The Wachowskis Create ‘Sense8’ Sci-Fi Series for Netflix

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The sibling filmmaking team of Andy and Lana Wachowski (The Matrix films, Cloud Atlas) along with J. Michael Straczynski (Babylon 5, Thor) are teaming up on Sense8, a new science fiction series coming to the ever-expanding Netflix lineup. Season one of the 10 episode thriller will be debuting in 2014, marking the Wachowskis first television venture.

Announcing the project, Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos stated, “Andy and Lana Wachowski and Joe Straczynski are among the most imaginative writers and gifted visual storytellers of our time. Their incredible creations are favorites of Netflix members globally and we can’t wait to bring Sense8 to life.”

“We’re excited to work with Netflix and Georgeville Television on this project, and we’ve wanted to work with Joe Straczynski for years, chiefly due to the fact his name is harder to pronounce than ours, but also because we share a love of genre and all things nerdy,” said Andy and Lana Wachowski. “Several years ago, we had a late night conversation about the ways technology simultaneously unites and divides us, and out of that paradox Sense8 was born.”

“We are proud to be working with Netflix on this new series,” said Straczynski. “Lana, Andy, and I are fans of each other’s creations, and have been looking for something to do together for nearly a decade.”

Georgeville Television is producing Sense8 which is described as “a gripping global tale of minds linked and souls hunted.” the series also has Marc Rosen, Leon Clarance and Deepak Nayar on board as executive producers.

In addition to Sense8, the Wachowskis are busy working on the feature film Jupiter Ascending starring Channing Tatum and Mila Kunis. the cast of the Warner Bros production also includes Sean Bean, Eddie Redmayne, Douglas Booth, Tuppence Middleton, Doona Bae, James D’Arcy, and Tim Pigott-Smith. Jupiter Ascending opens in theaters in February 2015.