Prime Video's The Expanse Successor Will Face 1 Major Challenge The Original Show Avoided
While it's quite exciting that The Expanse's successor is (hopefully) coming soon to Amazon Prime Video, the bad news is that the upcoming TV show has a tough road ahead in one specific regard. It has been a long three years since the popular sci-fi TV series ended. Since then, many have championed a season 7 renewal, whether on Prime Video or another streaming service/network. Unfortunately, there have been no updates concerning The Expanse season 7, but its perfect replacement is in the works for Prime Video.
Per Variety, Prime Video has greenlit an adaptation of James S.A. Corey's trilogy, The Captive's War. The first book in the series, The Mercy of Gods, was published in August 2024, and the other two are forthcoming. Corey (a pen name for Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck) is the same author behind The Expanse, and like the former show, the writers are working on the upcoming TV adaptation of their trilogy. Additionally, The Expanse's showrunner Naren Shankar is executive producing The Captive's War and serves as its showrunner. So, it's easy to see how The Captive's War is The Expanse's successor.
The Expanse Avoided Overtly Showing Alien Races, But The Captive's War Does The Opposite
Prime Video's Upcoming Series Must Feature Aliens
Of course, many are looking forward to The Captive's War. However, one can't help but be worried about the upcoming Prime Video sci-fi TV show as it will run into one significant issue that The Expanse managed to avoid — The Captive's War must display its universe's alien races, which The Expanse never truly had to do with the Ring Builders.
The Expanse Season 6 Cast | Role |
|---|---|
Steven Strait | James Holden |
Dominique Tipper | Naomi Nagata |
Wes Chatham | Amos Burton |
Shohreh Aghdashloo | Chrisjen Avasarala |
Frankie Adams | Bobbie Draper |
Cara Gee | Camina Drummer |
Keon Alexander | Marco Inaros |
Jasai Chase Owens | Filip Inaros |
Nadine Nicole | Clarissa Mao |
In The Captive's War trilogy, an alien race, the Carryx, has conquered humanity. The first novel, The Mercy of the Gods, centers around a human research assistant named Dafyd Alkhor, who struggles to keep his humanity and simultaneously survive with the aliens in control. So, it would be impossible to adapt the book's story without showing much of the Carryx as they are the rulers of this fictional sci-fi universe.
Creating A Believable Alien Galaxy Will Be A Challenge For The Captive's War
Bringing Aliens To Life Is Always Difficult
One of the trickiest parts of making a sci-fi movie or TV show is generating unique alien races that are believable to the audience. The Expanse steered clear of this challenge with ease. However, The Captive's War cannot follow in its predecessor's footsteps given the nature of its plot. If anyone can overcome this problem, though, it's the minds behind The Expanse, as they have already proven their talent by making what is considered one of the best sci-fi shows of all time.
The Expanse
- Release Date
- 2015 - 2022-00-00
- Network
- SyFy
- Showrunner
- Naren Shankar, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby
- Writers
- Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby
- Franchise(s)
- The Expanse
Cast
Dominique Tipper
- Seasons
- 6
Source: Variety
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