Entertainment News | Jennifer Connelly Joins Joel Edgerton in Apple Series ‘Dark Matter'

Los Angeles, Aug 30 (PTI) "Top Gun: Maverick" star Jennifer Connelly has come on board to feature alongside Joel Edgerton in Apple's upcoming sci-fi series "Dark Matter".

The series is based on author Blake Crouch's novel 'Dark Matter'.

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According to entertainment website Deadline, the nine-episode show has Crouch penning the script for the pilot and also serving as the showrunner.

Edgerton will star as Jason Dessen, a physicist, professor, and family man who - one night while walking home on the streets of Chicago - is abducted into an alternate version of his life.

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"Wonder quickly turns to nightmare when he tries to return to his reality amid the multiverse of lives he could have lived. In this labyrinth of mind-bending realities, he embarks on a harrowing journey to get back to his true family and save them from the most terrifying, unbeatable foe imaginable: himself," the plotline reads.

Connelly essays the role of Daniela, Dessen's wife.

Crouch is also executive producing "Dark Matter" alongside Edgerton, Matt Tolmach and David Manpearl for Matt Tolmach Productions. PTI

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