

Coronavirus Update: Infections in America Hit High Not Seen Since July Peak As Hospitals In Some Smaller States Are OverwhelmedĬoronavirus: Movies That Have Halted Or Delayed Production Amid Outbreak Major NBCUniversal Layoffs In TV & Streaming Unit To Begin In Mid-November NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell Calls Peacock "Opposite Of Quibi" Surprisingly Upbeat On Theme Parks & Broadcast UpfrontĬomcast's Peacock At Nearly 22 Million Sign-Ups Q3 Sales, Profit Dip Theme Park, Theatrical Revenues Plunge The series, whose Season 1 budget is said to be close to $100 million, later migrated to NBCU’s new streaming platform Peacock as its sole homegrown original scripted series at launch. In 2019, the project received a straight-to-series order by Syfy sibling USA Network.

A year later, Morrison and Taylor were tapped to write the adaptation. NBCUniversal’s Syfy and Amblin TV originally partnered to develop a scripted series based on Huxley’s classic in 2015. Owen Harris directed the first two episodes and executive produces the series.īrave New World had a long journey to the screen. John’s arrival in the New World soon threatens to disrupt its utopian harmony, leaving Bernard and Lenina to grapple with the repercussions.įrom UCP, in association with Amblin Television, the series is executive produced by Wiener and Morrison, along with Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey, co-presidents of Amblin Television.

Bernard and Lenina are rescued by John the Savage (Alden Ehrenreich), who escapes with them back to New London. As citizens of New London, Bernard Marx (Harry Lloyd) and Lenina Crowne (Jessica Brown Findlay) embark on a vacation to the Savage Lands, where they become embroiled in a harrowing and violent rebellion. Like most streamers, Peacock does not release performance information on its shows.ĭeveloped by Wiener and Grant Morrison based on Huxley’s dystopian novel, Brave New World imagines a utopian society that has achieved peace and stability through the prohibition of monogamy, privacy, money, family, and history itself. The big-budget drama did not generate a lot of buzz among critics and fans. Brave New World was part of Peacock’s inaugural original slate and the only homegrown scripted series available at launch in July.
