The HBO sci-fi drama adds twelve names to its cast.
The Nevers is a science fiction drama “about a gang of Victorian women who find themselves with unusual abilities, relentless enemies, and a mission that might change the world.”
Lead Laura Donnelly is joined by Olivia Williams (Miss Austen Regrets), James Norton (Grantchester), Tom Riley (Dark Heart), Ann Skelly (Death and Nightingales), Ben Chaplin (The Children Act), Pip Torrens (The Crown), Zackary Momoh (Seven Seconds), Amy Manson (Torchwood), Nick Frost (Fighting With My Family), Rochelle Neil (Death in Paradise), Eleanor Tomlinson (Poldark) and Denis O’Hare (This Is Us).
Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator and The Avengers writer/director Joss Whedon is directing from a script co-written by himself with Buffy alums Jane Espenson and Doug Petrie. Whedon will also serve as showrunner and will executive produce alongside Espenson, Petrie and Bernie Caulfield.
