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What started out as a creative fantasy story took an unintentionally surreal turn in Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij's hit limited series. Murder at the end of the world.
The writing duo, who also co-created, directed and produced the FX series, attended Deadline's Contenders TV event on Sunday to discuss the inspiration behind the mystery.
Marling explained that the idea for the tech retreat came to her in 2019, after several of their own friends had similar experiences. He explained that he found it very interesting to wonder if it would happen. What are the billionaire's intentions? ”
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At the time, artificial intelligence was nowhere near what it is today, and some friends of mine tried to stop me from putting it at the center of the story by saying things like, “AI is far away, let's do Mars, let's do this.'' , but don't do it.'' A.I. They weren't daunted by it, and both were adamant that this was what they wanted from the beginning. They also had access to a beta version of Chat GPT, but they agreed that it was laughably bad for inspiration and that the story was just science fiction.
Then, while I was writing, Chat GPT came along and “it became a reality.”
Regarding the possibility of a second season, the pair didn't go into specific details, but said, “It's possible… but we'll have to wait for a good ending.”
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Murder at the end of the world Set in the secluded mansion of a billionaire in the middle of nowhere, Emma Corrin stars as amateur detective Darby Hart, a Gen Z tech-savvy hacker. Darby and eight other guests are invited by a reclusive millionaire (Clive Owen) to a retreat in a secluded and dazzling location. One of the other guests is found dead, and Darby uses all of his skills to prove it was a murder against a conflict of interest before the killer takes another life. Have to.
Marling and Batmanglij have been writing partners for more than a decade. They wrote and produced several films together. The Sound of My Voice and east, Batmanglij also directed and Marling starred in it.She also headlined the duo's Netflix series O.A.which lasted two seasons.
Murder at the end of the world Produced by FX Production. Marling and Batmanglij will serve as executive producers along with Andrea Sperling (transparent)Melanie Marnich and Nikki Paluga.
Watch the panel video on Monday.
