Syfy Adapting GRRM's NIGHTFLYERS to Television

[Sawyer]

Pilot Ordered

Syfy has greenlighted a pilot for Nightflyers, a supernatural thriller based on the novella by George R.R. Martin (Game of Thrones) and the 1987 film. Additionally, I hear that the project, from Universal Cable Prods. and studio-based Hypnotic (USA’s Suits), is in the process of setting up a writers room to generate backup scripts in preparation for a potential series pickup.

Jeff Buhler (Jacob’s Ladder) wrote the adaptation of Nightflyers, which is set in the future on the eve of Earth’s destruction. In the hope of making contact with alien life, eight maverick scientists and a powerful telepath embark on an expedition to the edge of our solar system aboard the Nightflyer, a ship with a small, tightknit crew and a reclusive captain. But when terrifying and violent events begin to take place, they start to question one another — and surviving the journey proves harder than anyone thought.

 

[Sawyer]

Nightflyers Gets Syfy Series Order; Gretchen Mol, Eoin Macken to Star

 

[Fincher]

Interesting. I really liked Gretchen Mol on Boardwalk Empire.

 

[Sawyer]

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[Fincher]

I like what I'm seeing. It looks more cinematic than Syfy's current space-themed shows (The Expanse and Killjoys), and with a good number of space shows in development/on the way right now, being horror helps to set it apart.

 

[Kaleb]

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[Sawyer]

Oh wow.

 

[Marvolo]

Creepy kid in a coat haunting their parent on the creepy ship...unknown malevolent force using a person's traumatic memories and fears against them...drives crew insane and they harm each other...

Is it just me or is this Event Horizon the tv show?

 

[Monsieur Xavier]

Anyone started watching this ?
I'm currently pirating-streaming it @ep01 ...

 

[Teelie]

I didn't think it was airing until tomorrow.

 

[Marvolo]

It will begin airing tomorrow night and a new episode will air each night until December 13.

 

[Marvolo]

Episodes 1 and 2 are free on Amazon Prime Video.

They are also available for $2.99 each on vudu.

 

[chamber-music]

I didn't find the first two episodes particularly riveting. I've not read the novel but so far Nightflyers looks like a blend of Event Horizion, Sphere, Sunshine and Solaris.

Jodie Turner Smith is hot.

 

[Teelie]

I haven't watched it yet but it also gave me that feel too, being like those movies which is ironic because Nightflyers was a novella written well before any of those were ever made.

 

[Marvolo]

The telepath and his handler need to be put out an airlock.

 

[Teelie]

So far this show has been boring. 25 minutes in and it hasn't impressed or interested me. The story is interesting but it is so plodding.

 

[SPO2 Dalisay]

I got hung up on 2093. So in about 50 years we will be genetically modifying children for spaceflight? The opening scene was a mistake in my opinion. I don't know if I am in for a show about a closed ship's crew being picked apart one by one

 

[Teelie]

The original story was set far off into the future. This decision to set it 50 years from now was stupid. So far I have seen two episodes and it still hasn't gotten anywhere interesting, instead randomly killing a few people and grousing on the telepath while the captain clearly knows more than everyone else but leaves the (bored) audience in suspense.

 

[Marvolo]

I think the date is fine. Medicine and science in the past 100 years has jumped lightyears ahead and its increasing exponentially. China just announced last week that they theyve created the first gene edited baby. That's one step closer to "designed" babies. Is it really so hard to believe in 50 years we will be designing our babies?

Also in 50-100 years the earth's population is supposed to go over 10 billion and we are supposed to be in a very real crisis due to limited resources, over population, disease, anti biotic resistant bacteria, and global warming. That's real world. What scientists think is going to happen if we dont make major changes. Since this story is about desperate humanity trying to fix the problems they are having it seems fine to set it only 50 years into the future because we know now that in 50 years we are going to be having those problems if we dont change.

Back when George wrote this story it wasn't wide spread knowledge or even known by scientists that we'd be having this crisis in less than a century. If George had known then what our scientists know now he may have set the story only 50 years in the future.

 

[Teelie]

I still think 50 years is too soon. Maybe a century would have been better.

 

[Marvolo]

I guess it depends how optimistic or pessimistic a viewer is. I think we could have this tech in 50 years, and I also think our species and planet could be irrevocably ****ed within 50 years. So you could say I'm very optimistic and very pessimistic at the same time.

 

[Teelie]

If I wantd to be pessmistic I'd say the planet is already ****ed with the current administration and corporate greed over giving a damn about the future of the planet. They care more about the next quarter let alone caring about the next quarter century.

 

[NotNickFury]

I do like the tone and feel so far. I'm coming into this as an outsider, so I only have this show to go off of, but it's intriguing to me at least.

 

[KevTravels]

maybe i'm missing something; but 3 episodes in and this show sucks.

 

[Teelie]

Three episodes in and it barely moves the meter. Nothing has really surprised me or done something unexpected. In fact it isn't hard to guess at some of the "twists" that the show does have what will happen.

Spoiler

Like the Captain coming out to save everyone or the rabbit having a parasite or the probablity that its the aliens they are looking for that will be behind some of the more crazy psychic hallucinations. I haven't read the book so that's only a guess but it feels like it's the obvious conclusion where this series is taking obvious directions.

In fact the only thing that did stick out was about what was going on with the ship itself.