{"id":19746,"date":"2022-08-04T15:00:48","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T13:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1690664"},"modified":"2022-08-04T15:24:10","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T13:24:10","slug":"the-lazarus-project-confirmed-to-return-for-season-2","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/the-lazarus-project-confirmed-to-return-for-season-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lazarus Project confirmed to return for season 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Morgan Jeffery\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 04 August 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Sky\u2019s sci-fi thriller The Lazarus Project is officially returning for a second season.<\/p>\n

Paapa Essiedu, Charly Clive, Rudi Dharmalingam and Anjli Mohindra are the cast members so far confirmed to reprise their roles.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a joint statement, Joe Barton (series writer\/executive producer) and Johnny Capps (executive producer) said: \u201cWe are thrilled at the success of series one and at Sky\u2019s recommission. \u00a0We have bold and ambitious plans for series two which will reunite all our characters in more thrilling and mind-bending adventures.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The eight-part first season followed Essiedu\u2019s character George as he was recruited into The Lazarus Project, a covert team \u2013 including Mohindra\u2019s Archie and Dharmalingam\u2019s Shiv \u2013 that is dedicated to preventing mass extinction events by resetting the timeline.<\/p>\n

However, following the death of his girlfriend Sarah (Clive), George goes to ever more extreme lengths to reset time and bring her back.<\/p>

Created by Giri\/Haji writer Barton, the series launched on Sky Max in June and reached a\u00a0cumulative 28 day audience of 1.7 million, making it Sky\u2019s second biggest original drama of the year to date.<\/span><\/p>\n

A second season will air in 2023. The first run of episodes saw Tom Burke play series antagonist Rebrov, although the character is described as but one of many turncoats who\u2019ve betrayed the Lazarus Project, with Barton telling RadioTimes.com<\/a> that future outings could introduce us to other ex-agents<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Caroline Quentin and Anjli Mohindra in The Lazarus Project<\/span><\/figcaption> Sky UK Limited<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s something we\u2019d probably explore more if we get further series,\u201d Barton said. \u201cAnd that idea of what the toll is on these people who do this thing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s an almost God-like aspect, they have this incredible power \u2013 they live in this world where they can manipulate space and time and they could live without consequences if they want to\u2026 and how does that corrupt them? How does it change the way they view morality? So it\u2019s something I think is interesting and we want to carry on exploring.\u201d<\/p>\n

The origins of the Lazarus Project, including who financed the institute and its ability to rewind time, is also something Barton is keen to explore going forward. \u201cThat\u2019s something that we would like to explore in more detail in future series, if we\u2019re lucky enough to get any.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe intentionally didn\u2019t go too far above Caroline [Quentin]\u2019s character [Wes] and it\u2019s quite shady, but there\u2019s questions of who\u2019s pulling the strings. That\u2019s definitely a big part of what a second series will be.\u201d<\/p>\n

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