Andrew McCarthy will be a producer-director on the project. Robert Jaffe, who penned the feature film based on Martin’s novel, is set as a producer, too. Neuhauser of Lloyd Ivan Miller Productions. Smith) and Doug Liman ( Suits) Alison Rosenzweig and Michael Gaeta ( Jacob’s Ladder) of Gaeta Rosenzweig Films and Lloyd Ivan Miller and Alice P. Martin's 'Nightflyers' Brings 'Game of Thrones' World-Building Skills Into Spaceīuhler ( Jacob’s Ladder) penned the script and executive produces the UCP drama alongside Hypnotic’s Gene Klein ( Suits), David Bartis ( Mr. The cast was formally announced in January along with the official pickup, which is when Cerone was brought in as showrunner. The series was fast-tracked after being put in development in May, picked up to pilot in June with Netflix boarding in September, helping to get the ambitious drama picked up to series.

The Ireland-produced drama also received financial support from the government of Ireland through the minister for culture, heritage and the Gaeltacht and the Irish Film Board. Netflix’s involvement has helped the studio offset the costs associated with producing the ambitious space-set series. Gretchen Mol ( Boardwalk Empire) stars in the series, with Netflix having first-run rights to the show outside of the U.S. But when terrifying and violent events begin to take place, they start to question each other, and surviving the journey proves harder than anyone thought.Įarly in the process, Syfy brought in Netflix as a co-producer on what sources say is the most expensive drama the NBCUniversal-owned cable network has ever developed. The drama, based on Martin’s 1980 novella and the 1987 film of the same name, follows eight maverick scientists and a powerful telepath who embark on an expedition to the edge of the solar system aboard The Nightflyer - a ship with a small tight-knit crew and a reclusive captain - in hopes of making contact with alien life. Nightflyersis, without question, a big swing for Syfy. Martin's 'Nightflyers,' Starring Gretchen Mol, Officially Picked Up at Syfy

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