After seven years, Gregg Araki recently explained the case of art imitating life that ended his and Karley Sciortino‘s Now Apocalypse. When I tell the New Queer Cinema filmmaker that I was hoping for a sophomore season, he assured me I’m “not the only one,” adding, “The second season is actually written. We wrote the second season, the cast was paid for the second season, we were prepping the second season.” After seven years, Gregg Araki recently explained the case of art imitating life that ended his and Karley Sciortino‘s 'Now Apocalypse', recalling how close they were to making a Season 2 for Starz. Read more here: https://t.co/xhvb6P0qnC pic.twitter.com/vmlAsUHuvu — Deadline (@DEADLINE) July 29, 2026The 10-episode Season 1 ran from March to May, 2019, made with executive producers Steven Soderbergh and Gregory Jacobs under Soderbergh’s deal at Starz.