The Wachowskis - creators of the Matrix Trilogy, Cloud Atlas , and the upcoming Jupiter Ascending - have cast the stars for their trippy new Netflix series, Sense8. And more than that, we now have a description of what the show is about.

Tom Hanks in the Wachowskis' Cloud Atlas.

Deadline reports that Lost alum Naveen Andrews, Blade Runner's Daryl Hannah and Stargate Universe‘s Brian J. Smith will headline the international cast for Sense8 - which is about, as co-showrunner J. Michael Straczynski told Deadline, "eight characters around the world who, in the aftermath of a tragic death, find themselves linked to each other mentally and emotionally.""They can not only see and talk to each other as though they were in the same place, they have access to each other’s deepest secrets," Straczynski continued. "Not only must they figure out what happened and why and what it means for the future of humanity, they must do so while being hunted by an organization out to capture, kill or vivisect them.”Rounding out the large international ensemble cast are Tuppence Middleton, who appears in the Wachowskis’ Jupiter Ascending; Aml Ameen (Lee Daniels’ The Butler) and Freema Agyeman (Doctor Who, Torchwood), Tena Desae, Doona Bae, Max Riemelt, Alfonso Herrera, Erendira Ibarra, Jamie Clayton, Miguel Silvestre and Terrence Mann.The production will span nine locations on four continents: Chicago, San Francisco, London, Iceland, Seoul, Mumbai, Berlin, Mexico City and Nairobi. Sense8 is expected to debut in 2015.

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