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Peripheral

Synopsis

Bobbi Johnson is a young literary sensation facing her difficult second novel. Already dealing with a crazed stalker and her junkie ex-boyfriend, Bobbi is convinced by her publisher to use new smart editing software and finds herself going head-to-head with an artificial intelligence determined to write her book for her. As the machine manipulates her work to suit its own nefarious ends, Bobbi begins to realise that she is being controlled in ways far more sinister than she suspected. She may, in fact, be a pawn in a conspiracy of social mind control. Too far down the rabbit hole to turn back, Bobbi must keep writing, fighting her own addictions and hallucinations as she rushes to beat her deadline without selling her soul in the process and becoming a cog in a monstrous machine.

Details

Year
2017
Type of project
Features
Director
Paul Hyett
Producer
Tim Clayton, Bill Kenwright, Craig Tuohy
Executive Producer
Naomi George, Jonathan Rae
Screenwriter
Dan Schaffer
Principal cast
Hannah Arterton, Rosie Day, Jenny Seagrove, Tom Conti, Elliott James Langridge

Genre

Horror Fantasy Sci-Fi

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Post-production

Production Company

Ascension Productions

Bill Kenwright Films

Naomi George
BKL House
1 Venice Walk
London
W2 1RR

Sales Company

The Salt Company International

2nd Floor, Unit 19
Tileyard Studios
Tileyard Road
London
N7 9AH

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