By Staff Writer (media@latinospost.com) | First Posted: May 08, 2015 06:00 AM EDT

"The Matrix" directing duo Andy and Lana Wachowski have shown that they're not against going outside the world of cinema and dabbling into made-for-Internet-streaming series. Could an experimental foray into TV series directing be the next step?

The Wachowskis and co-collaborator J. Michael Straczynski have joined forces and created "Sense8," described by Straczynski as "a global story told on a planetary scale about human transcendence and what it ultimately means to be human in a contemporary society," Buzzfeed noted.

For fans of the filmmaking siblings, this theme sounds familiar. Considering The Wachowskis previous works, it's not surprising that this series is similarly complex and layered, as shown by the recently-released trailer.

"There's a protagonist who discovers that his reality isn't what he thought, some men in dark suits relentlessly pursing him, and even slow-motion gunplay action," A.V. Club observed.

"The story follows eight characters living in eight different cities who are telepathically linked. This way, when one of them gets into a fight, they can invoke the martial artist among them (Bae Doona) to handle the situation. The Morpheus proxy here seems to be 'Lost's' Naveen Andrews, who explains away all the craziness as if it's not a beguiling phenomenon but instead just a neat premise for a TV show that people should totally watch," the site went on to say.

Buzzfeed reported that the series will follow the lives of "eight strangers - Will (Brian J. Smith), Riley (Tuppence Middleton), Capheus (Aml Ameen), Sun (Bae Doona), Lito (Miguel Angel Silvestre), Kala (Tina Desai), Wolfgang (Max Riemelt), and Nomi (Jamie Clayton) - living in San Francisco, Chicago, Mexico City, London, Berlin, Iceland, Mumbai, Nairobi, and Seoul."

In the beginning, the eight are unaware of their connection. However, they start experiencing similar sensations.

"One might be eating and another can taste the Indian food in their mouth. Or one might be DJ'ing and another can hear the music that's playing," the news source said.

In due time, the eight start realizing the connection. And as they do so, the audience is expected to start figuring out what is what.

"My notion is that there are five kinds of truths: the truth you tell to casual strangers and people you meet, the truth you tell to your friends and your family, the truth you tell to only a few people in your entire life, the one you tell yourself, and the truth you won't even admit to yourself," Straczynski explained. "And that's the one that tends to decline us."

"And we thought, 'If we take these characters who suddenly have access to each other's thoughts, histories, their secrets, their personalities, it lets us take the global aspect of the show and bring it down to a very human level,'" he went on. "I found the smaller you go with your truth, the more universal and global the story is. And so we wanted to sort of hinge off of that into making a larger statement."

Straczynski also hinted that the series plot is what he and the Wachowskis understand as a reflection of what's happening in the world and is their way of showing "how much stronger humanity is when people work together."

We'll see what they mean when the show's first 12 episodes are revealed on June 5.

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