Last Spring, Westworld creators Jonathan Nolan (The Dark Knight, Person of Interest) and Lisa Joy (Burn Notice) landed a whopping $150 million five-year deal with Amazon. One of the their first projects announced was an adaptation of William Gibson’s 2014 sci-fi novel, The Peripheral.
Per Variety, after months of development, Amazon has given a series order to The Peripheral, with Nolan and Joy attached as executive producers and Scott B. Smith (The Ruins, A Simple Plan) on board as showrunner. Vincenzo Natali (Hannibal TV Series, Cube) will direct.
In a joint statement to Variety, Nolan and Joy said “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. All of us at Kilter