Production on the series wrapped on November 5, 2021. Filming moved to Marshall, North Carolina on September 24. Principal photography for the series began on May 3, 2021, in London, England. In July 2021, Alexandra Billings joined the cast in a recurring role. In June 2021, Louis Herthum, Chris Coy, Melinda Page Hamilton, Katie Leung, and Austin Rising joined the cast in recurring roles. The following month, Eli Goree, Charlotte Riley, JJ Feild, Adelind Horan, T'Nia Miller, and Alex Hernandez were added to the main cast. In March 2021, Jack Reynor joined the series in a main role. In October 2020, it was announced that Chloë Grace Moretz was cast in the lead role of Flynne Fisher, with Gary Carr also joining the main cast. In February 2023, Amazon Prime Video renewed the series for a second season.

The series' first season had a budget of around $175 million. On March 30, 2021, Greg Plageman joined the series as executive producer and replaced Smith as showrunner. Smith created the series, while also serving as showrunner and executive producer. Television is also co-financier and producer, with Scott Smith as writer.

The show has hour-long episodes, developed by Kilter Films, through Amazon Studios. Beyond Joy and Nolan, executive producers include Athena Wickham, Steve Hoban, and Vincenzo Natali. It was announced in April 2019 that Joy and Nolan had signed a first look overall deal worth around $20 million a year at Amazon Studios, and the project received a series order in the middle of November 2019, with Joy and Nolan executive producing under their overall deal. In April 2018, a TV series adaptation of William Gibson's novel The Peripheral was announced by Westworld creators Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan for Amazon with a script-to-series commitment.

Alexandra Billings as Inspector Ainsley Lowbeer.

In February 2023, the series was renewed for a second season. The series had its world premiere on October 11, 2022, at the Ace Hotel in Los Angeles, before its debut on October 21, 2022, on Amazon Prime Video. Set roughly a decade in the future, with new technology that has changed society in subtle ways, a VR gamer is delivered a connection to an alternate reality as well as a dark future of her own.

Westworld creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy serve as executive producers, along with Athena Wickham, Steve Hoban, and Vincenzo Natali. Produced by Amazon, it is loosely based on the 2014 book of the same name, written by William Gibson. The Peripheral is an American science fiction drama television series created by Scott B.

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