The Umbrella Academy and Misfits star Robert Sheehan is starring in a new series for Netflix, a 10-part science-fiction series called The Last Bus.
The show is British, aimed at the whole family, has an eco-friendly message and, yes, it does feature a bus.
Things kick off when a bunch of students get on a bus to go to an exhibition hosted by Sheehan's tech billionaire Dalton Monkhouse to mark the launch of the 'genie orbs', a super-advanced class of robot that has been designed to clean up the environment.
But something goes terribly wrong and the orbs appear to vaporise everyone in the audience, with thousands of identical events happening all over the world too.
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Our main characters only manage to survive after escaping to their school bus in time, and endeavour to track down Monkhouse, find out exactly what has gone on and if there's a way to reverse it.
Along the way, they face a number of challenges – from towering junk monsters to a damaged orb with a seemingly-personal vendetta – and they must overcome their personal differences and private demons to become an improvised family.
The show's ensemble cast includes Marlie Morrelle and Phoebe De Silva, complete newcomers who were discovered from a UK-wide school search, as well as some established younger actors, including Boiling Point's Lauryn Ajufo, Nativity Rocks! star Moosa Mostafa, Mary Poppins Returns' Nathanael Saleh, School of Rock: The Musical's Carys John, His Dark Materials' Daniel Frogson, Artemis Fowl's Lara McDonnell and Blue Story's Curtis Kantsa.
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Speaking about the new Netflix series, production company Wildseed's Creative Director and Co-Founder Jesse Cleverly promised a show that's both a "sci-fi romp" and a "powerful eco-fable".
"Although at the top level The Last Bus is a shamelessly entertaining sci-fi romp that will entertain the whole family, at another level it is a powerful eco-fable about how the younger generation must be empowered to make very different choices from the generation that preceded it when it comes to the two big challenges of the age: environmental breakdown and hugely sophisticated artificial intelligence," Cleverly said.
The Last Bus launches on Netflix on April 1.
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