The periphery (The Peripheral) is a 2022 American fantasy television series film created by Scott B. Smith and based on the novel by William Gibson. The film premiered on the Amazon Prime movie platform on October 21, 2022.
The film is set in a future where technology has greatly influenced society and an ambitious young woman named Flynn Fisher (Chloe Grace Moretz) realizes she is doomed. She discovers a secret connection to a parallel world and the dark future that lies ahead as she tries to stop the disintegration of her own family.
The film is based on the novel "„The periphery“" from 2014, which tells the story of Flynn and her brother Burton, a former U.S. Navy veteran. Burton is hired for a covert operation in a place he believes to be cyberspace. When Flynn temporarily takes his place, she witnesses what may turn out to be murder.
