Mark Jackson, Peter Macon & Chad Coleman Interview: The Orville Season 3
The Orville is making the hyperspace leap from Fox to Hulu for season 3, after a nearly three-year wait since Fox renewed it for season 3 back in May 2019. The pandemic, along with several other setbacks, led to an evolution and the subtitle New Horizons for the new iteration of the beloved series.
The next chapter of Seth MacFarlane's sci-fi dramedy will pick up sometime after the season 2 finale saw the Kaylons begin to wage war on the galaxy, with the Planetary Union entering a tentative partnership with the Krill in the hopes of preventing further annihilation.
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Ahead of the show's return, Screen Rant spoke exclusively with stars Mark Jackson, Peter Macon and Chad Coleman to discuss The Orville season 3, jumping from Fox to Hulu, their emotional storylines, the upgraded sets and costumes and more.
Screen Rant: I've loved The Orville since it launched on Fox back in the day, and I'm excited by New Horizons from what I've seen so far. Mark, Isaac's journey at the start of this season is quite the emotional one. What was it like for you when you first got the scripts for this season?
Mark Jackson: I was pleased to say that all those scripts came in at the same time, so I didn't think, «Oh, that's it.» As I read the script, it became quite clear that this was a big season for Isaac and that he has a fantastic arc. It's a real gift to be given that, particularly on a show like this, it's so well written and so well developed with its characters. I was really excited. I don't think I got all the scripts the same time, but they had enough to know how it was going to play out. I think Seth might have told me over a whiskey the arc beforehand, but yeah, it was
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