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Nightflyers on Netflix release date – when you can watch the George RR Martin drama and what’s it about?
NIGHTFYLERS is a new sci-fi series coming soon to Netflix.
Here's everything you need to know about the George RR Martin show...
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When is Nightflyers released on Netflix?
Nightflyers is based on the novella by Game of Thrones writer George R. R. Martin, who also served as an executive producer on the show.
The first season consists of ten episodes and has already aired in America.
However, you'll be able to stream it in the UK on Netflix from February 1, 2019.
And all ten episodes will be ready for you to binge-watch straight away.
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What is Nightflyers about?
Nightflyers follows eight maverick scientists and a powerful telepath.
The series sees them embark on an expedition to the edge of our solar system aboard The Nightflyer - a ship with a small tight knit crew and a reclusive captain - in the hope of making contact with alien life.
But when terrifying and violent events begin to take place they start to question each other - and surviving the journey proves harder than anyone thought.
The series is adapted from the book of the same name written By Game of Thrones author George R. R. Martin.
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Who is in the cast of Nightflyers?
The show brings with it an incredible ensemble of talented actors.
The main cast of this brand new series includes:
- Eoin Macken as Karl D’Branin, an astrophysicist and leader of the Nightflyer expedition.
- David Ajala as Roy Eris, the reclusive captain of the Nightflyer.
- Jodie Turner-Smith as Melantha Jhirl.
- Angus Sampson as Rowan, a xenobiologist.
- Sam Strike as Thale, an L-1 telepath.
- Maya Eshet as Lommie Thorne, a cyberneticist, who communicates with the Nightflyer's computers via a neuro-port surgically implanted in her arm.
- Brían F. O'Byrne as Auggie, chief engineer of the Nightflyer.
- Gretchen Mol as Agatha Matheson, a psychiatrist who specialises in working with telepaths.
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Who is George R. R. Martin?
George Raymond Richard Martin, 70, is an American novelist and short story writer.
He is best known for his series of epic fantasy novels, A Song of Ice and Fire, which was adapted into the HBO series Game of Thrones.
In 2005, Lev Grossman of Time called Martin "the American Tolkien".
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