The drama promises to offer an authentic and captivating look into the cutthroat world of technology.
A new series that promises to reveal secrets, vices and behind the scenes of the infamous Silicon Valley is coming to AMC. The American cable network has ordered a new, as yet untitled drama from the acclaimed screenwriter of Succession e Bad Sisters Jonathan Glatzer (not to be confused with Academy Award-winning director Jonathan Glazer). By ordering the series, Dan McDermottpresident of entertainment at AMC Networks’ AMC Studios, called the show “a captivating, engaging and authentic look behind the scenes of Silicon Valley.”
A new series set in Silicon Valley: The plot
According to the official synopsis Released by AMC, the new series is set “inside the Silicon Valley bubble, amidst deceptive corporate cultures, lunatic innovation labs and cutthroat private high schools.” The series centers on a scandal sparked by “the exploitation of personal data that unfolds from a rift between a self-proclaimed ‘inventor of the future’ tech CEO and his egotistical ‘performance psychologist.’ This act of corruption quickly spirals out of control for everyone involved, exposing the absurdities of ambition, corporate ethics and the fallibility of the people who are shaping the future of our world.”
The statements
“Jonathan is a tremendous talent and AMC is fortunate to be the home where this creation of his first series came to life,” said McDermott. “The show, which chronicles the lives of the characters who create the world we will all inhabit, is right here and right now. Truth is stranger than fiction, especially here,” he added.
Glatzer said that the series was inspired by the fact that technology, and the future it promises, is controlled by some “terrifyingly self-centered people” (It’s not hard to guess who he’s referring to.) “They radiate a bizarre, almost godlike energy, but they can’t escape their own humanity,” the screenwriter added. “So rather than do something directly about ‘technology,’ I wanted to focus on the people. And not just the titans, but the restless wannabe titans, their children and spouses; their housekeepers, their schools, their psychiatrists, their dogs and gurus, all of whom live in this bubble where they truly believe, and perhaps rightly so, that they’re inventing the future, except for the dogs,” he explained.
