Foundation’sDavid S. Goyer Drops Showrunner Duties Amid Season 3 Production

David S. Goyerwears a deal of hats forApple TV+’sadaptation ofFoundation — along with serving as its showrunner , he ’s also compose and take aim several episodes and is on hand as executive producer . He ’s behind the show in a big way , but with the upcoming third season , he ’ll be step back from his showrunning duties .

Perthe Hollywood Reporter , Goyer ’s semi - outlet comes as production on time of year three is commence up again in early March . It was halt during the strikes , then its restart date was pushed back due to budget concerns , which are also the impulse for his leave of absence . Sources speak to THR exact Goyer and executive director at Skydance ( who produced the show ) were jar over how much it costs to make the show . Budgetary cutbacksare happening all acrossthe telecasting industriousness , and since making a infinite opera house show ai n’t precisely bum , production had to be paused again to forecast out how to reduce the budget .

Stepping in as showrunner going forward will be Bill Bost , who ’s already an EP on the show and helped get it off the footing to set about with . Goyer will still have the showrunner title , though , and he ’ll continue to do most of his other duties for the series . ( He ’s directed some of the season three episodes he was schedule for , and while the remaining 1 will be passed on to other directors . ) fit in toDeadline , “ about half ” of the season has been filmed prior to the strike shutdown .

Image: Apple/Skydance

In the grand dodging , Goyer ’s stepping down as showrunner is n’t a major shakeup to the show , since he ’s still part of the originative faculty . But the modification does play up how pie-eyed a blot waft put themselves induring the strike , and the weird province of affairs TV find itself in for the forseeable hereafter .

[ viaThe Hollywood newsman ]

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