Exclusive: Earth Abides cast interviews with Alexander Ludwig, Jessica Frances Dukes, Aaron Tveit, & creatives
Now playing on MGM+ is the limited series adaptation of George R. Stewart’s classic sci-fi novel of the same name Earth Abides, written and executive produced by Todd Komarnick and starring Alexander Ludwig, Jessica Frances Dukes, Aaron Tveit, Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll, Elyse Levesque, Luisa D’Oliveira, Birkett Turton, Hilary McCormack and Jenna Berman.
In “Earth Abides,” when a plague of unprecedented virulence sweeps the globe, the human race is all but wiped out. In the aftermath, as the great machine of civilization slowly and inexorably breaks down, only a few shattered survivors remain to struggle against the slide into extinction.
Ludwig stars as Ish is a brilliant but solitary young geologist living a semi-isolated life who awakens from a coma only to find that there is no one left alive but him. A plague of unprecedented virulence has swept the globe, and yes, there are a few scattered survivors, but there are no rules.
Dukes plays Emma opposite Ludwig’s Ish. Emma is the polar opposite of Ish and is described as fearless in body and mind, who is the heartbeat of the new world they set out to build. Loss has taught her two things: that life and pain are forever intertwined and, in the end, we are not defined by what we have acquired but rather by what we have given away.
Tveit comes in as Charlie, the handsome leader of a new group of travelers. A natural charmer, he hides a threatening nature that only Ish (Ludwig) seems to be able to see.
Created by showrunner Todd Komarnicki (Sully), the series comes from MGM+ Studios and executive producers Kearie Peak and Lighthouse Productions’ Michael Phillips and Juliana Maio.
Blackfilmandtv.com's Wilson Morales talks to Alexander Ludwig, Jessica Frances Dukes, Aaron Tveit, and executive producers Todd Komarnicki and Kearie Peak on the MGM+ limited series Earth Abides
