The Expanse has already been renewed for Season 2, but the series has its sights set on at least five seasons, due in part to the ongoing source material, which currently spans five novels.
Speaking to Assignment X, showrunner Naren Shankar confirms plans for nine Expanse novels, underlining that there’s no natural end in sight for the Syfy series:
That’s not going to be easy to do, because [five novels and four novellas have so far] been published. They’re planning on writing nine [novels total].
They have a big story to tell, it takes a lot of time to actually go through it. We are not rushing through these books by any stretch of the imagination. The nice thing about television is, you get to spend time and live with people and learn these characters. The books move at a crazy fast pace in terms of plot and event. We actually had to slow it down a little bit, just so you could spend time with the characters and get to know the people on the show.
Stay tuned as we continue to monitor the status of The Expanse Season 3 and beyond…
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