Details

Release year: 2021

Storyline

A complex saga of humans scattered on planets throughout the galaxy all living under the rule of the Galactic Empire.

Top credits

Cast

Jared Harris — Hari Seldon
Lou Llobell — Gaal Dornick
Lee Pace — Brother Day
Terrence Mann — Brother Dusk

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Awards

0 wins & 2 nominations

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Did you know

• Asimov's Foundation was originally published as a short story series in Astounding Magazine between May 1942 and January 1950, based on ideas in Edward Gibbon's History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.

• In the original Foundation Trilogy's universe, and also the immediate sequel Foundation's Edge, robots were unknown. In three subsequent novels, Asimov retconned this and merged his Robot and Foundation universes. This in turn allowed robots to appear in two Foundation prequels written by Asimov. The presence of a robotic character in the series tells us that this adaptation is not simply based the original trilogy, but the unified Universe created by Asimov.

• The zephyrs depicted in the series follow a religion named Luminism, who believe in the triple goddess, which is represented as Maiden (young), Mother (mature) and Crone (old). It's inspired by the real-life myth of Greek goddess Hecate (or Hekate), also known as Triple Goddess. She's the goddess of magic, mist, necromancy, sorcery, ghosts and the moon, associated with crossroads and entrance-ways. She's represented at the same time as young (Maiden), mature (Mother) and old (Crone). Her Roman counterpart is named Trivia.

Episodes

34 episodes – 4 seasons

User reviews

⭐ 9/10

Best

👍 60 · 12/20/2025

⭐ 8/10

I was initially reluctant to pay for a subscription to Apple+, but this show convinced me it was Worth it. I read part of the Asimov books--the TV series is better.

👍 54 · 12/5/2025

⭐ 9/10

Great art

👍 58 · 11/14/2025