Prepare to blast off on an edge-of-your-seat adventure with the Robinson family by checking out the full trailer for Netflix’s upcoming drama seriesLost in Space, released today, exactly 50 years after the classic sci-fi series signed off the air. There’s plenty of excitement and thrills, and a cool new poster to go along with it all. This looks like another binge worth addition to the growing Netflix library.
Lost in Spaceis a Netflix Original dramatic andmodern reimaginingof the classic 1960’s science fiction series. Set 30 years in the future, colonization in space is now a reality, and theRobinson familyis among those tested and selected to make a new life for themselves in a better world. But when the new colonists find themselves abruptly torn off course en route to their new home they must forge new alliances and work together to survive in a dangerous alien environment, lightyears from their original destination.
A Netflix Original,Lost in Spacestars Toby Stephens (Black Sails,Die Another Day) as John Robinson, andMolly Parker(House of Cards,Deadwood) as Maureen Robinson, the family’s parental leaders who are struggling with their estranged relationship in the midst of trying to keep their family safe. As the Robinson kids, Taylor Russell (Falling Skies) is the strong-willed and confident Judy, Mina Dunwell (Maggie’s Plan,Freeheld) is the quick-witted and definitive middle-child Penny, and Max Jenkins (Sense8,Betrayal) is the curious and sensitive Will Robinson, the youngest and most vulnerable of the clan, who forms an unlikely and inexplicable bond with a sentient robotic alien being.
Stranded along with the Robinsons are two outsiders who find themselves thrown together by circumstance and a mutual knack for deception. The unsettlingly charismatic Dr. Smith played byParker Posey(Café Society,Mascot,A Mighty Wind), is a master manipulator with an inscrutable end game. And the roguish, but inadvertently charming Don West, played by Ignacio Serricchio (Bones,The Wedding Ringer), is a highly-skilled, blue collar contractor, who had no intention of joining the colony, let alone crash landing on a lost planet.
TheNetflix Original seriesis produced by Legendary Television and written by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless (Dracula Untold, Last Witch Hunter). Zack Estrin (Prison Break) serves as showrunner. The three are executive producers alongside Synthesis Entertainment’s Kevin Burns and Jon Jashni with Applebox’s Neil Marshall and Marc Helwig. The originalLost in Spaceseries was created by Irwin Allen.
you may check out the first full trailer direct fromNetflix, along with the official one-sheet poster which shows the cool new robot at the heart of this thriller, which isn’t quote as a goofy as the big screen remake that arrived in theaters in the 90s. Is it time for a newLost in Space? From the looks of this trailer, that’s a definite yes.
