Syfy Orders Pilot for George R.R. Martin's Nightflyers
Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin’s 1980 novella, Nightflyers has gone to pilot for Syfy reports Variety.
The network revealed in May that the show was being developed for series with Jeff Buhler writing the adaptation.
Nightflyers follows eight maverick scientists and a powerful telepath who embark on an expedition to the edge of our solar system in the hopes of contacting alien life. They travel aboard The Nightflyer – a ship with a small tightknit crew and a reclusive captain. 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.
“We are looking forward to diving deeper into George R.R. Martin’s chilling world of Nightflyers,” said Bill McGoldrick, executive vice president of scripted development for NBC/Universal Cable Entertainment. “The script that Jeff delivered encapsulates this classic sci-fi horror story and adapts it to a platform where we can truly explore the depths of madness.”
The pilot follows Syfy’s rebrand which has seen the network announce series pick-ups for the Superman prequel Krypton and graphic novel adaptation Happy! starring Christopher Meloni.
