AMC’s premium streaming service Shudder has acquired first-window rights to Julien Lacombe’s critically acclaimed French science-fiction series “Missions” for the U.S., Canada, U.K. and Ireland. Shudder will kick off Season 1 of “Missions” on September 28, and has also come on board to co-produce the second season with Paris-based outfit production Empreinte Digitale, reports Variety.

“Missions” is set in an alternate present and follows a group of explorers on their epic journey back from Mars. The series weaves in contemporary themes such as trans-humanism, artificial intelligence and environmental issues.

It was created by Lacombe, Henri Debeurme, and Ami Cohen for French pay-TV group Orange Cinema Series.