Lost in Space season 2 is in the works at Netflix, but hiatus has been long for fans of the sci-fi reboot. Lost in Space Season 1’s promising, cliffhanger conclusion indicates that the producers are confident there will be a Lost in Space season 2. Soon after news of the renewal, series co-creators Burk Sharpless and Matt Sazama confirmed to IndieWire that they were working on season two and had some “wild’ ideas that have by now reached fruition.
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“We are working on scripts and hoping that, if we get a green light, we’re ready to go,” Sazama said at the time. “We’ve had a lot of thoughts about it, and hopefully, if everyone watches it, we’ll get to see more adventures of the Robinsons, because we do have some crazy stuff planned out that we really hope we get to film.”
Lost in Space Season 2 Release Date
Netflix has yet to announce a Lost in Space season 2 release date. Season one debuted on April 13th, 2018. Obviously that wasn’t in the cards for 2019. We’ll keep an eye on it. We may get a release date soon with the season 1 DVD/Blu-Ray now out and with the show being represented at NYCC 2019.
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Lost in Space Season 2 Cast
Lost in Space season 2’s cast could either be much bigger or much smaller. Notably, Lost in Space season 1 ends with a huge paring down of the cast so that only the eight main characters from the original series remain: John, Maureen, Judy, Penny, Will, Smith, Don, and the Robot. Characters like Victor, Vijay, the Watanabes, and more are back home on aboard the Resolute and on their way to Alpha Centauri.
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With the absence of those supporting characters though, the show has a unique opportunity to make its cast even bigger. The Robinsons, Smith, and West are now on the outskirts of an alien world. Will this mean more CGI/make-up characters? One can only hope so.
Though a report from The Hashtag Show suggests that some honest-to-goodness human being characters will be joining the show in Season 2. The first new addition will be Ava, a 20-40-something mechanic supervisor. She’s a serious individual with little time for Don West’s nonsense. Commander Jiang will also be introduced in Season 2. She is the commander aboard the Resolute and is described as capable, stalwart, and…uh, resolute? Looks like the Robinsons won’t be lost that much longer.
Lost in Space Season 2 Episodes
There is no word on how many episodes Lost in Space may run. Season 1 featured 10 episodes and it seems to be an expensive show so they’ll probably shoot for 10 or less.
Lost in Space Season 2 Plot Details
There have been no leaks from the set about Lost in Space season 2’s story but thanks to that season 1 cliffhanger, we know some relevants details for season 2. The Robinsons were only kind of lost in space in Lost in Space season 1. They had other marooned colonists to keep them company and at least roughly knew the location of the Resolute.
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For Lost in Space season 2, all of that goes bye-bye. The Robinsons have been transported to a truly remote and unknown corner of the universe, far, far away from any of their Resolute comrades. The only clue we have about the location of that planet (which resembles a collapsed star) is that it has something to do with the Robot. So in conclusion…Lost in Space season 2: fewer people, more robots!
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