‘The Fear Index’: Robert Harris Novel Adaptation Starring Josh Hartnett Gets February UK Premiere On Sky Atlantic
Sky has set a February premiere date for ‘The Fear Index‘, a brand new Sky Original thriller starring Josh Hartnett (‘Penny Dreadful’) which will premiere on Sky Atlantic and streaming service NOW.
Tech genius Dr Alex Hoffman (Hartnett) is launching VIXAL-4 to investors – an AI-driven system that exploits fear in the financial markets and operates at lightning speed to make big returns. The promise is billions, the rich are ready to get richer… but this is not the day Alex and Hugo (Arsher Ali – ‘The Ritual’, ‘Informer’), his hedge fund business partner and best friend, had planned. What follows is a terrifying journey through the worst 24 hours of Alex’s life – cutting across reality, memory and paranoid fantasy, forcing him to question everything he sees with his own eyes.
In the pulse of Geneva’s financial district, Alex’s sanity is shaken after he is viciously attacked at his home by a man who knows all of his security codes. After more unexplained occurrences, Alex becomes convinced he’s being framed. But as secrets surface from his past, will anyone believe that he isn’t just losing his mind?
Detective Leclerc (Grégory Montel – ‘Call My Agent’), assigned to Alex’s case, struggles to work this former CERN scientist out. Hoffman’s talented artist wife, Gabby (Leila Farzad – ‘I Hate Suzie, Innocent’) might just be losing patience this time, whilst Hugo’s only concern is the billion-dollar business on the line. Invention can be lonely, and in a modern world of AI, capitalism and technological breakthroughs, Dr Alex Hoffman is about to learn the hard way how destructive his creation might be…
The fast-paced four-part limited series is adapted by Paul Andrew Williams (‘Broadchurch’) and Caroline Bartleet (‘Ticking’) from Robert Harris’s novel, and is directed by David Caffrey (‘The Alienist’, ‘Peaky Blinders’).
The series was commissioned by Zai Bennett, Managing Director of Content, Sky UK and Ireland, Gabriel Silver, Director of Commissioning, Drama, Sky Studios and Paul Gilbert, Commissioning Editor, Sky Studios. ‘The Fear Index’ is produced by Left Bank Pictures in association with Sky Studios. The Executive Producers are Andy Harries and Sharon Hughff for Left Bank Pictures, and Paul Gilbert for Sky Studios.
‘The Fear Index‘ is set to premiere Thursday, 10th February 2022 at 9pm on Sky Atlantic and NOW in the UK and Ireland.
