<P> Lost in Space is an American science fiction television series based on a re-imagining of the 1965 series of the same name (itself a re-imagining of the 1812 novel The Swiss Family Robinson), following the adventures of a family of pioneering space colonists whose ship veers off - course . It is written by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless and consists of ten episodes produced by Legendary Television, Synthesis Entertainment, Clickety - Clack Productions, and Applebox Entertainment, with Zack Estrin serving as showrunner . Netflix released the series on April 13, 2018 . In May 2018, the series was renewed for a second season . </P> <P> In the year 2048 the Robinson family is selected for the 24th mission of the Resolute, an interstellar spacecraft which will carry selected families to colonize a new world . The Resolute was built after a celestial object, dubbed "The Christmas Star" by the media, crashed into Earth a few years earlier, threatening humanity's survival on Earth . Before they reach their destination, an alien robot breaches the Resolute's hull . Some of the families are forced to evacuate the mothership in their short range Jupiter spacecraft . The Robinsons and other colonists crash land on a nearby habitable planet where they battle the strange new environment and their own personal demons as they attempt to find a way back to the Resolute . </P> <Ul> <Li> Molly Parker as Maureen Robinson, a fearless and brilliant aerospace engineer taking her family on the mission to colonize Alpha Centauri for a new life on a better world . She is a mission commander . She is married to John Robinson and is the mother of three children . </Li> <Li> Toby Stephens as John Robinson, a former U.S. Navy SEAL, and husband to Maureen . He is the biological father of Maureen's two youngest children . </Li> <Li> Maxwell Jenkins as Will Robinson, the 11 - year - old son and youngest child of Maureen and John Robinson . </Li> <Li> Taylor Russell as Judy Robinson, Maureen's 18 - year - old biracial daughter and eldest child . She is a mission doctor, having received accelerated medical training . </Li> <Li> Mina Sundwall as Penny Robinson, the 15 - year old daughter and middle Robinson child . </Li> <Li> Ignacio Serricchio as Don West, a mechanic who also smuggles luxury goods . He has a chicken named Debbie, which he claims to be lucky . </Li> <Li> Parker Posey as Dr. Smith . She is a criminal and a sociopath who uses other people's identities to claim their belongings . Dr. Smith, whose real name is June Harris, stole her sister Jessica's identity and place on the colony ship . There she impersonates a Dr. Zachary Smith, to take his seat on an evacuating Jupiter ship . After landing on the planet, Dr. Smith attempts to sabotage the Jupiters' chances of being rescued by the Resolute while manipulating and gaslighting the survivors to avoid prosecution for her crimes . The theft of the doctor's identity is a reference to the corresponding Dr. Smith character of the original TV series . </Li> <Li> Brian Steele as the Robot, an alien mechanoid being that Will encounters on the planet that his family crash lands on . The robot has a different form from the ones on the previous series and movie . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Molly Parker as Maureen Robinson, a fearless and brilliant aerospace engineer taking her family on the mission to colonize Alpha Centauri for a new life on a better world . She is a mission commander . She is married to John Robinson and is the mother of three children . </Li>

Who stars in the new netflix lost in space