At the moment, the likes of Netflix and Amazon are in a bit of a battle for original programming, often going for more interesting projects the networks are wary of that – such as David Fincher’s House Of Card, Hemlock Grove or resurrecting Arrested Development. Now Netflix is teaming up with Lana and Andy Wachowski, along with Babylon 5’s J. Michael Straczynski, for Sens8, which will be the The Matrix and Cloud Atlas directors’ first television project.
A press release describes the show as ‘a gripping global tale of minds linked and souls hunted’. The current plan is to get 10 episodes made and stream on Netflix at the end of 2014.
There’s little extra info on exactly what the series will be about, other than the barely there description above.
The Wachowskis comment, “Several years ago, we had a late night conversation about the ways technology simultaneously unites and divides us, and out of that paradox Sense8 was born… We’re excited to work with Netflix and Georgeville Television on this project, and we’ve wanted to work with Joe Straczynski for years, chiefly due to the fact his name is harder to pronounce than ours, but also because we share a love of genre and all things nerdy.”
The current presumption is that the Wachowskis will direct at least a couple of episodes, although that’s not been confirmed as yet.
Several years ago, we had a late night conversation about the ways technology simultaneously unites and divides us, and out of that paradox Sense8 was born.
What is Sens8? We still don’t know exactly, beyond that bare decription above. Reportedly it came out of a set of spec scripts the trio crafted, and we’re still working under the early assumption that the Wachowskis will direct some of the series.
The filmmakers do use the press release to explain why they wanted to work with the show’s co-creator:
We’re excited to work with Netflix and Georgeville Television on this project, and we’ve wanted to work with Joe Straczynski for years, chiefly due to the fact his name is harder to pronounce than ours, but also because we share a love of genre and all things nerdy.
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