HBO Gives Order to New Joss Whedon Series The Nevers

Joss Whedon has found a home for his new science fiction series. HBO announced on Sunday that they have given a series order to Whedon’s The Nevers. Whedon will serve as executive producer, showrunner, writer, and director for the series.

The Nevers is described as an epic 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. By its description, that theme has more than a passing familiarity to the work for which he is perhaps most closely associated with in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, although there is no indication of any connection between them.

HBO President of Programming Casey Bloys said, “We have long been fans of the incredibly talented and prolific Joss Whedon and we can’t think of a better project than The Nevers with which to welcome him to the HBO family. We look forward to meeting the strange, multifaceted characters of The Nevers, to learn their stories, see them in action and share them with our viewers. We’re honored that Joss chose HBO as the place to build his ambitious new world and we are excited to get started.”

Whedon added, “I honestly couldn’t be more excited. The Nevers is maybe the most ambitious narrative I’ve created, and I can’t imagine a better home for it than HBO. Not only are they the masters of cinematic long-form, but their instant understanding of my odd, intimate epic was as emotional as it was incisive. It’s been too long since I created an entirely new fictional world, and the HBO team offer not just scope and experience, not just ‘prestige,’ but a passionate collaboration. I could go on, but — I’m impatiently grateful to say — I have work to do.”