Brave New World
Sky/Peacock, 2020
Inspired by the iconic novel by Aldous Huxley, the series is set in a utopia whose perfection hinges upon control of monogamy and privacy. None of the residents have been born, but are created in a factory and given ranks – Alphas at the top of society and Epsilons at the bottom. Everyone is happy, as long as they take their soma pills to fend off any negative thoughts or feelings. So when members of the collective begin to question the rules, the regimented society is put on a collision course with forbidden love and revolution.
Created by Grant Morrison and Brian Taylor (Happy!) and David Wiener (Fear the Waking Dead) with cast including Alden Ehrenreich (Solo: A Star Wars Story, Hail Caesar!), Jessica Brown Findlay (Harlots, Downtown Abbey) and Harry Lloyd (The Theory of Everything, Anthropoid).
Intimacy Coordinator
Ita O’Brien for Intimacy On Set
“In perhaps another way of showing how our culture has evolved, behind the scenes, he [Wiener] stresses that the series’ intimacy coordinator, Ita O’Brien, was essential to bringing New London to the screen safely, respectfully, and consensually. ‘She empowered everybody and everyone felt really secure, and it kind of demystified [the sex and nude scenes] in a way that allowed everybody to kind of be free in the way that New Londoners would be.’”
Syfy, 17 July 2020
