From ComingSoon.net ...
Lena Headey returning to television in Beacon 23
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After garnering five Emmy nominees during her tenure on the
hit HBO fantasy drama Game of Thrones, Lena Headey is
gearing up to return to the small-screen world with a
series adaptation of the sci-fi thriller novel Beacon 23 at
AMC and Spectrum.
First published in 2016 and written by Hugh Howey, the
official logline for the novel reads as follows:
"For centuries, men and women have manned lighthouses
to ensure the safe passage of ships. It is a lonely
job, and a thankless one for the most part. Until
something goes wrong. Until a ship is in distress.
In the twenty-third century, this job has moved into
outer space. A network of beacons allows ships to
travel across the Milky Way at many times the speed
of light. These beacons are built to be robust. They
never break down. They never fail. At least, they
aren't supposed to."
The series is being created by Ready Player One co-writer Zak
Penn and is described as "an intimate, suspenseful thriller
that follows two people whose fates become entangled after
they find themselves trapped together at the end of the known
universe" and a "tense battle of wills that unfolds at the
edge of space" as "the beacon keeper, begins to question
whether Aster is friend or foe as her ability to disguise her
agenda and motives could make her a formidable opponent."
Headey is set to co-lead the series as Aster, a woman who
mysteriously finds her way to a lonely beacon keeper on his
lighthouse in the darkest recesses of space."
"Lena Headey was a wonderful, versatile actress before she
gave one of the defining performances in television history,"
Penn said in a statement. "So, as they say, 'no pressure.'
I'm thankful to all the people making this show possible,
they just keep delivering beyond my expectations."
In addition to starring, Headey is set to executive produce
the project via her Peephole Productions label alongside Ira
Steven Behr, Tina Thor, Elisa Ellis and Katie O'Connell Marsh.
The series is a co-production between Spectrum and AMC, with
the former getting a nine-month exclusive run before it gets
a second run across the latter's platforms.
"We had exactly one person in mind when thinking about who
could play Aster - who could bring the strength, the
vulnerability and the brilliance to Zak's complex character?
No one but Lena Headey," Katherine Pope, head of Spectrum
Originals, said in a statement.
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