Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent

Notifications can be managed in browser preferences.

Sense8 Christmas Special: Exclusive look at the Wachowski's sci-fi mind-bender

Introduced by co-creator Lana Wachowski herself

Jacob Stolworthy
Friday 16 December 2016 15:05 GMT
Comments
Sense8 Happy Holidays from Lana Wachowski

You can watch the full trailer for the special episode below but we're also happy to exclusively unveil co-creator Lana Wachowski's introduction above.

The series centres on a group of eight strangers around the world who are linked mentally and must find a way to survive being hunted by those who see them as a threat to the world's order.

Sense8 A Christmas Special Official Trailer

Season two, beginning May 2017, picks up where the first left off with Capheus, Kala, Lito, Nomi, Riley, Sun, Will and Wolfgang all drawn together on the run from Whispers.

The Wachowski's film credits include seminal 90s actioner The Matrix as well as Cloud Atlas and Jupiter Ascending.

Sense8: A Christmas Special launches globally on Netflix on Friday, December 23 at 12:01am while ten new episodes will be available 5 May 2017.

Join our commenting forum

Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies

Comments

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in