HBO's The Nevers restarted shooting in London in September, following the 6 months covid lockdown. As before, nothing is being openly revealed about filming - Tom Riley teased about finally getting a haircut, but a recent interview with James Norton for The Independent threw us a new tit-bit: his character Hugo Swan runs Satanic orgy clubs! The Nevers, written and directed by Joss Whedon, managed to complete 5 or so episodes before shut down.
As ever, Norton has multiple projects in the pipeline. He is half way through shooting Joss Whedon’s new HBO TV sci‑fi drama, The Nevers. No, he jokes, he doesn’t play a window cleaner. His character, Hugo Swan, is a “crazy, pansexual posh boy who runs Satanic orgy clubs”.
Another cast member also has a news tit-bit- Ann Skelly who plays Penance Adair was nominated as Best Actress in a TV Drama in the Irish Film and Television Awards for her role in Death & Nightingales. She participated in a round table discussion with other nominees last Thursday. May be worth keeping an eye out in case the interview is shared onine. Lead actress Laura Donnelly took part in a very entertaining podcast during lockdown, and she mentions The Nevers in it.
We know that The Nevers will broadcast on HBO sometime in 2021, and WhatCulture.com has been excited abut the show, featuring it in an upcoming list of HBO shows.
The king of cult television, Joss Whedon will be returning to the small screen next year with the new sci-fi drama, The Nevers. Whedon has been behind some of the most iconic television programmes of the 21st century, including Buffy the Vampire Slayer (and it’s spin-off, Angel) and Firefly. This will be his first television project in almost a decade, and a return to his roots after helming the first two successful Avengers movies.
The series has been described as a science fiction drama with a tinge of historical fiction. It will be centred around a group of young women, who begrudgingly have to find a way to save the world after being burdened with some unusual abilities. The women will be portrayed by an ensemble cast, headed by series lead, Laura Donnelly.
The premise sounds typical Whedon, right. But this time, there’s a twist - it will be set in Victorian times. So, think Buffy meets Penny Dreadful. Joining Whedon will be some serious talented writers, including Buffy the Vampire Slayer writers, Doug Petrie and Jane Espensen. So, possibly, what we have on our hands is a more grown-up, volatile version of Buffy.
