Years after “An Inconvenient Truth” shocked the world with the pressing reality of climate change, “Outcast” creator Scott Z. Burns brings climate change through “human-sized stories” in the new drama series for Apple TV+. chose to deal with the heavy subject of
Burns told TheWrap, “It was really a revelation to realize that, instead of getting bigger, you get smaller, and you try and identify human-sized stories where people are talking about climate change.” Let’s face it.” “We thought about the big issues – like sea level rise, extreme heat [and] fire – and tried to drill down from those people into a human story that can be entertaining and compelling… What does a love story look like in a world where sea levels are changing? What does thriller look like?”
“Extrapolation,” which premieres March 17 on Apple TV+, focuses on the ongoing climate crisis as it escalates under alarming conditions around the world, with tech billionaire Nicholas Bilton (Kit Harington) constantly at the head of massive decision-making. is generated as revenue for his company. Told through eight interconnected episodes, the series follows several recurring characters, including Daveed Diggs, Sienna Miller, Tahar Rahim and Meryl Streep, as the drama takes place during the years 2037, 2046, 2047, 2052, 2059, 2066 Jumps through different moments of crisis. 2068 and 2070.
In later episodes, the series includes vignettes with characters both unrelated to the recurring characters, although several “Black Mirror”-esque episodes are linked to the climate crisis, including Tobey Maguire, Gemma Chan, and Marion Cotillard. “We wanted to make the show something other than a pure anthology, so we were looking for connective tissue to help draw viewers in,” said Burns.
While the climate change investigation may overload readers with graphs that seem “cold” and “distant,” executive producer Dorothy Fortenberry says the series is determined to be an engaging, “sexy show about people.” , as it focuses on human connection guided by emotion. ,
Similar to a graph that projects the consequences of climate change several years into the future, the series spans only 30 years as viewers see the effects of choices made by characters in the pilot bleed into other characters’ children, or here. Till it is felt. Grandson.
“We’ve been able to show the effect of this ongoing [that] The choices we make today affect tomorrow, but in a truly human way that we’re following the characters… [and] their love, their life, their loss [and] Their happiness over time,” Fortenberry said.
While the series ends in 2070, the first episode takes place in the near future in 2037 – a time frame Burns states is the same distance in the future as “The Hangover”.
By consulting with scientists to set the time frame, the creators and executive producers learned the escalation of the climate crisis, which may be pushed towards a specific future by cynics or those less fearful of the crisis, would actually occur before 2100. has been predicted, and may happen now.
Burns said, “Most of the things we see in the pilot are things that you see in the newspapers as well, we’re just amplifying them.” “When you create an event horizon that far into the future, it’s very easy for people to say, ‘This is not my lifetime, this is not something I have to worry about.’ We wanted to bring Event Horizon much closer to the people… If you are a young person who attends this show, you will keep this show alive.
“Extrapolation” Episodes 1-3 are now streaming on Apple TV+.
