A bright spot for “ Dark Matter “: Apple TV+ has renewed the sci-fi series for a second season. “Dark Matter” is based on a book by Blake Crouch ; he’s also the Apple TV + adaptation’s creator/showrunner. He executive produces alongside Matt Tolmach, Jacquelyn Ben-Zekry, and star Joel Edgerton .
In addition to Edgerton, Jennifer Connelly, Alice Braga, Jimmi Simpson, Dayo Okeniyi and Oakes Fegley also star. “Dark Matter” is “a story about the road not taken,” the Sony show’s logline reads. It continues: “The series follows Jason Dessen (played by Edgerton), a physicist, professor and family man who — one night while walking home on the streets of Chicago — is abducted into an alternate version of his life.
Wonder quickly turns to nightmare when he tries to return to his reality amid the mind-bending landscape of lives he could have lived. In this labyrinth of realities, he embarks on a harrowing journey to get back to his true family and save them from the most terrifying, unbeatable foe imaginable: himself.” The Season 1 finale premiered at the end of June.
“Thanks to everyone who tuned-in for season one—book fans and new fans—and of course our partners at Apple and Sony, my amazing producing partner, Matt Tolmach, our tremendous cast and crew, and the great city of Chicago—you were so good to us,” Crouch said in a statement. “In the process of writing and filming season one, we discovered that there’s so much more story to tell, an.