The four-part mini-series is a thriller that is based on the bestselling novel by Robert Harris. Paul Andrew Williams and Caroline Barleet will write the script while David Caffrey will direct the series. Other cast members in the series are Gregory Montel, Arsher Ali, and Leila Farzad. Producing the project is Left Bank Pictures in association with Sky Studios. Paul Gilbert via Sky Studios, Andy Harries & Sharon Hughff via Left Bank Pictures, and Gilbert via Sky Studios are all executive producers on this project.
Filiming will take place in Hungary in April and will be on Sky Atlantic and streaming services.
Here is the goodreads synopsis of The Fear Index:
His name is carefully guarded from the general public but within the secretive inner circles of the ultra-rich Dr Alex Hoffmann is a legend - a visionary scientist whose computer software turns everything it touches into gold.
Together with his partner, an investment banker, Hoffmann has developed a revolutionary form of artificial intelligence that tracks human emotions, enabling it to predict movements in the financial markets with uncanny accuracy. His hedge fund, based in Geneva, makes billions.
But then in the early hours of the morning, while he lies asleep with his wife, a sinister intruder breaches the elaborate security of their lakeside house. So begins a waking nightmare of paranoia and violence as Hoffmann attempts, with increasing desperation, to discover who is trying to destroy him.
His quest forces him to confront the deepest questions of what it is to be human. By the time night falls over Geneva, the financial markets will be in turmoil and Hoffmann's world - and ours - transformed forever.
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