“Sense8,” the new 10-episode Netflix series from The Wachowskis siblings and J. Michael Straczynski, follows eight people in eight cities who find themselves “mentally and emotionally connected” via technology without having any idea why. As they try to figure it out they find themselves hunted by an organization that want to capture and/or vivisect them.
Due to hit Netflix June 5, it stars Daryl Hannah (“Kill Bill”), Naveen Andrews (“Lost”), Freema Agyeman (“Doctor Who”), Tuppence Middleton (“Jupiter Ascending”), Aml Ameen (“The Butler), Terrence Mann (“The Dresden Files”), Jamie Clayton (“Hung”), Miguel Silvestre (“I’m So Excited!”), Tena Desae (“The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel”), Doona Bae (“Cloud Atlas,” “Jupiter Ascending”), Max Riemelt (“The Depraved”), Erendira Ibarra (“Capadocia”) and Alfonso Herrera (“El Diez”).
The eight cities are Chicago, San Francisco, Mexico City, London, Berlin, Reykjavík, Seoul, Mumbai and Nairobi.
The Wachowskis wrote and directed the “Matrix” movies, “Speed Racer” “Cloud Atlas” and “Jupiter Ascending.”
Writer Straczynski’s resume is even longer, encompassing everything from the “He-Man,” “Real Ghostbusters,” “Captain Power,” “Jake and the Fatman,” “Murder She Wrote,” “Babylon Five” and “Crusade” TV series to big-screen projects like 2008’s “The Changeling,” 2009’s “Ninja Assassin” and 2012’s “Underworld: Awakening.” (He also received “story” credits on “Thor” and “World War Z.”)
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