The Lazarus Project (originally titled Extinction) is a British science fiction television series created by Joe Barton and starring Paapa Essiedu.

In mid-2023, Sarah is killed after being struck by a garbage truck, an incident that George had prevented prior to the reset but was unable to stop due to being distracted by a phone call from Archie.

The project lead, Wes, triggers a reset and the team succeeds (mostly because George simply does not repeat his previous actions) in preventing the war.

At the end of the first series, as 1 July 2024 approaches and with other repercussions still unfolding, the team is stunned to learn that the Chinese have apparently attempted to build their own time reset mechanism, creating a second nearby black hole which conflicts with the original Lazarus black hole and plunges the universe into a self-triggering, endless, three week time loop – reverting back from every 21 July 2024.

All the scientists (including both Samsons) are killed, but only George, two versions of Becky and one other agent survive to time travel back to 22 July 2024 – the universe-threatening loop is broken.

Produced by Urban Myth Films, the series features Marco Kreuzpaintner, Akaash Meeda, and Laura Scrivano as directors.

[9] In February 2023, Empire printed first look images from the filming of the second series, with Colin Salmon, Royce Pierreson, Safia Oakley-Green, Lorne MacFayden, Zoe Telford, Sam Troughton and James Atherton having been added to the cast.