The cast has been revealed for “Sense8,” a new Netflix sci-fi series created by screenwriter J. Michael Straczynski (“Babylon 5,” Underworld: Awakening) and produced by the Wachowskis (The Matrix). The show follows eight strangers mysteriously connected mentally and emotionally after a tragic event.

The eight will be played by Tuppence Middleton (Trance), Doona Bae (Cloud Atlas), Brian J. Smith (“SGU Stargate Universe”), Aml Ameen (Maze Runner), Miguel Silvestri, Max Riemelt (We Are the Night), Jamie Clayton and Bollywood stunner Tena Desae (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel).

Straczynski told Deadline:

The series follows eight characters around the world who, in the aftermath of a tragic death, find themselves linked to each other mentally and emotionally. They can not only see and talk to each other as though they were in the same place, they have access to each other’s deepest secrets.

Not only must they figure out what happened and why and what it means for the future of humanity, they must do so while being hunted by an organization out to capture, kill or vivisect them.

“Sense8” is a 10-episode series spanning nine locations on four continents: Chicago, San Francisco, London, Iceland, Seoul, Mumbai, Berlin, Mexico City and Nairobi. Co-stars include Naveen Andrews (“LOST”), Freema Agyeman (“Dr. Who”), Alfonso Herrera (“El Diez”), Erendira Ibarra (“Capadocia”), and Terrence Mann (Critters), and Daryl Hannah (Kill Bill).