Prime Video Schedule Additions: New TV & Movies Arriving October 17-23

October 16, 2022

An intriguing sci-fi story is hitting Prime Video this week.

Starting on Friday, October 21, the streaming service will release The Peripheral, the live-action adaptation of William Gibson’s novel of the same name. The series will be led by Chloë Grace Moretz (Kick-Ass) as Flynne Fisher and Jack Reynor (Midsommar) as Burton. Joining Moretz and Reynor are Gary Carr (The Deuce), Eli Goree (One Night in Miami), Louis Herthum (Westworld), JJ Feild (TURN: Washington’s Spies), T’Nia Miller (The Haunting of Bly Manor), Charlotte Riley (Peaky Blinders), Alexandra Billings (The Conners), as well as Adelind Horan (The Deuce), Alex Hernandez (UnReal), Katie Leung (Chimerica), Julian Moore-Cook (Peaky Blinders), Melinda Page Hamilton (Messiah), Chris Coy (The Deuce), and Austin Rising (Alt).

“Flynne Fisher lives in the rural American South, working at the local 3D printing shop, while earning much-needed extra money playing VR games for rich people,” reads the synopsis. “One night she dons a headset and finds herself in futuristic London — a sleek and mysterious world, alluringly different from her own hardscrabble existence. But this isn’t like any game she’s ever played before: Flynne begins to realize it isn’t virtual reality … it’s real. Someone in London, seventy years in the future, has found a way to open a door to Flynne’s world. And as utterly beguiling as London is … it’s also dangerous. As Flynne searches to discover who has connected their worlds, and for what purpose, her presence here sets dangerous forces into motion … forces intent on destroying Flynne and her family in her own world.”

The series adaptation is written by Scott B. Smith, who serves as the executive producer and showrunner. Westworld creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy are executive producing, together with Steven Hoban, Kilter Films’ Athena Wickham, and director Vincenzo Natalie.