Freema Agyeman Stars In New Sci-fi Series ‘Sense8′ on Netflix

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The movie and TV production landscape is changing. Gone are the days when the Beeb or the big US networks controlled all the airwaves. And now even the days of the cable giants like HBO and AMC getting all the attention are swiftly coming to an end. As the internet has grown, so has its reach. And now the likes of Netflix and Amazon are getting in on the act, creating their own shows and movies in an effort to not just sell and recycle content, but to gain more customers with new offerings.

Netflix has had a number of critical successes with the shows it has created, with some of them having even been nominated for Emmy awards, something that was unheard of a decade ago. From House Of Cards to Orange Is The New Black, Netflix has firmly established itself as a contender.

The online streaming site has recently released the details of the new content they are working on for this summer and among the offerings is a sci-fi show staring DW’s own Freema Agyeman!

Sense8, from Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski and the Wachowskis, the creators of the Matrix trilogy,

“…follows 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. 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.”

Filmed across the globe in multiple cities like Chicago, London, Berlin, Mumbai, and Seoul, the international cast includes Naveen Andrews (Lost) and Daryl Hannah.

Netflix plans to roll out the ten-episode series on its services in both the US and the UK on Friday, 5 June.

I’ll admit that I’m probably one of the last people on Earth who hasn’t actually watched any of the service’s new programming, mainly because I’ve already got so many other shows I need to catch up on, but this one sounds interesting, especially the combination of the creative minds of Straczynski and the Wachowskis. Plus Freema!

Are you planning on catching Sense8?

(via Cultbox)

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