James R | On 11, Oct 2022

“I’m done pretending I can live in a sim. It ain’t real.” Those are the famous last words of as she boots into The Peripheral – and a new trailer gives us a closer look at the sci-fi thriller.

Created by showrunner Scott B Smith (A Simple Plan), with the exec-producers including director Vincenzo Natali (In the Tall Grass) and Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy (Westworld), the series follows Flynne Fisher, a woman trying to hold together the pieces of her broken family in a forgotten corner of tomorrow’s America. Flynne is smart, ambitious, and doomed. She has no future; until the future comes calling for her, and what seems like VR turns out to be something much more real.

Starring Chloë Grace Moretz (Kick-Ass), Jack Reynor (Midsommar), Gary Carr (The Deuce), Eli Goree (One Night in Miami), the series premieres on Amazon Prime Video on 21st October, with episodes arrive weekly until the finale on 9th December.

Here’s the new video:

 

Trailer: Amazon’s The Peripheral arrives this October

13th September 2022

“What is that?” “The future.” That’s the sound of Amazon taking us to The Peripheral, and a new trailer gives us a first look at the sci-fi thriller.

Created by showrunner Scott B Smith (A Simple Plan), with the exec-producers including director Vincenzo Natali (In the Tall Grass) and Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy (Westworld), the series follows Flynne Fisher, a woman trying to hold together the pieces of her broken family in a forgotten corner of tomorrow’s America. Flynne is smart, ambitious, and doomed. She has no future; until the future comes calling for her.

A glimpse into the fate of mankind and what lies beyond, the drama is based on the bestselling novel of the same name by William Gibson. It stars Chloë Grace Moretz (Kick-Ass), Jack Reynor (Midsommar), Gary Carr (The Deuce), Eli Goree (One Night in Miami), Louis Herthum (Westworld), JJ Feild (TURN: Washington’s Spies), T’Nia Miller (The Haunting of Bly Manor), Charlotte Riley (Peaky Blinders), Alexandra Billings (The Conners), Adelind Horan (The Deuce), Alex Hernandez (UnReal), Katie Leung (Chimerica), Julian Moore-Cook (Peaky Blinders), Melinda Page Hamilton (Messiah), Chris Coy (The Deuce), and Austin Rising (Alt).

You can see them in action when the series premieres on Amazon Prime Video on Friday 21st October, with one episode dropping weekly through to the finale on 9th December.

Here’s the trailer:

 

Chloe Grace Moretz to star in Amazon’s The Peripheral

14th October 2020

Chloe Grace Moretz will star in Amazon’s The Peripheral.

The project, which Amazon nabbed the rights to in 2018, is based on the novel from the cyberpunk author of Neuromancer. The book follows Flynne Fisher, who lives in rural near-future America where jobs are scarce and veterans from the wars are finding it hard to recover. She scrapes a living doing some freelance online game-playing, participating in some pretty weird stuff. Wilf Netherton lives in London, 70-odd years later, on the far side of decades of slow-motion apocalypse. When Flynne and Wilf meet one another, her world is altered utterly, and Wilf’s, for all its decadence and power, learns that some of these third-world types from the distant past can be real badass.

The series was officially greenlit last year, as part of Amazon’s overall deal with Westworld creators Christopher Nolan and Lisa Joy. They will exec-produce the drama, with Scott B. Smith (Oscar nominated for 1998’s A Simple Plan) penning the script and serving as showrunner.

Now, the project has got another impressive name attached – this time, in front of the camera – with Moretz (of Kick Ass, Carrie and Let Me In fame) starring in the lead role. She is no stranger to Amazon Studios, having appeared in Suspiria, which Amazon Studios distributed.

 

Amazon officially picks up The Peripheral from Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy

23rd November 2019

Amazon has officially ordered The Peripheral, from Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, to series.

The project, which Amazon nabbed the rights to last year, is based on the novel from the cyberpunk author of Neuromancer. It follows Flynne Fisher, who lives in rural near-future America where jobs are scarce and veterans from the wars are finding it hard to recover. She scrapes a living doing some freelance online game-playing, participating in some pretty weird stuff. Wilf Netherton lives in London, 70-odd years later, on the far side of decades of slow-motion apocalypse. When Flynne and Wilf meet one another, her world is altered utterly, and Wilf’s, for all its decadence and power, learns that some of these third-world types from the distant past can be real badass.

Since then, the Westworld creators have inked a major overall deal with Amazon Studios, which they have made their new home after a stint at Warner Bros. TV. Now, Amazon Studios has officially greenlit the series, kicking off their ongoing partnership.

“35 years ago, William Gibson invented the future. With The Peripheral he brings us another look, and his vision is as clear, intoxicating, and terrifying as ever,” Nolan and Joy said in a statement. “All of us at Kilter are incredibly proud to be supporting Vincenzo and Scott’s brilliant vision for bringing Gibson’s work to the screen.”

Scott B. Smith (Oscar nominated for 1998’s A Simple Plan) will write the script and executive produce the drama, alongside Nolan and Joy, plus director Vincenzo Natali (In the Tall Grass), Athena Wickham (Westworld) and Steven Hoban (In the Tall Grass).

“We’re thrilled to announce The Peripheral as our first project with Jonah, Lisa, Athena and their talented team at Kilter Films,” Jennifer Salke, Head of Amazon Studios, said in a statement. “This story calls for a masterful level of talent to bring acclaimed author William Gibson’s science fiction thriller to life. We are excited to partner with Warner Bros. Television, Oscar-nominated writer Scott B. Smith and Vincenzo Natali in bringing this fantastic new series to our global Prime Video customers.”

 

Westworld creators to adapt The Peripheral for Amazon

23rd April 2018

As the world returns to Westworld for Season 2, its creators are already looking ahead to their project.

Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan, who exec-produce HBO’s sci-fi hit, are adapting William Gibson’s The Peripheral for Amazon Studios. Amazon saw off competition from other broadcasters to nab the rights to the series, reports THR, with a script-to-series order given – securing a straight-to-series pick-up for a favoured script, or a financial penalty paid to the pair.

From the cyberpunk author of Neuromancer, the novel follows Flynne Fisher, who lives in rural near-future America where jobs are scarce and veterans from the wars are finding it hard to recover. She scrapes a living doing some freelance online game-playing, participating in some pretty weird stuff. Wilf Netherton lives in London, 70-odd years later, on the far side of decades of slow-motion apocalypse. When Flynne and Wilf meet one another, her world is altered utterly, and Wilf’s, for all its decadence and power, learns that some of these third-world types from the distant past can be real badass. First published in 2014, the book has already spawned a sequel, which will be released in December 2018.

Scott B. Smith (Oscar nominated for 1998’s A Simple Plan) will write the script and executive produce the drama, alongside Nolan and Joy, who are producing via their Warner Bros. TV-based Kilter Films banner. Kilter Film’s Athena Wickham will also exec produce, alongside Westworld’s Vincenszo Natali and collaborator Steven Hoban (Splice). Natali will direct the series.

The project marks Amazon’s commitment to developing genre titles, as it seeks high-profile, big-budget series that can find the same worldwide success as Game of Thrones. The Peripheral joins a slate that includes a reboot of Hannah and a Lord of the Rings TV series. As HBO attempts to find its own successor to Game of Thrones, with Westworld in prime position, Amazon’s deal with its creators may prove to be its smartest yet.

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