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Producti
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Developme
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The series was


initially
planned to run
on AMC and
Channel 4,
before AMC
pulled out,
leading
Channel 4 to
announce the
series.[1] In
February 2017,
it was
announced that
Amazon Video
had bought the
U.S. rights to
the series.[2]

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The series is
produced by
Sony Pictures Television
with
Ronald D. Moore
,
Michael Dinner
, and
Bryan Cranston
serving as
executive
producers.
Cranston also
stars in one of
the episodes.
[1] The
episode writers
include Ronald
D. Moore,
Michael
Dinner,
Tony Grisoni,
Jack Thorne,
Matthew Graham
, David Farr,
Dee Rees, and
Travis Beacham
.[5] Jack
Thorne wrote
the teleplay for
"The
Commuter",
based on
the short story of the same name
, with
Tom Harper
directing the
episode.[6]
Casting

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In March 2017,
Timothy Spall
joined the
episode "The
Commuter",
starring
opposite
Anthony Boyle
and
Tuppence Middleton
.[6] The
following
month,
Jack Reynor
and
Benedict Wong
were cast to
lead the
episode
"Impossible
Planet",
alongside a
supporting cast
including
Geraldine Chaplin
and
Georgina Campbell
.[7] Also in
April,
Steve Buscemi
was cast in
"Crazy
Diamond", and
Greg Kinnear
and
Mireille Enos
joined the
episode "The
Father Thing".
[8]

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On 3 May
2017,
Anna Paquin
and
Terrence Howard
were cast in
the episode
"Real Life",
with a
supporting cast
including
Rachelle Lefevre
, Jacob Vargas,
Sam Witwer,
Guy Burnet
and
Lara Pulver.[9]
[10] Also in
May,
Richard Madden
and
Holliday Grainger
were
announced to
star in "The
Hood Maker".
[11] Later that
month,
Vera Farmiga
and
Mel Rodriguez
were cast to
lead the
episode "Kill
All Others",
with
Jason Mitchell,
Glenn Morshower
and
Sarah Baker
also appearing.
[12][13]
Finally in
May,
Janelle Monáe
and
Juno Temple
joined the cast
of the episode
"Autofac"
alongside
Jay Paulson
and
David Lyons.
[14]

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In June 2017,
Maura Tierney
and
Annalise Basso
were cast to
star in "Safe
and Sound",
and Bryan
Cranston was
confirmed to
appear in the
episode
"Human Is"
with
Essie Davis,
Liam Cunningham
and
Ruth Bradley.
[15]
Filming
Five episodes
were filmed in
England and
five were
filmed in
Chicago.[16]

The fourth
episode of the
series, "Crazy
Diamond",
filmed in two
locations in
Kent, England;
the Dungeness
estate was used
for various
exterior
settings and
driving scenes,
and the
Cheyne Court
wind farm was
used as the
checkpoint
Sally passes on
her way in and
out of the
estate.[17]
Music

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Harry Gregson-Williams
was hired to
compose the
main titles
theme music
and score an
episode, and
Ólafur Arnalds
and
Cristobal Tapia de Veer
were also
hired to score
multiple
episodes each.
[18]
Brian Transeau
and
Mark Isham
scored music
for the episode
titled
"Autofac",
while
Bear McCreary
scored music
for three
episodes in the
first season.
[19]
Sequels

Amazon
intended the
production as a
limited series.
Some sources
say Sony TV is
attempting to
find a new
home for the
drama.[20]
Episodes
Each episode
is based on a
short story by
Dick.[21] The
episode
sequences are
different on
Channel 4 and
Amazon Video
.[22]
No. Amazon Original air
overall episode no. Title Directed by Teleplay by Based on date

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"
"The Hood The Hood Maker
1 5 Maker" Julian Jarrold Matthew Graham " 09/17/17
In an authoritarian regime called the Free Union, a minority of humans have developed telepathic abilities. Mistrusted by society, they are
referred to as "Teeps", live in ghettos, and are routinely discriminated against. A telepath named Honor is recruited to work for the police, a
forms a close relationship with her handler, Agent Ross. The pair begin working together on an investigation when a mysterious individual
calling himself the "Hood Maker", begins distributing telepathy-proof hoods throughout the city.

Cast : Richard Madden as Agent Ross; Holliday Grainger as Honor; Noma Dumezweni as Senior Agent Okhile; Anneika Rose as Mary;
Richard McCabe as Dr. Thaddeus Cutter; Paul Ritter as Franklyn; and Tony Way as Carmichael
"
"Impossible The Impossible Planet
2 8 Planet" David Farr David Farr " 09/24/17
Two bored space tourism guides, Norton and Andrews, are approached by a 342-year-old woman, Irma Louise Gordon, who offers them fi
years' salary each to take her on one last trip to Earth. As they are not sure the planet even exists anymore, having been evacuated centuries
due to solar flares, they head for a similar planet, although Irma's robot servant deduces (and maintains) the subterfuge. Irma has a very
specific dream about her grandparents swimming in a river in Carolina, and wants to re-enact this with Norton, who closely resembles her
grandfather.

Cast : Jack Reynor as Brian Norton; Benedict Wong as Ed Andrews; Geraldine Chaplin as Irma Louise Gordon; Georgina Campbell as
Barbara; and Malik Ibheis as RB29
"
"The The Commuter 1 October 201
3 9 Commuter" Tom Harper Jack Thorne " 7
Ed Jacobson is a railway worker at Woking station. His life takes a turn for the worse when his son, Sam, begins experiencing psychotic
episodes. Afterwards, a young woman named Linda asks for a ticket to a non-existent destination called "Macon Heights". Intrigued, Jacob
follows a number of passengers who jump off the train and walk to an idyllic village where their traumas are wiped away. On his return ho
he discovers his son never existed, and he returns to Macon Heights to find Linda and demand she restore his original life.

Cast : Timothy Spall as Ed Jacobson; Rebecca Manley as Mary Jacobson; Anthony Boyle as Sam Jacobson; Rudi Dharmalingam as Bob
Paine; Tuppence Middleton as Linda; Anne Reid as Martine Jenkins; Ann Akin as Dr. Simpson; Hayley Squires as Waitress; and Tom Bro
as Tall Man in Light Coat
"Crazy 8 October 201
4 4 Diamond" Marc Munden Tony Grisoni "Sales Pitch" 7
Ed Morris works at a company which produces synthetic humanoids called Jacks and Jills, and the QCs ("quantum consciousness") which
them intelligence and emotions. He is approached by a dying Jill, who wants him to help her steal ten QCs – one to extend her own lifespan
and the rest to sell, with a share going to Ed to start a new life with his wife, Sally.

Cast : Steve Buscemi as Ed Morris; Sidse Babett Knudsen as Jill; Julia Davis as Sally Morris; Lucian Msamati as The Director;
Joanna Scanlan as Su; and Michael Socha as Noah
"Exhibit Piece" 15 October 20
5 1 "Real Life" Jeffrey Reiner Ronald D. Moore [27] 17
Sarah is a policewoman living in the future who shares headspace with George, a brilliant game designer living in the present. While both o
them try to understand which one of them is "real" and which one is living in a dream, both are pursuing violent killers whose plans could h
shattering consequences. In a race against time, sharing a bond that no one else can see, they learn the very thing that connects them can als
destroy them.

Cast : Anna Paquin as Sarah; Terrence Howard as George; Rachelle Lefevre as Katie; Lara Pulver as Paula; Sam Witwer as Chris; Guy Bu
as Collins; and Jacob Vargas as Mario
Jessica 29 October 20
6 3 "Human Is" Francesca Gregorini
Mecklenburg "Human Is" 17

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Mission director Vera Herrick is trapped in a loveless marriage with military hero Colonel Silas Herrick. Silas returns to the planet of Rexo
to obtain a substance needed to process Earth's toxic atmosphere, but comes under attack from the local Rexorians. When their ship returns
autopilot, Silas has apparently survived, and Vera finds him uncharacteristically kind and considerate. The colonel is arrested by the State,
believe that Silas has been taken over by a Rexorian consciousness.

Cast : Bryan Cranston as Silas Herrick; Essie Davis as Vera Herrick; Liam Cunningham as General Olin; Ruth Bradley as Yaro Peterson;
William Gaminara as Dr. El Ganol; Khalid Abdalla as Interrogator; and Ronan Vibert as Chief Judge
"
"The Father Michael The Father-thing26 February 20
7 7 Thing" Michael Dinner Dinner " 18
Eleven-year-old Charlie has a close relationship with his father, sharing a love of baseball. One night, while camping out, they see glowing
orbs slowly falling from the sky, which the radio news reports are meteoroids. After a day at home, Charlie is uncertain that his father is wh
or what, he appears to be, and he is not alone. Charlie and his best friend eventually find a field filled with body doubles grown by the alien

Cast : Greg Kinnear as The Father; Mireille Enos as The Mother; Jack Gore as Charlie Cotrell; Shannon Brown as Rotko; Alana Arenas as
Detective Fernandez; Terry Kinney as Mr. Dick; and Andrew Rothenberg as Captain Miller
8 2 "Autofac" Peter Horton Travis Beacham"Autofac" 5 March 2018
Twenty years after a nuclear war, a small community of survivors are challenged by an automated corporate factory, which uses drones to s
them unnecessary goods on a daily schedule. Their ability to grow food is diminishing as the natural world around them fades away, which
they believe is due to pollution caused by the mega-factory. They plan to bypass the deadly defenses of the factory and shut it down.

Cast : Juno Temple as Emily; Janelle Monáe as Alice; David Lyons as Conrad Morrison; Nick Eversman as Avishai; Jay Paulson as Rever
Perine; and Maximiliano Hernández as Lewis
Kalen Egan "
"Safe and and Travis Foster, You're Dead!
9 6 Sound" Alan Taylor Sentell " 12 March 2018
In a near-future dystopia, the United States is divided between high-tech, hysterically paranoid "safe" cities and "bubble" communities whe
invasive technologies are rejected. A "bubble" representative moves with her daughter for a year of negotiations and life in the big city. Wh
the mother tries to negotiate better treatment of the bubbles, her daughter struggles to adapt to school life, its social oddities, and the pervas
technologies around her.

Cast : Annalise Basso as Foster Lee; Maura Tierney as Irene Lee; Connor Paolo as Ethan; Alice Lee as Milena; Algee Smith as Kaveh; and
Martin Donovan as Odin
"
"Kill All The Hanging Stranger
10 10 Others" Dee Rees Dee Rees " 19 March 2018

In the near future, video advertising is everywhere. North America is a single nation with a single presidential Candidate. Philbert Noyce is
less than enthusiastic about consumerism and is a low-motivation Q.A. worker on a production line. During the Candidate's speech one nig
Philbert hears her utter the words "kill all others" while those words flash on the screen. Few others have seen or heard the message but ma
are affected by it. Only one of Philbert's co-workers believes what he says about the message and the political system. Eventually, Philbert
driven onto an ad where a hanging victim has been left, lambasting the government's callousness, and declares that everyone is an "Other".

Cast : Mel Rodriguez as Philbert Noyce; Sarah Baker as Maggie Noyce; Jason Mitchell as Lenny; Glenn Morshower as Ed; Louis Herthum
Supervisor; Gabriel Ruiz as TV Host; Tim Heurlin as TV Pundit; Karissa Murrell Myers as TV Pundit 2; DuShon Monique Brown as Peac
Sergeant; and Vera Farmiga as the Candidate

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(millions)

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