Showing posts with label nightflyers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nightflyers. Show all posts
Tuesday, 20 March 2018
SyFy release a teaser for George R.R. Martin's NIGHTFLYERS
SyFy has released a promo for their new series Nightflyers, based on the George R.R. Martin novella.
Nightflyers will debut on SyFy this autumn.
Thursday, 4 January 2018
SyFy greenlights George R.R. Martin space opera TV series
SyFy has given the green light to Nightflyers, a TV show based on George R.R. Martin's 1980 novella of the same name, after the production of an internal pilot.
The TV series will adapt and expand the original novella, and may explore other aspects of the Thousand Worlds, a linked science fiction setting that the majority of Martin's SF short stories and novellas from the 1970s and 1980s were set in.
Jodie Turner-Smith (The Last Ship) will star as Melantha Jhirl, with Gretchen Mol (Boardwalk Empire) as Dr. Agatha Matheson. Eoin Macken, David Ajala, Sam Strike, Maya Eshet, Angus Sampson and Brian F. O'Byrne also star.
Martin will have a production credit but will not be working on the show, due to his commitments to finishing the Song of Ice and Fire novels and also aiding in the development of several potential Game of Thrones spin-off series for HBO. Martin has an exclusive development deal with HBO which prevents him from working for other broadcasters in a substantive role.
SyFy are also developing a TV series based on the Wild Cards superhero setting created by Martin, but have not yet decided to proceed with that project.
Nightflyers will be filmed in the Republic of Ireland and it sounds like SyFy may fast-track it to hit the air before the end of the year. Nightflyers will air on SyFy in the USA and Netflix in the rest of the world.
The TV series will adapt and expand the original novella, and may explore other aspects of the Thousand Worlds, a linked science fiction setting that the majority of Martin's SF short stories and novellas from the 1970s and 1980s were set in.
Jodie Turner-Smith (The Last Ship) will star as Melantha Jhirl, with Gretchen Mol (Boardwalk Empire) as Dr. Agatha Matheson. Eoin Macken, David Ajala, Sam Strike, Maya Eshet, Angus Sampson and Brian F. O'Byrne also star.
Martin will have a production credit but will not be working on the show, due to his commitments to finishing the Song of Ice and Fire novels and also aiding in the development of several potential Game of Thrones spin-off series for HBO. Martin has an exclusive development deal with HBO which prevents him from working for other broadcasters in a substantive role.
SyFy are also developing a TV series based on the Wild Cards superhero setting created by Martin, but have not yet decided to proceed with that project.
Nightflyers will be filmed in the Republic of Ireland and it sounds like SyFy may fast-track it to hit the air before the end of the year. Nightflyers will air on SyFy in the USA and Netflix in the rest of the world.
Tuesday, 28 November 2017
Pre-production underway on George R.R. Martin's NIGHTFLYERS
SyFy is rolling into pre-production on its new science fiction TV series, Nightflyers, based on George R.R. Martin's 1980 novella of the same name, which blends SF and horror.
SyFy greenlit a 10-episode first season a few months ago with a view to airing in 2018 (Netflix have picked up global broadcast rights).
Jeff Buhler (Pet Semetary) is writing whilst Daniel Cerone (The Blacklist, The Mentalist, Dexter) is the showrunner. George R.R. Martin met them recently and recounts their meeting here, as well as sharing some concept art (see above).
Nightflyers should begin shooting shortly at sound stages in Limerick in the Republic of Ireland with a substantial budget. We should hopefully have casting news and more information shortly.
SyFy greenlit a 10-episode first season a few months ago with a view to airing in 2018 (Netflix have picked up global broadcast rights).
Jeff Buhler (Pet Semetary) is writing whilst Daniel Cerone (The Blacklist, The Mentalist, Dexter) is the showrunner. George R.R. Martin met them recently and recounts their meeting here, as well as sharing some concept art (see above).
Nightflyers should begin shooting shortly at sound stages in Limerick in the Republic of Ireland with a substantial budget. We should hopefully have casting news and more information shortly.
Thursday, 14 September 2017
George R.R. Martin's NIGHTFLYERS greenlit as a TV series
George R.R. Martin's 1980 novella Nightflyers has been greenlit as a TV series by SyFy. SyFy are currently producing a pilot based on the novella and the network were impressed enough to give a full series order. Netflix is also getting involved early, negotiating both international distribution and second-run rights in the US. This may be in response to its much-derided deal for SyFy's The Expanse, which seemingly (and nonsensically) requires that several months elapse between the US release and transmission elsewhere in the world.
Martin's novella was previously adapted as a forgettable, low-budget movie in 1987. The story, set in Martin's Thousand Worlds setting, sees an advanced starship and its crew drawn into a possible conflict with both a malevolent AI and a mysterious alien creature.
Martin is not involved with this new TV project, as his contract with HBO for Game of Thrones means he can only develop new projects exclusively with them for the next few years.
Martin's novella was previously adapted as a forgettable, low-budget movie in 1987. The story, set in Martin's Thousand Worlds setting, sees an advanced starship and its crew drawn into a possible conflict with both a malevolent AI and a mysterious alien creature.
Martin is not involved with this new TV project, as his contract with HBO for Game of Thrones means he can only develop new projects exclusively with them for the next few years.
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