We have some opportunities to dig a bit deeper into the world.” However, its first season didn’t do as well as one may have hoped and ended up getting cancelled despite the script’s potential to continue. The novella essentially outlines where the first season goes and leaves us in a place of total mystery. I wanted to tell a sort of twist on that story.” He added, “When I pitched Nightflyers, I pitched a journey that encompassed more than one season. According to The Verge, the showrunner Jeff Buhler was quoted as saying, “We’ve seen a lot of first-contact stories, and they usually centre on an alien species attacking the Earth for resources, or something along those lines.
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Nigthflyers was pitched to be a series that would have more than one seasons. Eight people get on a spaceship and one by one they’re killed horribly, leaving only the heroine at the end.”
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He said, “If you’ve read the novella or seen the movie, it doesn’t obviously lend itself to a TV series. Martin has talked to USA Today explaining how the book wasn’t really written for television. What really created curiosity was the Volcryn’s endgame, the expanse of their powers, and the fate of the crew members when there is a showdown with the Volcryn. Also, the last episode opened up a Pandora’s Box, revealing new information and unearthing numerous unanswered questions. As expected and awaited, the last episode of season 1 ended on an open note, hinting at the fact that there may be a season 2 soon. This causes the crew members to turn on each other and begin exhibiting violence. Whatever is out there in space has also crept on their ship. With each passing mile, their insanity begins to get the better of them as the realization dawns upon them that there is true horror awaiting them ahead. Nightflyer, a highly progressive and advanced ship helps these group of scientists to set out on their expedition to fulfil their purpose. As they move further into space, they arrive at the edge of the solar system in their quest. Set in the distant 2093, Nightflyers is a riveting psychological thriller that focuses on scientists who leave earth with an aim to locate life on other planets. Gretchen Mol plays the role of Agatha Matheson, a psychiatrist whose specialization revolves around dealing with telepaths.
O’Byrne plays Auggie, the chief engineer of the futuristic ship.
Using the neuro port implant, she is able to communicate with all of Nightflyer’s computers. Maya Eshet is cast as Lommie Thorne, a cyberneticist, who has a surgical implant in her arm. Sam Strike plays the role of Thale, an L-1 telepath. Angus Sampson plays the character of Rowan, a xenobiologist.
Jodie Turner-Smith is cast as Melantha Jhirl in the series. He is also a recluse, and people are unsure of his actions. David Ajala plays Roy Eris, the captain of the Nightflyer expedition. As of February 2019, Nightflyers has been discontinued after its first season.Įoin Macken plays the role of Karl D’Branin, an astrophysicist, who is charged to lead the Nightflyer expedition. Jeff Buhler is the writer of the series, a major part of which is filmed in Ireland. Later in January of 2018, Netflix took up the responsibility of co-producing the show. It was also told that George R R Martin would not be directly involved in this series but would be named as the executive producer since he had already signed an exclusive contract with HBO that prevented him from actively taking part in the making of this series. In 2017, there were more details released that the story would be based on the 1987’s adaptation of the same film. Back in 2016, there were announcements that Martin’s novella would be used to develop a series for Syfy. The first season of Nightflyers has ten episodes, the last of which aired on December 13, 2018.
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