How Station Eleven Season 2 Could Happen According To Mackenzie Davis
Station Eleven could come back for a second season as an anthology, according to star Mackenzie Davis. Station Eleven, based on the book of the same name by Emily St. John Mandel, premiered on HBO Max in December 2021 with a ten-episode season covering the events of the novel. Along with Davis, the series stars Himesh Patel, Matilda Lawler, David Wilmot, and Lori Petty.
Station Eleven follows a group of traveling performers who live in a world ravaged by a flu pandemic and must contend with a violent cult. The series received critical acclaim from reviewers with many citing the performances, story, and thematic weight as strong points. Station Elevennotably began filming before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the effects of which influenced the show's narrative of how people would react in a world that's been affected by a pandemic.
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When asked by Variety, Davis says that if the series were to return, it would be in anthology format, following a new group of characters in the same world. She says how St. John Mandel mentioned there's a group of people in that world that have a thriving agricultural settlement that would make for a new setting. She elaborates by saying that the experience the characters have in the first season isn't everyone's experience and that there's more to explore by those who aren't traveling bards. Read Davis' quote below:
What would interest me would be an anthology series. Something that Emily St. John Mandel, who wrote the book, has said, this isn’t everybody’s experience. This is the experience of this group of people in this area of the world. There is a completely different group of people that have built an
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