How ‘The Morning Show’ Sent Its Stars to Space In a 19-Foot High Rocket Capsule
variety.comJazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Before the season three scripts for Apple TV+’s “The Morning Show” had even been completed, showrunners Mimi Leder and Charlotte Stoudt told production designer Nelson Coates they wanted to start the show with a bang. “They said we’re doing all these environments.
We’re going to space and it’s going to be right up front.” And so the third season of the series blasts off – literally. Jon Hamm joins the show as Paul Marks, an Elon Musk/Richard Branson-type billionaire.
His character, who has taken an interest in buying the network, offers the TMS crew a chance to film a rocket launch and send one of its anchors into space.
Coates’ vision was to come up with a sense of urgency and excitement without going into the sci-fi world. And that meant building a 19-foot-high capsule, rocket and launching pad.
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