Night Sky Trivia | 25 facts about the series

«Night Sky» is an American science fiction drama streaming TV series created by Holden Miller and Daniel C. Connolly.

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1. Night Sky is formerly known as Lightyears.
2. It is an American science fiction drama streaming TV series.
3. It was created by Holden Miller and Daniel C. Connolly for Amazon Studios and Legendary Television.
4. It stars Sissy Spacek and J. K. Simmons as a couple who possess a chamber leading to another planet.
5. Chai Hansen, Adam Bartley, Julieta Zylberberg, Rocío Hernández, Kiah McKirnan, Beth Lacke, Stephen Louis Grush, and Cass Buggé co-star.
6. The series was shot in Illinois, United States and Jujuy Province, Argentina.
7. Night Sky was released on May 20, 2022, on Amazon Prime Video.
8. In July 2022, the series was canceled after one season.
9. The synopsis is the following one: Married couple Franklin and Irene York discover a portal in their backyard that leads to a deserted planet.
10. Night Sky is an American co-production between Amazon Studios and Legendary Television, created by Holden Miller and Daniel C. Connolly.
11. The project was given a series order on October 21, 2020.
12. Sissy Spacek and Ed O’Neill joined the cast in March 2021.
13. O’Neill left the show the following month and was replaced by J. K. Simmons.
14. Chai Hansen, Adam Bartley, Julieta Zylberberg, Rocío Hernández, and Kiah McKirnan were added to the cast as series regulars in May 2021.
15. Principal photography began in June 2021 in the state of Illinois.
16. Notable filming locations include the city of Woodstock, Cinespace Film Studios in Chicago, and the villages of Frankfort, Wauconda, and Island Lake.
17. In August 2021, it was reported Beth Lacke, Stephen Louis Grush, and Cass Buggé would star in recurring roles.
18. Filming was scheduled to conclude in October 2021.
19. On July 5, 2022, Amazon Prime Video canceled the series after one season.
20. The foreign language scenes of episodes two and three were filmed in the province of Jujuy, in northwestern Argentina, where Jesuit monks had a preponderant presence a few centuries ago, in fact, the ‘traveler’ played by Piotr Adamczyk repeats “Ad Maioren Dei Gloriam” the motto of the order, in addition, the location is very close to the southern end of the “Capac Ñam” or “Camino Real del Inca” (Royal Road of the Inca), the main road of the Inca Empire that went from Quito (Ecuador ) to Tucumán (Argentina) via Machu Picchu in Peru (more than 3,200 miles or 5,200 km)
21. J.K. Simmons never read any synopses nor character descriptions. He read the script, liked it and signed on to the project after he found out Sissy Spacek was attached.
22. Series creator Holden Miller is the son of comedian Dennis Miller.
23. The series was canceled by Amazon Prime, only six weeks after the release of the first season.
24. Jude carries a copy of “The Count of Monte Cristo” in the series, with his father’s handwritten markings inside. The story of the novel involved a man falsely imprisoned for a crime, who later makes a daring escape after spending years digging a tunnel. After escaping, he acquired hidden treasure which he learned about in jail, and executed a plan of revenge against those who imprisoned him.
25. As a marketing strategy, Amazon Prime Video teamed up with Amazon Web Services, SES, and Intelsat to beam the first episode into outer space, avoiding satellites that would send the broadcast back to Earth. This made Amazon Prime Video the first streamer to distribute its content directly into space. Prime Video said this was “the farthest distance that a TV series has been intentionally distributed.”