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In the near future, a crewed spacecraft is sent to Mars. For this high-stakes mission, a team of elite astronauts are assembled from around the globe. They hail from the United States, Russia, China, India, and Great Britain. If all goes well, they will be away from the place they call home and the people they love for three years. During this time, their relationships both on Earth and in space will be tested, as they struggle to stay alive and stay on track in pursuit of humanity’s most important goal. The world will be watching.
From the visionary who brought you Friday Night Lights and Parenthood comes an epic, emotional story of love and sacrifice, starring two-time Academy Award winner Hilary Swank.
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Away follows “Emma Green, an American astronaut who must leave her husband and teenage daughter behind in order to command an international space crew embarking upon a treacherous, year-long mission. It is a series about hope, humanity and how ultimately, we need one another if we are to achieve impossible things.”
On June 10, 2018, it was announced that Netflix had given the production a series order for a first season consisting of ten episodes. The series was set to be written by Andrew Hinderaker, inspired by an Esquire article of the same name by Chris Jones. Executive producers are expected to consist of Jason Katims, Matt Reeves, and Adam Kassan. Hinderaker was set to serve as a co-executive producer and Rafi Crohn as a co-producer.
Production companies involved with the series are to include True Jack Productions, 6th & Idaho, and Universal Television. Michelle Lee, former head of development at True Jack Productions, who was very involved with the project’s development and sale to Netflix, was expected be credited as an executive producer on the first episode of the series. Lee left True Jack Productions in December 2017.
Jeni Mulein, who joined the production company as the new head of development in April 2018, was set to be credited as co-executive producer on the second through tenth episodes. On October 19, 2018, it was reported that Ed Zwick had joined the production as an executive producer and that he would direct the first episode of the series. On July 7, 2020, it was reported that the series is set to be released on September 4, 2020.
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