
Foundation(2021)
Follow a band of exiles on their monumental journey to save humanity and rebuild civilization amid the fall of the Galactic Empire.


“The end of one world. The beginning of the next.”
100 years in the future, planetary colonization missions have begun as a necessity to help secure the survival of the human race. The first of these missions on a spacecraft known as Ark One encounters a catastrophic event causing massive destruction and loss of life. With more than a year left to go before reaching their target planet, a lack of life-sustaining supplies and loss of leadership, the remaining crew must become the best versions of themselves to stay on course and survive.

Christie Burke
Lt. Sharon Garnet

Reece Ritchie
Lt. Spencer Lane / Ian

Richard Fleeshman
Lt. James Brice

Stacey Read
Alicia Nevins

Ryan Adams
Angus Medford

Pavle Jerinić
Lt. Felix Strickland

Shalini Peiris
Dr. Sanjivni Kabir

Tiana Upcheva
Eva Markovic
The Ark is a sci-fi & fantasy, mystery series that first aired in 2023 exploring themes of space colony, space travel, speculative, meditative, mysterious, calm. Created by Jonathan Glassner, it stars Christie Burke, Reece Ritchie, Richard Fleeshman. 100 years in the future, planetary colonization missions have begun as a necessity to help secure the survival of the human race. The first of these missions on a spacecraft known as Ark One encounters a catastrophic event causing massive destruction and loss of life. With more than a year left to go before reaching their target planet, a lack of life-sustaining supplies and loss of leadership, the remaining crew must become the best versions of themselves to stay on course and survive.
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