The Nevers star wraps filming on the rest of season 1

The Nevers has had a strange journey over on HBO. At one time, it was going to be the new TV opus from Joss Whedon, the pop culture titan behind everything from the first couple Avengers movies to Buffy the Vampire Slayer. But right when the first season was airing on HBO, Whedon was embroiled in a number of scandals involving his behavior on the set of Justice League as well as his earlier shows, and he exited the series.

The Nevers is definitely a show sprung from the mind of Joss Whedon. All of the director’s trademark tags are here: we have a crew of superpowered women fighting against an oppressive society, quick-heavy dialog and some high-concept sci-fi twists. And on top of that, filming on the first season was interrupted by the pandemic, resulting in HBO only airing six of the planned 12 episodes.

With all that going on, I wondered if HBO might just let the show die a quiet death, but nothing doing. They hired British screenwriter Philippa Goslett to replace Whedon as showrunner and got to work shooting the rest of the episodes. In fact, star Ann Skelly, who plays the precocious inventor Penance Adair, just announced on Instagram that she has finished filming!

When does The Nevers return on HBO?

That’s Skelly with Laura Donnelly, who plays Amalia True. They’re the two most prominent characters in this Victorian sci-fi superhero drama, so if Skelly is done, the rest of the crew is probably done or close to done as well.

If all goes well, that means we could be watching new episodes of The Nevers by the middle of the year! Certainly the show won’t get pushed into 2023. Hopefully things get a little easier for this quirky sci-fi show from here on out.

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