Nellie Bly
In 1889, a young female reporter named Nellie Bly races around the world against Elizabeth Bisland, another young female reporter from a rival publication. As Nellie’s feelings deepen for Elizabeth, the stakes to win the race grow ever-higher, as Nellie dodges monsoons, half-finished bridges, and her own broken heart.
Length: Five 20 minute episodes
Genre: Historical drama
Nellie Bly was produced by Six to Start and is featured in the Zombies Run! app, the world’s bestselling gamified fitness application, with over 8.5 million downloads and 300,000 monthly active users.
SHERARD: (to the Driver) Spur on the horses!
DRIVER (O.S.): (in French) They are going as fast as they can. We are almost there!
SHERARD: He says we are almost there.
SFX: CARRIAGE WHEELS CLATTER OVER A DIRT ROAD. A STEAM WHISTLE, LOUDER, IS HEARD.
SFX: START “MEMORY SWIRL”: VOICES ECHO IN NELLIE'S HEAD.
SIMMONS: She has no knowledge of the word "fail."
YOUNG MAN: And she’s going around the world!
GREAVES: If she loses, she has nothing.
SFX: END "MEMORY SWIRL."
SHERARD: I see the station. (in French) Hold the train!
DRIVER / SHERARD: (in French): Hold the train! HOLD THE TRAIN!
NELLIE: HOLD THE TRAIN! HOLD THE TRAIN!
Nellie Bly was directed by Matt Wieteska, sound designed by Mark Pittam, written by Jess Wright Buha, and features Rosalyn Mitchell as Nellie, among others
AUDIENCE REACTIONS
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"I’m really enjoying both the positivity and the old-timey travel aspect, as a nice little escape from the current world. I also think that it’s cool that you’re not actually a character in this one, which I didn’t even notice until near the end of the first episode because the whole thing just flowed so well."
Player, Internal Forum
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"I liked episode two even more than episode one. The writing is strong and the voice acting is top-notch. Everyone should check it out."
Player, Internal Forum
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"I enjoyed it too. I had never heard of Nellie. Her Wikipedia page appears to have links to online versions of her non-fiction books. I thought it worked well as a mission, too, because of the ‘hurry, hurry’ attitude."
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