Trudie Styler To EP Audio Thriller For Realm; Mark Rylance, Rebecca Ferguson, Charles Dance And More To Voice
deadline.comRealm hopes to scare up listeners for an election-timed, star-studded audio thriller from Trudie Styler. Spark Hunter will debut November 8 and will feature Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies), Rebecca Ferguson (Dune), and Charles Dance (Game of Thrones), who will also executive produce with Styler.
The eight-episode, futuristic series also marks Styler’s first foray into audio. The Fighter Steel Productions title is centered around a set of top secret covert recordings from the archives of the President of the United States illegally released by the world’s greatest expert in robotics.
It’s his warning to humanity. Co-written and created by podcast producer K.B. Miller and executive producer Teressa Tunney, the project was inspired both by Miller’s experience as principal investigator on an AI project for the U.S.
Department of Defense and by the ethical dilemmas Tunney encountered in documenting the story of Korea’s comfort women. Spark Hunter examines the story of the world’s most advanced robot (Ferguson) who is pitted against the NSA and POTUS who believe she’s gone rogue and are determined to decommission her.
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