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'Westworld' Creators Set Futuristic Drama Series 'The Peripheral' at Amazon
Days before the highly anticipated second season of Westworld debuts on HBO, creators Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan are looking to their next project.

Joy and Nolan, via their Warner Bros. Television-based Kilter Films banner, are set to adapt William Gibson's book The Peripheral as a drama for Amazon Studios. The project landed at Amazon in a competitive situation, with the retailer/streaming outlet handing out a script-to-series order. (Meaning that should the script for the drama come in well, it would be picked up straight to series rather than going through the traditional pilot process or pay a sizable financial penalty.)

The Peripheral revolves around Flynne Fisher, a woman in a near-future America in which technology has started to subtly alter society. Flynne discovers a hidden connection to a very different reality — and the dark future of her own.

Scott B. Smith (who earned an Oscar nomination for adapting 1998's A Simple Plan) will pen the script and exec produce alongside Nolan, Joy and their Kilter Films topper Athena Wickham. Steven Hoban (Splice) and his producing partner Vincenzo Natali (Westworld) will also exec produce, with the latter set to direct the drama. The potential series is a co-production between Warner Bros. Television and Amazon Studios.

For his part, Gibson is considered to have pioneered the sci-fi subgenre known as cyberpunk and coined the term "cyberspace" in his 1982 short story Burning Chrome. His works include Neuromancer and The Difference Engine. The Peripheral, published in 2014, spawned a sequel, Agency, due this month.

At Amazon, The Peripheral arrives as the company is looking to find its version of Game of Thrones under a mandate from CEO Jeff Bezos. To that end, Amazon Studios and new head of programming Jennifer Salke have developed a genre-focused slate that also includes a Lord of the Rings TV series, Consider Phebas and a reboot of Hanna, among others.

For their part, married duo Nolan and Joy adapted Michael Crichton's Westworld to become a hit for HBO. The series ranks as HBO's most-watched freshman drama ever, and scored 22 Emmy nominations. They each have separate overall deals with Warners. Their Kilter banner also counts CBS' Person of Interest as well as interactive and transmedia marketing projects around Westworld, including special spots for the Super Bowl and interactive experiences at events including SXSW and San Diego Comic-Con.
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Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, who tackle artificial intelligence in their HBO series Westworld, are taking on technology in a new drama, The Peripheral, which has landed at Amazon. Based on William Gibson’s novel, the project, which has been put into script development with series option, hails from Nolan and Lisa Joy’s Kilter Films in association with Warner Bros. Television, where both Nolan and Lisa Joy are under overall deals, and Amazon Studios.
Written by Scott B. Smith, an Oscar nominee for A Simple Plan, and directed by Vincenzo Natali, who has helmed two episodes of Westworld, The Peripheral follows Flynne Fisher, a woman in a near future America in which technology has started to subtly alter society. Flynne discovers a hidden connection to a very different reality — and the dark future of her own.
The project is part of Amazon’s push in big-scope, genre drama series.
Season 2 of Westworld, which Nolan and Joy co-created based on the 1973 film, and executive produce, premieres this Sunday.

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Sounds like a good fit for Jonah. But I thought they were gonna be stuck with Westworld for like another 4+ seasons.

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I guess Jonah and Lisa will be writers/execs for this but showrunner might be someone else.

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'Westworld' Creators' Futuristic Drama 'The Peripheral' Gets Amazon Pickup
Westworld creators Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan have landed their first series order at Amazon.

The duo's take on William Gibson's futuristic novel The Peripheral has been picked up straight to series at the streaming giant the husband-and-wife writing and producing duo now call home. An episode count has not yet been determined.

Writer Scott B. Smith (A Simple Plan) will serve as showrunner on the drama, originally put in development back in April 2018, that revolves around 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. Joy and Nolan will exec produce the drama via their Kilter Films banner. The series hails from Warner Bros. Television, Joy and Nolan's previous home before they departed in April for a rich nine-figure overall deal with Amazon.

"Thirty-five 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 joint 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.”

"We’re thrilled to announce The Peripheral as our first project with Jonah, Lisa, Athena and their talented team at Kilter Films,” said Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke. “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.”
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First episode was alright, but good set up. Second episode was good though. Some of casting feels off though. Grace Moretz was good though.

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Watched all three episodes today. This looks really promising!

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Well, i enjoyed this first season more than Rings of Power. It still has it's problems though.

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