The joint production of CBS and Showtime gave the audience another worthy project about unearthly civilizations — the TV series “The Man Who Fell to Earth”. In the story, Faraday flew to Earth to find a way to avoid the death of his own planet. In this he is helped by a single mother with a failed career. She has long despaired of finding at least something good in this life, so how can an alien help who was looking for exactly her? ..
“The Man Who Fell to Earth ss 2”: release date, announcement
In 1963, the famous American writer Walter Tevis wrote a novel of the same name, which was made into a film in 1976. The current adaptation is radically different in detail, but at the same time, the main plot remains unchanged.
The continuation of the fantastic project “The Man Who Fell to Earth” has not been officially announced. The season 1 covered the entire storyline of the novel. Despite this, the writers can come up with a sequel if the producers of the TV show want it. At the moment there is no information, but we are following the news and will update the article as soon as something becomes known.
Plot
Faraday was first spotted by a local farmer who called the police. Feeling unbearably thirsty, Faraday swallowed part of the water hose, which caused bewilderment of the arriving policeman, who later took him to the station. Here he meets the first people, quickly masters communications and tries to understand how local life works. With varying degrees of success, he succeeds.
When it’s time to leave the police station, Faraday asks to contact a woman named Justin Falls. She works in a hazardous industry, and is torn between raising a child and caring for a sick father. Arriving to look at the stranger, because of whom she was called out, she is sincerely surprised at the words he said. He knows things that she has long buried in her memory.
They concerned her past work, moreover, successful. Long ago, Justin made an innovative discovery, but then she realized that she was mistaken. Faraday knows it wasn’t a mistake. Everything is much more complicated than it seems. The discovery of Justin can help the alien save his home planet, but for this he needs to humanly convince her to help.
The first attempt was unsuccessful, and Faraday went alone in search of answers. But instead, he ended up in an unpleasant story: two men saw that he had a lot of money and decided to attack him. Justin, passing by, recognized the morning stranger and decided to help him. After a while, they were able to find a common language …
The first episode of season 1 begins with Faraday telling his story in front of thousands of people. He is beautifully dressed, speaks well and understands the crowd perfectly. Everyone knows who he is, when and where he came from. He has followers. But how could an alien achieve such success on Earth? And what role did Justin play in his plan?..
Actors and their roles
- Faraday — an alien who flew to Earth to save his planet from drought; wants to finish his broken ship and go back with water, but for now he earns money on Earth by patenting his inventions; works in tandem with an earthly woman who has a large stock of knowledge that Faraday does not have — Chiwetel Ejiofor.
- Justin Falls — a young woman, a former successful scientist, raising a child alone; recently her father lost his insurance and is now slowly dying without treatment, she has to buy the necessary medicines from the dealer in order to somehow alleviate her father’s condition; at work, she suffers humiliation from her boss, who dirtyly harasses her — Naomie Harris.
Interesting Facts
- The TV show’s IMDB rating barely reached 4.4, and by the end of the season scored 5.8. Such indicators are considered relatively small, which may adversely affect the next season.
- One of the directors of the picture was Joss Agnew. His most famous projects are: “Poldark“, “Mr. Selfridge”, “Mile High”, “The Sarah Jane Adventures”, “The Split” and others. The second director of the project was the talented Alex Kurtzman, known for the “Star Trek” projects, “Transformers”, “The Amazing Spider-Man”, etc.
- Walter Tevis, author of “The Man Who Fell to Earth”, has written 6 novels and countless short stories. It is noteworthy that 4 out of 6 novels were filmed. These are the mini-series “The Queen’s Gambit” and the films “The Hustler”, “The Man Who Fell to Earth”, “The Color of Money”.
- Simultaneously with the filming of the TV series “The Man Who Fell to Earth”, Chiwetel Ejiofor starred in several other projects: “Tonight at Noon”, “Infinite”, “Locked Down”, as well as in the MARVEL film “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness”, where he played the role of Karl Mordo.
The Man Who Fell to Earth Season 2: release date
| Number | Series title | Release date |
|---|---|---|
| 2x01 | Series 1 | not announced |
| 2x02 | Series 2 | not announced |
| 2x03 | Series 3 | not announced |
| 2x04 | Series 4 | not announced |
| 2x05 | Series 5 | not announced |
| 2x06 | Series 6 | not announced |
| 2x07 | Series 7 | not announced |
| 2x08 | Series 8 | not announced |
