Two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank is set to star in and executive produce Netflix’s 10-episode drama series Away, from playwright Andrew Hinderaker, Jason Katims and Matt Reeves.
Written by Hinderaker, the series, loosely inspired by Chris Jones’ Esquire article of the same name, hails from Katims’ True Jack Prods., Reeves’ 6th & Idaho and Universal Television.
Swank will play American astronaut Emma Green, who must leave her husband and teenage daughter behind to command an international space crew embarking upon a treacherous mission to the Red Planet. The series is loosely inspired by Chris Jones’ Esquire article of the same name, and is described as being about hope, humanity and how we need one another if we are to achieve impossible things.
Netflix issued a 10-episode order for the drama, which Swank will also executive produce, back in June, 2018.
“The Path” creator Jessica Goldberg will serve as showrunner, writer, and executive producer, alongside Katims, Reeves, Adam Kassan, Michelle Lee and Andrew Hinderaker, who wrote the first episode. Ed Zwick will direct the first episode and also serve as an EP.
Swank has won two best leading actress Oscars for Boys Don’t Cry and Million Dollar Baby. Her other film credits include P.S. I Love You. On television, the Beverly Hills, 90210 alumna she was most recently seen in the FX anthology series Trust. Swank is repped by WME, Management 360 and Jackoway Tyerman Wertheimer.
