The Peripheral renewed for second season on Amazon Prime Video

The Peripheral has been renewed for a second season. In a tweet, Amazon Prime Video confirmed that a new chapter of the mind-blowing sci-fi drama directed by Chloë Grace Moretz is currently in the works. Based on the eponymous bestseller by William Gibson, the television series adaptation was directed by Scott B. Smith, best known for Siberia directed by Keanu Reeves. Westworld creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, who produced the peripheral, return in similar roles for the new season. Currently, there is no release window for The Peripheral Season 2.

“We are excited to continue the journey in Season Two and dive deeper into the incredible world that Gibson has created,” Nolan and Joy said in a prepared statement. “On behalf of Scott Smith, Vincenzo Natali and the entire team, we are grateful to our partners at Amazon and, above all, the fans.” Spoilers Ahead – Season 1 of The Peripheral ended on a dramatic note, with protagonist Flynne Fisher (Moretz) getting killed by Conner (Eli Goree) in her own timeline, so it would appear to be Detective Ainsley Lowbeer (Alexandra Billings) who was doing . This action destroys the data stolen from Flynne’s brain, after which she wakes up in her device in the futuristic desert of London.

News of internal discussions for The Peripheral season 2 broke in December, with Collider reporting that Amazon Prime Video was working on scripts for new time travel exploits. “We’re already hard at work on scripts for Season 2 and a plan for Season 2, so nothing to say officially yet, but we’re deep into it,” said Vernon Sanders, head of television. at Amazon Studios. interview. The Peripheral marks the first series developed by Nolan and Joy, after signing the $150 million (roughly Rs. 1,238 crore) deal with Amazon Studios. Following the removal of Westworld from HBO, the duo will also adapt popular Bethesda (franchise) video game Fallout for Amazon – with Walter Goggins (The Hateful Eight) in the lead, against a post-nuclear wasteland.

Set in a dystopian US of 2032, The Peripheral follows Moretz’s Flynne Fisher, who is drawn deep into the realm of virtual and augmented reality, when she decides to beta test a simulation. He transports her to a deserted London and tasks her with breaking into the Research Institute company and stealing information. But when things go wrong, she realizes that the world she finds herself in is actually real, but takes place in the distant future where a series of cataclysmic events have killed most of the population. The series also starred Jack Reynor (Midsommar) as Flynne’s brother, who introduced him to the simulations.

All eight episodes of Season 1 of The Peripheral are now streaming on Amazon Prime Video.