If your life has no future, will the future come to you? It does in the new Amazon Prime series, the peripherals. Chloë Grace Moretz stars as Flynne, a young woman with so much potential but nowhere to go, who tries to stop her family from falling apart. The series is based on William Gibson’s book of the same name, published in 2014.
Deadline announced that Amazon picked up the rights to the show in 2019. Scott B. Smith is the creator, showrunner and executive producer. Other executive producers include Steven Hoban (ginger snaps, In the tall grass), Lisa Joy (west world), Jonathan Nolan (Suspect), Vincenzo Natali (In the tall grass), Greg Plageman (Cold Case), and Athena Wickham (almost human).
Get ready to step into the future as we share everything we need to know about the peripherals.
The peripheral: the plot
Flynne Fisher is a young woman living in the South of America. The synopsis describes her as “clever, ambitious, and doomed” for being unable to leave her small town. She works in a 3D printing company but gets extra money by playing virtual reality video games for the rich. In the book, her brother Burton initially did the video game job, contracted as virtual world security, but he left to protest against a religious extremist group, so Flynne temporarily takes over the job.
One of the games she plays turns out to be part of the future. A connection has been opened between Flynne’s world and a version of London set 70 years in the future. What she sees there is interesting and dangerous, but she keeps going back to find out who made the opening that allows her to be there. In the original story, she witnesses a murder and people from the future try to get her back so she can identify the person responsible.
In the book, the story is told from Flynne’s point of view and the eyes of the individual in London. Wilf Netherton is a publicist who works for a diplomat who wants to bond with a group of people called ‘Patchers’. They are so named because they live on a waste island in the Pacific Ocean that has been adapted to support life. This does not go well with Wilf, and his and the diplomat’s efforts result in the death of the entire population of Patchers. This group of people returns later in the story.
The story ends with the Wilf and Flynne moving on with their lives after being rescued towards the end of the book. A time jump shows where their lives end, with each finding love, but they still communicate every now and then through time and space.
The Edge: The Cast
Chloe Grace Moretz is Flynne Fisher. Mortez has starred in various projects throughout her career, from Let me in until Tom & Jerry. She loves horror, starring career remake in 2013 and The Amityville Horrorwas part of adaptations such as if i stay and The 5th wavehad roles in adult comedies like Neighbors 2: Sorority Risingand has lent her voice to projects like BoJack Horseman, The Addams familyand Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs. Gary Carr plays Wilf Netherton. The actor is known for his roles in Downton Abbey, Death in paradiseand The Deuce.
Additional cast includes Jack Reynor (Transformers: Age of Extinction, Midsommar) as Burton Fisher, Eli Goree (Riverdale, the 100) as Conner, Charlotte Riley (Peaky Blinders, In the heart of the sea) as Aelita, J. J. Feild (New Amsterdam, Lost in space) as Lev, Adelind Horan (the pioneers) as Billy Ann Baker, T’Nia Miller (Chasing Bly Manor) as Cherise, Alex Hernandez (The inhabitant, Hemlock Grove) as Tommy Constantine, Austin Rising (The roommates) as Leon, Amber Rose Revah (the punisher) as Grace, Louis Herthum (west world, longmire) as Corbell Pickett, Chris Coy (The Deuce, Castle Rock) as Jasper, Melinda Page Hamilton (How to get away with murder?) as Ella, Katie Leung (Harry Potter) as Ash and Alexandra Billings (The Conners) as Detective Ainsley Lowbeer.
Publication date
The first episode will be available to stream on October 21, 2022. A new episode will be released weekly through December 9, 2022.
Everything else we know
the peripherals is the 13th book by William Gibson. As an author, he is seen as a pioneer in the cyberpunk subgenre. His first novel neuromancer is considered the book that laid the foundation for the subgenre. According to his website, Gibson is also credited with creating the word “cyberspace.”
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