Prime Video's reality-bending thriller The Peripheral came to New York Comic Con on Friday with a panel that introduced the future world of William Gibson's novel and the people who inhabit it. Chloë Grace Moretz, who plays protagonist Flynne Fisher, shared the stage with co-stars Jack Reynor, Gary Carr, T’Nia Miller and JJ Feild, and with several of the creative minds behind the upcoming series: executive producers Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan, creator and showrunner Scott B. Smith and director Vincenzo Natali. The audience learned what to expect from The Peripheral, which centers on Flynne's struggle to understand and survive the frightening tech and dystopian changes to her American home.

NYCC is also hosting a special Prime Video experience in which guests can see what it's like in The Peripheral's world of 2023. The Forever Fab 3D print shop in the Javits Center is more than what it appears to be, and attendees who enter will find themselves transported through time and receiving urgent messages about an unknown "sim."

MTV's Josh Horowitz entered first as the panel's moderator. "This show -- you want the love child of The Matrix and Westworld and Terminator, you're in the right place."

Moretz came onstage, followed by Joy, Carr, Reynor, Nolan, Smith, Miller, Feild and Natali. The trailer for The Peripheral was played once all the panelists were seated.

Natali began by talking about how the project began. "I was going to do a movie called Neuromancer, but I had the fortune of knowing Mr. Gibson, and we agreed that [The Peripheral] couldn't be a movie because it's too many layers. But it could be a TV show, and now it is."

Joy said, "When I read the book, the thing that really jumped out at me, there was something so relatable about this small town girl. It took me right back to Jersey, kind of scared of the world and wondering what kind of impact she can make."

Smith added, "Gibson's characters are so rich and relatable. His power as a writer, the fiction part is really there. I came from writing indy screenplays, most of which were never made. So we had repetitive conversations, like, 'No no no, you're not done yet, you have to keep showing up. Including here!' My mind is getting broken down and rebuilt. I'm the lowest common denominator on this stage."

"I really connected to Flynne Fisher," said Moretz. "For me to be able to jump into a character who's going to future London, for it to be a roadmap to bettering their current world, there are so many layers to it."

Carr talked about his role on The Peripheral, saying, "Before I even know of the book, I jumped at the chance. It was a huge responsibility but it was exciting. The concept is high-level, it seems crazy, but it's believable as well. The level of production is so high, all I had to do was turn up and say what's on the page."

Reynor said, "First and foremost, this group of people are ferociously talented. Beyond that, I read the book and I thought that it was a fascinating piece of speculative fiction. Some of the technology we see in the book feels like it's just around the corner, or we already have a kind of it. I think a lot of sci-fi can feel quite cold, but this was sort of the antithesis to that. On the page, there's a lot of action, things blowing up, but it's also very warm."

Miller said that her character Cherise is "sadistic as fuck." The audience applauded her, and she continued, "Though this is set really far in the future, it feels like it could happen in ten years' time. So it's sci-fi, but, blink of an eye, it could happen. And that's terribly exciting."

Feild was asked what makes this different from other projects he's worked on. "The scale," he said. "I'm not just on a green screen wondering what's behind me. They built every set. Hm, I'm not in the trailer so I'm not sure what I can say..."

Horowitz asked Natali about establishing the two words of the show. "It was all about the collision of those two worlds. We really tried to make everything feel as real as possible, and we decided early on that we were going to shoot on location. So London is London, but it was all about this beautiful facade, but when you peel it back there's something terrible and formidable."

"I was so impressed with the fact that everything was real," Carr said. "Getting to watch Chloe and Jack play siblings, the chemistry between them is amazing. Immediately after watching the first episode, I cared about them so much. Everyone did a wonderful job bringing everything to life and making it seem so real."

"We just spent about three hours talking and didn't once mention the show," said Reynor about getting to know Moretz before playing her brother. "It's a long shoot and it's very gratifying and fulfilling, but the days can be long and arduous, and it's really great to have someone on set who's got your back."

"They couldn't hardly get us on set because we were just playing Mario Kart all day," Moretz laughed. "I was like, 'What, don't you want us to bond?'"

Joy was asked about applying what she had learned from working on Westworld. "The first thing was working with such an amazing team, but also, everyone really admired and respected Gibson. The key is to keep the essence of it there, the imaginative breadth of the future, the intimacy of the characters."

Horowitz asked the panel if they had a tense relationship with tech or if they thought Alexa would kill them. "Shhh," Nolan cut in. "We LOVE Alexa."

An exclusive clip from the show was then shown on the screen. The scene shows Flynne trying out the virtual reality headset for the first time in her brother's trailer.

"The truth is they just are those characters, so there wasn't a lot to talk about," said Natali. "Jack would only talk in his character's accent the whole time. When I heard him use his Irish accent, I thought he sounded ridiculous."

Horowitz asked the panelists who had the best action moves, and everyone agreed "It's Chloe." Moretz confirmed that there were many different kinds of action scenes that she was involved in, and Joy said that she would watch the dailies and not believe it was really Moretz doing the stunts herself.

"The costume fittings were an event in itself," said Miller after mentioning the "power shoulders" that Cherise wears.

"It really has this sense of home and humanity," said Moretz about the show. "It always boomerangs back to the trailer and Burton and Flynne. That's something I really haven't seen much in sci-fi."

Joy talked about a "cognitive dissonance" between the two worlds. "I was conflicted about which side I was going to be on in this battle."

Reynor said there was a scene in the second episode that first-person shooter gamers would particularly enjoy.

"I keep getting stuck in boxes," said Natali about his directing style. "What you quickly realize is that the basic tenets of making movies is always the same. You never have enough time. But I think the most important thing is to do it with friends."

In the fan Q&A, Moretz was asked if Flynne would be her "most mature" role, and she explained that it was her "most mature, but also my most vulnerable role."

Another fan asked Natali about the Neuromancer project he had mentioned and whether there was more of Gibson's work with adaptations coming. "I think he's seeing a resurgence," Natali said.

"I think honestly this might have been the most fun I've had working on anything," Reynor admitted after being asked how The Peripheral compared to his past projects.

The final question was whether the panelists would take the opportunity to see the future if they could. All said they would, and Horowitz concluded, "In everyone's future is The Periperal!"