Oasis (2017)
March 17, 2017Release Date
Oasis (2017)
March 17, 2017Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Flora Spencer-Longhurst
Bea
Richard Madden
Peter Leigh
Moshidi Motshegwa
Lily
Anil Kapoor
Vikram Danesh
Aislín McGuckin
Vivian Hades
Antje Traue
Sara Keller
Jonjo O'Neill
David Morgan
Mark Addy
Paul Halloran
Lemogang Tsipa
Male Nurse
Kevin Macdonald
Director
Michel Faber
Writer
Haley Joel Osment
Sy
Matt Charman
Writer
Rob Bullock
Producer
Michael James Shaw
B.G
Martin Phipps
Composer
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Oasis is a pilot episode of an intended 2017 British television drama series, based on Michel Faber's 2014 novel The Book of Strange New Things. It follows the adventures of a Scottish chaplain on an exoplanet colony. Oasis was part of the 2017 pilot season wave 8 by Amazon Video.
The series' central character is chaplain Peter Leigh, played by Richard Madden, who is unexpectedly asked to travel to a remote planet, where USIC, a mysterious company, is building the first permanent off-world human colony, as environmental collapse shows Earth's habitability for humans is coming to an end. On arrival at the colony, Leigh discovers there have been a series of accidents, which are being blamed on hallucinations some colonists are experiencing. The method of space travel to the presumed exoplanet is not shown, but it requires a launch from Earth with a traditional rocket. The exoplanet is presented as covered by a desert-like landscape, apparently without vegetation or other forms of life, but having natural underground water resources and a breathable atmosphere.
It is unclear how closely a prospective series would follow Faber's plot about a preacher teaching aliens about Christianity. The pilot premiered on Amazon Video on 17 March 2017; future episodes may be ordered depending on the popularity of the pilot. The pilot episode reached an average rating of 4.8/5 by Amazon Video users in December 2017.The pilot was written by Matt Charman (Oscar-nominated for Bridge of Spies) and directed by Kevin Macdonald.