George R. R. Martin’s NIGHTFLYERS Lands a Series Order at SyFy and The Cast is Set
George R.R. Martin's Nightflyers has officially been ordered to series at SyFy and the cast for the series has been announced. There's been a lot of buzz surrounding this series project, after all, it comes from the guy who brought us Game of Thrones.
The series, which is based on the novella written Martin, tells the story of "eight maverick scientists and a powerful telepath who embark on an expedition to the edge of our solar system in the hopes of contacting alien life. They travel 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 each other, and surviving the journey proves harder than anyone thought."
The series will star Gretchen Mol as Dr. Agatha Matheson, alongside Eoin Macken as Karl D’Branin, David Ajala as Roy Eris, Sam Strike as Thale, Maya Eshet as Lommie, Angus Sampson as Rowan, Jodie Turner-Smith as Melantha Jhirl, and Brían F. O’Byrne as Auggie.
Martin is an executive producer on the series, but he won't be involved with the day to day development of the series because he needs to finally finish the sixth installment of his Song of Ice and Fire book series, The Winds of Winter!