Extrapolations (TV series)

Extrapolations is an American anthology miniseries created by Scott Z. Burns for Apple TV+. The series premiered on March 17, 2023.

Premise
An anthology series that depicts the effects of climate change on the planet through various different points of view through interconnected stories.

"2059 Part II: Nightbirds"

 * Adarsh Gourav as Gaurav
 * Gaz Choudhry as Neel
 * Keri Russell as Olivia Drew
 * Zuleikha Robinson as Anusha
 * Waris Ahluwalia as Dr. Harbaksh Mann
 * Divya Sethi as Sanj

"2066: Lola"

 * Gemma Chan as Natasha Alper
 * Tahar Rahim as Ezra Haddad
 * Joaopaulo Malheiro as Young Ezra Haddad
 * Devika Bhise as Lola
 * Tara Summers as Isabel Wick

"2068: The Going Away Party"

 * Marion Cotillard as Sylvie Bolo
 * Eiza González as Elodie
 * Tobey Maguire as Nicolas
 * Forest Whitaker as August Bolo
 * Hari Nef as Anna

"2070: Ecocide"

 * Kit Harington as Nicholas Bilton
 * Diane Lane as Martha Russell
 * Sienna Miller as Rebecca Shearer
 * Edward Norton as Jonathan Chopin
 * Murray Bartlett as Ariel Turner
 * MaameYaa Boafo as Lucy Adobo
 * Ben Harper as Tyrone Downs
 * Anna Deavere Smith as Arden Miller
 * Lily Buchanan as Decima Kabua

Production
It was announced in January 2020 that Scott Z. Burns had been developing an anthology series about climate change that had been nearing a series order from Apple TV+. It would officially be greenlit in December for a ten-episode season.

Filming for the series had begun by October 2021 in New York City under the working title Gaia, with Burns serving as writer and director, and Meryl Streep, Sienna Miller, Kit Harington, Tahar Rahim, Matthew Rhys, Daveed Diggs, Gemma Chan, David Schwimmer, Adarsh Gourav, Forest Whitaker, Marion Cotillard, Tobey Maguire, and Eiza González cast to star. The series would now only run for an eight-episode season. In November, Edward Norton, Indira Varma, Keri Russell, Cherry Jones and Michael Gandolfini were added to the cast. In January 2022, additional castings were announced including Murray Bartlett, Yara Shahidi, Diane Lane, Heather Graham and Judd Hirsch. It was announced in February 2022 that Ellen Kuras would participate in the directing of the series.

Reception
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes has reported a 43% approval rating with an average rating of 5.8/10, based on 27 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus says: ""Extrapolations ' civic-minded storytelling is so sprawling that it never coheres into a satisfying whole, although its sheer star power and good intentions make for a mildly intriguing lecture.""

Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, has assigned a score of 57 out of 100 based on 16 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

In a review published by the Los Angeles Review of Books, Aaron Bady criticized the show for primarily featuring the experiences of "Rich Americans". Bady also criticized the show for not "focusing" on fossil fuels.