Alice Braga (Queen of the South) and Jimmi Simpson (Pachinko) will star alongside Joel Edgerton in “Dark Matter,” an adaptation of Blake Crouch’s acclaimed sci-fi novel, on Apple TV+. This new Sony television series also stars Jennifer Connell. Joel Edgerton is the executive producer for the show.
Written and directed by Crouch, the nine-episode series follows Jason Dessen (Edgerton), a physicist, professor, and family man who is sucked into an alternate life, after walking home alone one night on the dark and lonely streets of Chicago. Wonder quickly turns into a nightmare when he tries to return to reality amid the multiverse of lives he could have lived. In this labyrinth of mind-bending facts, he embarks on a harrowing journey to return to his true family and save them from the most terrifying, unbeatable foe imaginable: himself.
Braga plays Amanda, a psychiatrist. Simpson plays Ryan, a brilliant neuroscientist and friend of Jason (Edgerton). Matt Tolmach (Jumanji franchise, Venom) is Executive Producer on Dark Matter. and David Manpearl for Matt Tolmach Productions. Crouch will write the series and serve as showrunner and executive producer, and Jakob Verbruggen (Invasion, The Alienist) will direct the first three episodes.
Braga is known for her starring role as Teresa Mendoza in the US Queen of the South. On the film front, she was last seen in “The Suicide Squad” and will soon be starring in FX’s upcoming limited series “Retreat.” It is represented by WME and Greenberg Glusker.
Simpson recently appeared on television in “Pachinko” and “The Man Who Fell To Earth” and will next be in the upcoming film “Audrey’s Children.” He is represented by CAA and attorney Bruce Gellman.
Jennifer Connelly is also set to star in the Apple TV Plus series based on Blake Crouch’s 2016 sci-fi thriller novel Dark Matter. A widely acclaimed actress on both the large and small screen, Connelly joins a cast that includes Joel Edgerton in the lead role.
Connelly is not new to television, having recently starred in TNT’s Snowpiercer series, currently set to end with its 4th season. The actress is known largely for her roles in film and for winning the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her performance in 1999s A Beautiful Mind. She also had critically acclaimed roles in Requiem for a Dream (2000) and House of Sand and Fog (2003). She was most recently seen in the blockbuster hit Top Gun: Maverick (2022) over the summer.
Connelly is also known for her roles in sci-fi and horror, including one of her first appearances at age 15 in 1985’s Phenomena directed by Dario Argento. Other roles include Dark Water (2005), based on an earlier Japanese horror film, and a 2008 adaptation of The Day the Earth Stood Still opposite Keanu Reeves. Many know her as the star of the childhood fantasy favorite Labyrinth (1986) opposite David Bowie.