TV SERIES · 2020– · USA
Upload
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- #001
Due to the strong positive response to the series, it was renewed for a second season on May 8, one week after the series premiere.
- #002
Greg Daniels began writing it after the finale of The Office (2005).
- #003
Robbie Amell was the first person to audition for the role of Nathan.
- #004
It is set in the year 2033.
- #005
The idea of a man-made "virtual-reality" afterlife in which people's consciousnesses can be uploaded after death was a significant plot point in Philip K. Dick's Ubik (1972).
- #006
The exterior shots of the digital afterlife location Lakeview Resort are of a real hotel in the Hudson Valley called the Mohonk Mountain House, located in New Paltz, NY. It was also a filming location for The Road to Wellville, starring Matthew Broderick and Anthony Hopkins. The hotel was founded in 1869 by the Smiley family, who still own and operate it.
- #007
The name of Nathan's niece Nevaeh, played by Chloe Coleman, is "heaven" spelled backwards, tying into the series' afterlife theme.
- #008
Nathan's neighbor David Choak is based on multimillionaire David H. Koch, who, along with his brother, donated tons of money to the Republican Party. He also passed away shortly before Upload began.
- #009
In the first episode of season 2, while Nathan is hacking Nora's online account, look closely at some of the accounts; one of them is "blink chat," which uses the same logo as Amazon, the main company producing the series.
- #010
Hiro Kanagawa, who plays Detective Sato in season 2, played Captain Tanaka, another police inspector, in Altered Carbon (2018). The plot of that series also includes the idea that human consciousness can be digitized and uploaded into avatars.
- #011
Principal photography for the first season took place in Vancouver, Canada, between March 5 and May 10, 2019. Some exterior shots of the Lakeview virtual world, including images of the hotel, landscaping, grounds and lake, were filmed at the Mohonk Mountain House & Preserve in New Paltz, New York. A small number of interior shots, including rooms in the hotel, were also filmed on location.
- #012
Andy Allo (Nora) and Josh Banday (Ivan) also appeared together in the film Hacked (2016).
- #013
The first season premiered on May 1, 2020, and consists of ten episodes. In May 2020, the series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on March 11, 2022, and consists of seven episodes. Renewed for a third season in May 2022, the series premiered on October 20, 2023, and consists of eight episodes. In March 2024, the series was renewed for a fourth and final season, which will premiere on August 25, 2025, and consists of four episodes.
- #014
Upload (2020) is an American science fiction comedy-drama television series created by Greg Daniels for Amazon Prime Video.
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