Invasion Season 2 is happening at Apple TV+! The renewal comes ahead of the sci-fi drama’s Season 1 finale, which is set to be beamed onto the streamer this Friday.
Inspired by HG Wells’ War of the Worlds, Season 1 follows the events of an alien invasion through the lens of several characters spread across multiple continents. The cast includes Sam Neill (Jurassic Park) as Sheriff John Bell Tyson, a weathered rural lawman on the verge of retirement; Shamier Anderson (Wynonna Earp) as Trevante Ward, a soldier stationed in Afghanistan; Golshifteh Farahani (Gen: Lock) as Aneesha Malik, a first-generation Syrian immigrant, wife, and mother living in Long Island, and Firas Nassar (Sirens) as her businessman husband Ahmed; and Shioli Kutsuna (Deadpool 2) as Mitsuki, a mission control staffer in Japan’s JASA space program.
Invasion hails from creatives Simon Kinberg and David Weil. The duo wrote and executive produced the first season, with Jakob Verbruggen serving as director and executive producer.
“I’m profoundly grateful to Apple for being so supportive every step of the way and trusting us to make a deeply human, emotional alien-invasion story. And most of all I’m thankful to our amazing fans, without whom we wouldn’t have this opportunity to continue the invasion. I’m super excited about what we’re planning for season two, expanding our universe in the most intimate and epic ways” said Kinberg.
“From day one, we have been hooked on this unique, engrossing, and very human telling of an invasion story which deftly explores how the lives of different characters around the world are impacted when Earth is under siege,” said Matt Cherniss, head of programming for Apple TV+. “It has been so rewarding to witness global audiences respond to the brilliant performances, the captivating mystery, and the sweeping cinematic vision, not to mention some pretty terrifying alien intruders. We couldn’t be more excited for viewers to see what Invasion creators David Weil and Simon Kinberg have in store for these characters – as well as our planet – in season two.”
What do you think Kinberg and Weil have planned for Invasion Season 2? How do you think the world would react if an alien invasion were to take place? It would be a bit different than a zombie apocalypse, no? Then again, maybe it would be more like M. Night Shyamalan’s Signs, and we could arm ourselves with high-powered Super Soakers. Quickly, let’s get to the nearest Toys R Us and make sure we’re ready!