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

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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 [Films] are incredibly proud to be supporting Vincenzo and Scott’s brilliant vision for bringing Gibson’s work to the screen.”The Peripheral, a mystery/thriller within the realm of virtual reality, follows Flynne Fisher, a woman trying to hold together the pieces of her broken family in a forgotten corner of tomorrow’s America. Flynne is smart, ambitious, and doomed. She has no future. Until the future comes calling for her.For more TV news, check out our review of The Man in the High Castle's final season , a closer look at the Jawa-filled desert planet in The Mandalorian , and Marvel's Loki possibly introducing a female incarnation of Loki

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