Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne have had fairly the pivot. In Neighbors and Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising, they had been husband and spouse. Within the first season of their Apple TV+ collection Platonic, they’re former finest mates who’re, nicely, platonic and that’s that. The debut season was a winner in 2023 (the 93-percent score on Rotten Tomatoes is fairly nice), faring nicely sufficient to land the present a second run.
The new season, from co-creators Nick Stoller and Francesca Delbanco, lands on Apple TV+ quickly, so earlier than that, take a look at all the things that you must know concerning the upcoming episodes.
Plot
Apple beforehand noted of the primary season, “Platonic follows a platonic pair of former finest mates approaching midlife who reconnect after an extended rift. The duo’s friendship turns into all consuming — and destabilizes their lives in a hilarious manner.” Of the brand new season, they say it “picks up with everybody’s favourite pair of finest mates as they take care of new midlife hurdles, together with work, weddings and companions in crises. The duo tries their finest to be one another’s rock — however generally rocks break issues.”
They’re not getting collectively this time, both, as Stoller and Delbanco told The Hollywood Reporter.
Rogen beforehand told the publication of creating the second season:
“Actually, we had talked about it throughout the first season, however I get actually nervous about the way it’s going to be acquired. I’m not a count-your-eggs-before-they-hatch man. I’ve executed that factor the place I drive round Friday evening of opening weekend for my motion pictures and go to the theaters and there’s nobody in them. I actually simply needed to see if we had been proud of it when it got here out — and if everybody else was proud of it. I used to be form of nervous about how excessive my requirements had been for what we had been doing, and I needed to ensure that we may truly do it. After which as soon as I noticed that we may, I used to be like, ‘OK, we must always preserve doing it.’”
Solid
Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen will return, and in addition current will probably be Carla Gallo, Luke Macfarlane, Tre Hale, and Andrew Lopez.
New to the cast for the second season are Aidy Bryant, Kyle Mooney, and Beck Bennett (all Saturday Night time Stay mainstays within the 2010s).
Launch Date
The new season is ready to premiere on August 6 on Apple TV+.
Trailer
Try the Platonic season 2 teaser under.
