways to make it a sappy love story between Jim and Aurora. Oh sure, Aurora gets a little pissed about the whole waking her up to die thing, but the script calls for Jim to be some sort of hero rather than her captor.
The movie shows Aurora getting angry, but she eventually comes around because, you know, it’s Chris Pratt, and he’s really cute. Had some portly weirdo with snot coming out of his nose woken her up, this would’ve been an altogether different movie. Passengers seems to say that if you are really good-looking, you can do unspeakably awful things and get away with it. Actually, the movie might be onto something here.
Still, even if there’s a shred of truth to the whole good-looking-folks-get-the-best-of-it premise, I think this would’ve been a better movie had Aurora taken a beeline to the weapons room and gone on a Jim hunt. For this to be a love story, Aurora’s awakening needed to be an accident as well. In allowing Jim to do this horrible thing and essentially get away with it, the movie blows an opportunity to really be something other than a pretty picture.
Imagine if somebody like Stanley Kubrick got ahold of this premise. Oh man, that would’ve been a movie to be reckoned with. Instead, we get a pretty space opera with a happy ending.
The movie is good-looking for sure, and I really liked the design of the ship. That’s essentially what’s keeping Passengers from getting my lowest rating. That, and the fact that Jennifer Lawrence really can act, even when she’s in a junk-food movie. She can salvage the most mundane of dialogue and almost make it sound good. Almost.
It’s very appropriate that the year ends with a big, vapid, underwhelming blockbuster, for this was the year when we had many. Passengers won’t frustrate you so much for what it is, as for what it could have been. This could’ve been one of the sickest science fiction epics since Alien. Instead, it’s Cast Away meets Sleepless in Seattle in space.
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Lost in Space is finally returning for its second season before the end of 2019. Here’s what we know so far about season 2 including the official December 2019 release date, who’s starring in Lost in Space season 2, plot, details and more.
Netflix’s Lost in Space is a reboot and modern reimagining of the 1960s show of the same name and the movie that followed (no longer on Netflix, unfortunately).
The series is centered around a small colonist family that crash lands on a remote world after the spacecraft they were traveling in is attacked by alien robots.
The Robinson family and many other colonists barely survived the attack. After a crash landing on the foreign but habitable world, the colonists must learn to survive the hostile environment and find their way back to their mothership, The Resolute.
The series was met with mixed opinions upon release. While the series hasn’t been given critical acclaim, viewing figures and fan opinion was high enough for Netflix to greenlight a second season.
What can we expect from season 2 of Lost in Space?
*Spoilers for season 1 ahead*
The Robinson’s failed to make it back to The Resolute in time as an alien engine on their ship Jupiter 2 activated, warping both the ship and the crew to an entirely different galaxy. The alien robot attack was actually a retrieval mission as the engine onboard was stolen.
This was why The Resolute was originally attacked. The galaxy they are warped to is similar to the sand drawing the alien robot had drawn for Will. The robot gave Will the ominous warning of danger.
The Robinson’s will be seeking a way to leave the solar system they have been warped to. Not only are they at risk of the alien’s possible attempt to retrieve the stolen tech onboard Jupiter 2, but the two collapsing stars in the solar system could go supernova and the consequential blast would kill all life within it.
Maxwell Jenkins as Will Robinson (far left), Molly Parker as Maureen Robinson (center left), Taylor Russell as Judy Robinson (center right), and Mina Sundwall as Penny Robinson (far right).
Speaking to PopCulture in June 2019, Max Jenkins who plays Will Robinson said that season 2 is “going to be bigger than ever.” adding “We have Alex Grace as our producing director, he directed a few of the episodes in this season, and he’s really an amazing director, great person and great friend.”
We’ve had the first details drop on one of the planets we’ll be visiting in season 2. The new foreign planet will be dominated by oceans.
Lost in Space Cast for Season 2
While there hasn’t been any casting news as of yet, it has been reported that Sibongile Mlambo, the actress who portrays Abigail, is being promoted to a series regular. As all of the core cast survived the adventures of last season they will be returning for Season 2.
| Role | Actor/Actress | Where have I seen them before? |
|---|---|---|
| Maureen Robinson | Molly Parker | Kissed, Deadwood, The Wicker Man |
| John Robinson | Toby Stephens | Die Another Day, The Machine, 13 Hours |
| Will Robinson | Maxwell Jenkins | Sense8, A Family Man, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping |
| Judy Robinson | Taylor Russell | Before I fall, Dead of Night, Down a Dark Hall |
| Penny Robinson | Mina Sandwell | #Horror, Maggie’s Plan, Freeheld |
| Don West | Ignacio Serricchio | The Wedding Ringer, Bones, The Young and the Restless |
| June Harris | Parker Posey | Scream 3, Blade: Trinity, Superman Returns |
There’s been a couple of new casting additions for season 2. Here’s the rundown of the new cast members.
Douglas Hodge who has appeared in titles like Red Sparrow and played Rolo Haynes in Black Mirror is set to appear as Hastings in season 2.
Nevis Unipan who has played roles in Zoo, Travelers and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow will take up the role of Samantha.
Aria DeMaris who also featured in DC’s Legends of Tomorrow and The Bagley Boys will Izabel Azevedo.
At NYCC 2019, it was announced JJ Feild would be joining the cast to play the role of an AI expert. JJ’s previous credits include Captain America: The First Avenger and Third Star.
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Perhaps most importantly, the chicken has been confirmed to be returning for season 2.
https://twitter.com/lostinspacetv/status/1188138241146404866
Among the other cast members appearing in season 2 is:
- Jojo Ahenkorah
- Rob LaBelle
- Amanda Marier
- Aaron Pearl
- And many more
What is the current state of production?
Production has now concluded for Season 2 as it began in September 2018. Filming then reportedly wrapped in February 2019 where it then went into post-production.
The show has once again visited some fantastic locations for filming. Among the locations including Squamish, Manning Park, and the Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve in British Columbia. The Jupiter II is apparently a fleshed out set with no green screen.
The series entered post-production over the summer with first details leaking throughout fall 2019.
Filming once again took place in Vancouver in Canada.
The first trailer (see below) for Lost in Space season 2 released at NYCC 2019 as did the first poster for the upcoming second season.
3d poster by https://t.co/I7QbOGd6wE#LostInSpace#LostInSpace2! pic.twitter.com/tnqwl4bGJS
— Lost In Space (@lost_inspaceFan) October 13, 2019
We’ve got loads of behind the scenes thanks to the collation from a Lost in Space reboot fan page on Twitter.
@MinaSundwall? Great actor & always fun on set. Man in the hat? Warren Hanna, my fantastic Canadian 1st AD on @lostinspacetv season 2 eps 4&5, which I directed last year in Alberta & Vancouver. Not only superb at his craft, but such a nice bloke with it too. Respect to ‘em both. https://t.co/2X6sc8enw3
— Jon East (@joneastuk) November 2, 2019
What planet are we on now? #LostInSpace, #LostInSpace2pic.twitter.com/deidJXODth
— TOBY STEPHENS (@TobyStephensInV) November 1, 2019
When is the release date for Lost in Space season 2?
At NYCC 2019, Netflix announced that Lost in Space season 2 is returning to Netflix on Christmas Eve 2019. That’s December 24th, 2019.
The news was announced alongside a new cast member for the show which we’ve included above.
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SAVE OUR SEXY ROBOT! Lost in Space 2 premieres this Christmas, only on Netflix. pic.twitter.com/ivvigHXwjf
— NX (@NXOnNetflix) October 5, 2019
We did report earlier in the year that it’s likely to release on Netflix sometime in November 2019. The reason for this is that we spotted an Amazon listing for a book that’s “timed to coincide with the debut of season 2.” The description was altered soon after our report.
Everything else we know about Lost in Space Season 2
- Returning directors for season 2 of Lost in Space include Tim Southam and Stephen Surjik.
- Among the new directors include Jon East (Killing Eve, Downton Abbey and The Last Kingdom) who will direct two episodes. Alice Troughton (Cucumber, The Living and the Dead), Alex Graves (Game of Thrones, The West Wing), Leslie Hope (The Order), Jabbar Raisani (Game of Thrones) will each direct an episode each.
- The new season is set to consist of 10 episodes following its season 1 formula.
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Will there be a season 3 of Lost in Space?
Nothing has been decided just regarding Lost in Space’s future. However, the creators have told CheatSheet that they do know where the series is headed and where it will end. With that said, the show’s creators have already started writing season 3 saying: “They kind of let you write on it and then they don’t give you the greenlight until after the show comes out,”
Are you excited for Season 2 of Lost in Space? Let us know in the comments below!