Beacon 23
Summary
The MGM+ sci - fi seriesBeacon 23returns for a second time of year , andScreen Ranthas a clip from the premier installment . The serial publication is based on a myopic story series of the same name by Hugh Howey , the writer whose other body of work was adapted into the hit Apple TV+Silo . The show was created by Zak Penn , who wrote the screenplays forFree GuyandReady Player One , and was behind the stories ofX2andThe Avengers .
Screen Rantpresents a cartridge holder from theBeacon 23season 2premiere . The clip features Halan ( Stephan James ) , Harmony ( Natasha Mumba ) , and Aleph ( Eric Lange ) , with a infuriated Aleph confronting Harmony and Halan about their actions in the show ’s first season finale . Take a facial expression at the clip , below , and get ready to yield to the macrocosm ofBeacon 23when the 2nd time of year premiere on April 7 on MGM+ .
How Beacon 23 Is Like Hugh Howey’s Other Sci-Fi Hit Adaptation
Beacon 23is just one of two Hugh Howey version to strike projection screen in 2023 , as hisSiloshort story serial publication was adapted into an Apple TV+ dramatic play . Theworld ofSilo , despite being a post - apocalyptic wasteland , also bears surface similarity to that of the MGM+ series , namely in the room that main characters are sequestrate in a unparalleled and claustrophobic setting . As the clip above makes very clear , Halan is immobilise in the lighthouse that is Beacon 23 , and inSilo , character are draw to live underground in self - sustaining silos .
Both series also promise to build out the unparalleled man that Howey in the beginning created . accord to showrunner Glen Mazzara , Beacon 23season 2 will explore different cultivation , “ other pharos keepers ” , “ other beacon fire ” , and “ how they work both in the present and the past . ” A key component ofSilois also the whodunit surrounding the present and the past of the titular anatomical structure , and its admirer ’s race to unpick it .
Of course , there are more than enough deviation to make bothBeacon 23andSiloa desirable watch . Mazzara also tease thatBeacon 23season 2 would explore the subject of artificial intelligence operation , whileSiloseason 2will take a very different path . Still , the thing about Howey ’s writing that seem to resonate with readers — unique worldbuilding , untrustworthy institutions , and characters struggling against the restraint of their environments — are present in both series .
Beacon 23season 2 premiere April 7 on MGM+ .
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establish on Hugh Howey ’s sci - fi thriller stories , Beacon 23 is a television adaptation created by Zak Penn . The show follows the plight of Aster and Halan , who chance themselves immobilise at the end of the creation in a " beacon . " Suspicion mountain between the two as Halan begin to inquire about Aster ’s true intentions as they spend clip together in closing off . The series was ab initio set up to air on AMC until it was pick up by MGM+ in 2023 .
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