Fans of the superhero genre are about to be given something very different in the new six-episode sci-fi drama, The Nevers.
The plot synopsis is as follows: "In the last years of Victoria’s reign, London is beset by the 'Touched' people - mostly women - who suddenly manifest abnormal abilities, some charming, some very disturbing. Among them are Amalia True (Laura Donnelly), a mysterious, quick-fisted widow, and Penance Adair (Ann Skelly), a brilliant young inventor.
"They are the champions of this new underclass, making a home for the Touched, while fighting the forces of… well, pretty much all the forces - to make room for those whom history as we know it has no place."
However, society fears what it cannot understand.
The Nevers‘ cast also includes Olivia Williams, James Norton, Tom Riley, Rochelle Neil, Eleanor Tomlinson, Amy Manson, Pip Torrens, Denis O’Hare, Zackary Momoh, Elizabeth Berrington, Kiran Sawar, Anna Devlin, Viola Prettejohn, Ella Smith, Nick Frost and Ben Chaplin.
In November of last year, British screenwriter Philippa Goslett (Mary Magdalene, How to Talk to Girls at Parties) joined the sci-fi series as executive producer and showrunner, replacing Joss Whedon.
The Nevers will be released on HBO in the US this April but Irish audiences will get a chance to see it too when the show airs on Sky Atlantic and NOW TV.
The Nevers is created and executive produced by Joss Whedon; executive produced by Bernadette Caulfield, Ilene S. Landress, Doug Petrie, Jane Espenson and Philippa Goslett.
