Foundation season 3 release date, cast, story & everything we know

TV / By Jeremy Cotton / 24 January 2024 25 January 2024

Foundation Season 3 has been officially confirmed, providing exciting details about the upcoming episodes of the expansive and intricate high science fiction TV series.

The show, available on Apple TV Plus, explores the narrative of a mighty galactic empire facing imminent collapse. It follows the endeavors of scientists, adventurers, and colonists as they strive to establish a faction, the Foundation, aiming to endure the impending dark age.

Foundation season 3 release date

Foundation Season 3 story

Foundation Season 3 Cast

Facts and Trivia

Foundation Season 2 Ending Explained

Filming

The third season of Apple TV+’s science fiction series ‘Foundation’ is gearing up to resume filming in the Czech Republic and Spain next month. David S. Goyer, the show’s creator, along with Josh Friedman, who adapted Isaac Asimov’s book series, remains the showrunner. Alex Graves, credited with directing seven episodes of the series thus far, is set to continue his role as a director.

Foundation season 3 release date

«Foundation» has been officially renewed for a 3 season. While the announcement was not immediate after the conclusion of Season 2, Apple TV+ confirmed the renewal on December 5.

Given the past release patterns, with the first season in 2021 and the second in the latter part of 2023, it’s suggested that there might be a longer gap between seasons. Fans may need to wait until at least 2025, and possibly even 2026, for the release of Season 3.

Foundation Season 3 story

Foundation Season 3 will continue the narrative following the events of Season 2. A significant time jump, similar to how Season 1 concluded, will usher in a new era for both the Empire and Foundation.

While showrunner David S. Goyer revealed additional plot details with the renewal announcement, including the introduction of characters like The Mule and others from Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series, the series has taken creative liberties with the source material. As a result, predicting the plot based solely on the novels may not be entirely reliable.

Foundation Season 3 Cast

While the full cast for the third season of Foundation is still awaiting confirmation, Alexander Siddig is set to reprise his role as Dr. Ebling Mis, a psycho-historian. Notably, Siddig will portray this character instead of his original guest role. The fates of Jared Harris’s Hari Seldon and Leah Harvey’s Salvor Hardin remain uncertain following their characters’ deaths in the previous season.

The other possible returnees may include:

Lee Pace as Brother Day,
Lou Llobell as Gaal Dornick,
Laura Birn as Eto Demerzel,
Cassian Bilton as Brother Dawn,
Terrence Mann as Brother Dusk,
Isabella Laughland as Brother Constant,
Ella-Rae Smith as Queen Sareth of Cloud Dominion

Facts and Trivia

1. Asimov’s Foundation, originally released as a series of short stories between 1942 and 1950 in Astounding Magazine, draws inspiration from Edward Gibbon’s History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.

2. The series introduces zephyrs who follow the Luminism religion, centered around a triple goddess representing Maiden, Mother, and Crone. This concept is inspired by the myth of the Greek goddess Hecate, also known as the Triple Goddess.

3. In a unique twist, three significant male characters from the original novels, namely Salvor Hardin, Gaal Dornick, and Eto Demerzel (although Demerzel doesn’t appear in the original trilogy), are portrayed by female actors.