As we gear up to start watching the new dystopian Prime Video seriesThe Peripheral, the streamer decided to share with Collider the title sequence ahead of the premiere on Friday. We can now share with you the intriguing opening credits that set the tone of the sci-fi series. Led byChloë Grace Moretz(Kick-Ass), the show centers around a girl who discovers that the simulated reality she’s been playing is actually real-life 2099 London, and this discovery puts her entire family in danger.
The atmospheric title sequence fromThe Peripheralplays up the mind-bending ideas of the series, as well as its futuristic aspects through lights and melting shapes and faces. The sequence also alludes to the way that reality is reproduced through computers in simulations, as well as the way advanced technology defies our notions of what is real.
As the trailer has already suggested,The Peripherallooks like an ambitious cross betweenThe Matrix,Ready Player One, andWestworld, and this combination should make for an adventure that’s both exciting and intriguing. The title sequence underscores this notion with cryptic imagery and a thrilling score.
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The Peripheralis created and showrunned byScott B. Smith(Siberia), and is based on the 2014 best-selling novel of the same name by authorWilliam Gibson. Episodes are directed byVicenzo Natali, who previously helmed the high-concept cult filmCube.
In addition to Moretz, the series also featuresJack Reynor(Midsommar),Gary Carr(The Deuce),Eli Goree(One Night in Miami),Louis Herthum(Westworld),JJ Feild(TURN: Washington’s Spies),T’Nia Miller(The Haunting of Bly Manor),Charlotte Riley(Peaky Blinders),Alexandra Billings(The Conners),Adelind Horan(The Deuce),Alex Hernandez(UnReal),Katie Leung(Chimerica),Julian Moore-Cook(Peaky Blinders),Melinda Page Hamilton(Messiah),Chris Coy(The Deuce), andAustin Rising(Alt).
Prime Video premieresThe Peripheralthis Friday, October 21. you may check out the title sequence below:
Read the detailed official synopsis here:
Flynne Fisher (Chloë Grace Moretz), her Marine veteran brother, Burton (Jack Reynor), and their dying mother live in a small town in the Blue Ridge Mountains in 2032. As their mother’s health deteriorates and the medical bills add up, Flynne and Burton make extra money playing simulations (Sims). The two siblings share Burton’s avatar, “jockeying” for high-paying customers to beat challenging game levels. When Burton is offered a chance to beta test a new Sim, it’s Flynne who ends up playing, pretending to be her brother. The Sim takes place in London and it tasks Flynne with breaking into a corporation known as the Research Institute—to steal a valuable secret. When the assignment goes badly wrong, Flynne begins to realize the Sim is more real than she ever could have imagined. The London she’s exploring exists in the future…year 2099. And what Flynne has uncovered in the Research Institute has put her and her family in grave peril. There are people from the future who want to use Flynne for the information she’s stolen…and there are others who want Flynne dead. Flynne encounters Wilf (Gary Carr) in Future London, a man who may be the key to unlocking the mystery at hand. But first, in her present, Flynne and Burton, along with his former elite military unit, must rally to save themselves from forces intent on killing them—forces sent from the future to reclaim the vital secret Flynne stole.
