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Katee Sackhoff hopes to captain the spaceship Salvare again soon.
Another Life with Sackhoff as astronaut Niko Breckenridge plans to restart production on season 2 next week in Vancouver
New filming dates: August 28th to November 24th, 2020 (via DGC-BC Production List)
The Netflix space series had just started shooting season 2 when the film industry shut down in mid-March out of coronavirus fears.
Related: Supernatural, The Flash & Dozens of Other Productions Shut Down in Vancouver Out Of Coronavirus Fears.
Katee Sackhoff and other cast, creators and crew from outside Canada have to do the 14-day government-mandated self-quarantine before going to set.
Katee Sackhoff has been in Vancouver for a while.
Listen to @Sethrogen BC 🇨🇦 I’m seeing way too many people out and about not giving a FRAK! I was actually told yesterday that they met a person who tested positive for COVID and didn’t care and wasn’t staying home! Just out potentially infecting people with no care at all 🤬 https://t.co/hXECTTqaur
— Katee Sackhoff (@kateesackhoff) August 15, 2020
And she’s ready to roll, again.
Lake Day 🇨🇦 pic.twitter.com/dKiIyjmggX
— Katee Sackhoff (@kateesackhoff) August 19, 2020
Related: Season 2 of Netflix’s Another Life With Katee Sackhoff Starts Filming March 2nd in Vancouver.
It’s been a five-month-plus pandemic interruption. Katee Sackhoff was ready in March.
Katee Sackhoff is ready.
To film season 2 of Netflix space drama #AnotherLife in Vancouver: (https://t.co/jrCzc9EF2u) @kateesackhoff pic.twitter.com/QwkOyAptgV— Hollywood North Buzz – YVRShoots (@yvrshoots) March 2, 2020
What’s Another Life about?
A flying object lands on Earth and grows a crystal shell. Captain Niko Breckinridge (Katee Sackhoff) takes the spaceship Salvare and its crew to find the origin of the alien artifact while her United States Interstellar Command scientist husband Erik Wallace (Justin Chatwin) tries to communicate with the artifact on Earth.
Related: Season One of Another Life With Katee Sackhoff Streams July 25th on Netflix.
Cast: Katee Sackhoff, Justin Chatwin, Samuel Anderson, Elizabeth Faith Ludlow, Jessica Camacho, A.J. Rivera, Alexander Eling, Alex Ozerov, Jay R Tinaco, Barbara Williams, Lina Renn, Dillon Casey, Tongayi Chirisa, Shannon Chan-Kent, Kurt Yaeger and Selma Blair.
Stop it! You’re gonna make me look bad! 💪🏻🥴❤️👍🏻 https://t.co/GFXKg2AH6r
— Katee Sackhoff (@kateesackhoff) July 25, 2020
Who isn’t coming back?
Tyler Hoechlin as Ian Yerxa, the former captain of the Salvare.
Jake Abel as Sasha Harrison, the son of the U.S. Secretary of Defense and the government representative on board.
Where did we leave the series?
Out in space, Niko and the Salvare crew discover the endgame for the aliens, called the Achaia, is total destruction — after seeing them kill the inhabitants of the planet Zakir and then blow it up.
Back on Earth, Niko’s husband Erik doesn’t know that the Achaia are hostile and has taken their daughter Jana (Lina Renna), who has leukemia, to them in the hope that they will cure her.
In Space:
Elizabeth Faith Ludlow is Cas Isakovic, Niko’s (Sackhoff) second-in-command and staunchest ally.
Samuel Anderson is new life form William, a holographic interface of a sentient A.I. with all of humanity’s knowledge at his disposal.
AJ Rivera is jokester Bernie Martinez, the Salvare’s microbiologist and part-time chef.
Alexander Eling is former hacker Javier Almanzar, the ship’s computer engineering expert.
Alex Ozerov is Oliver Sokolov, one of the Salvare’s engineers.
Jessica Camacho is tell-it-like-it-is Michelle Vargas, the ship’s communications expert.
Jay R Tinaco is Zayn Petrossian, the ship’s medic and shrink.
On Earth:
Justin Chatwin is Erik Wallace, part of the United States Interstellar Command, dedicated to finding intelligent life out in the universe and Niko’s husband.
Lina Renna is Jana Breckinridge-Wallace, Niko and Erik’s daughter.
Barbara Williams is General Blair Dubois in charge of U.S. response to the Artifact and leading the teams on the ground.
Selma Blair is 21st century media influencer Harper Glass, who wants to break one of the biggest stories in human history.
Who’s added to the cast?
Tongayi Chirisa is Richard Ncube, a decorated veteran of many Earth campaigns.
Dillon Casey is Seth Gage, the head of Homeland Security.
Shannon Chan-Kent is Iara, a hybrid alien-human AI who is viewed suspiciously by both humans and aliens.
Kurt Yaeger is Dillon Conner, a military engineer.
Related: Another Life with Katee Sackoff To Film in Vancouver.
Showrunner: Aaron Martin.
Another Life season one filmed in Vancouver for three months in the summer/Fall of 2018.
Katee Sackhoff’s Instagrams.
