BEVERLY HILLS, CA – Netflix has announced it will be airing a new science-fiction thriller series exclusively to all its members in late 2014.
Sense8, produced by Georgeville Television in association with Studio JMS, is described by Netflix as “a gripping global tale of minds linked and souls hunted.” The 10-episode first season of the series marks the first foray into television by the Wachowskis, the creative geniuses behind Bound, The Matrix trilogy, V for Vendetta, Speed Racer and Cloud Atlas, and is the latest project from veteran show runner J. Michael Straczynski, creator of the Hugo Award-winning Babylon 5 TV series and whose film credits include Changeling, Thor and Underworld Awakening.
“Andy and Lana Wachowski and Joe Straczynski are among the most imaginative writers and gifted visual storytellers of our time,” said Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos in a release. “Their incredible creations are favourites of Netflix members globally and we can’t wait to bring Sense8 to life.”
“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," said Andy and Lana Wachowski. “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.”
Georgeville Television is a Reliance Entertainment company and independent television studio, formed by film and television producer Marc Rosen, in partnership by Motion Picture Capital’s Leon Clarance and Producer Deepak Nayar. Formed in 2012, the company currently has two series in pre-production, including NBC’s Crossbones starring John Malkovich. Rosen, Clarance, and Nayar will serve as executive producers on Sense8.
Studio JMS, launched last year by Straczynski and CEO Patricia Tallman, produces a range of film, television, comics and other media properties.
The Wachowskis are starting production next month on their new sci-fi adventure Jupiter Ascending for Warner Brothers, starring Channing Tatum and Mila Kunis.
