Sky original series The Fear Index will shoot in Hungary

Josh Hartnett will star in Sky original thriller series The Fear Index, filming is expected to begin in Hungary sometime this month.

The Tv Series will be produced by Left Bank Pictures in association with Sky Studios based on the best-selling novel by Robert Harris and adapted by Paul Andrew Williams and Caroline Bartleet. “The Fear Index” will begin filming this month in Hungary, Pioneer Pictures providing local production services.

Josh Harnett has signed on for the leading role, he will star as dr. Alex Hoffman, a computer scientist and genius who is ready with a new AI product launch that promises big returns, but whose roll-out plans go awry. What follows is a journey through the worst 24 hours of his life — cutting across reality, memory and paranoid fantasy, forcing him to question everything he sees with his own eyes.

The series is expected to make its debut later this year on Sky Atlantic and the streaming service NOW.