Crackle Slates Insomnia U.S. Premiere

Crackle Plus, a Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment company, is set to launch the science-fiction original series Insomnia in the U.S. on January 1.

The eight-part series follows the story of 20 strangers from around the globe who are forced to play a game of life and death in the city of Moscow. Injected with a poison that will stop their heart if they fall asleep, contestants must kill or be killed for the antidote.

Insomnia stars Shaun Sipos (The Vampire Diaries, Melrose Place), Dylan Everett (Supernatural, DeGrassi: The Next Generation), Pasha Lychnikoff (Shameless, Deadwood) and Alex Jay, who will make her debut. It is from executive producer and director Slava N. Jakovleff (Siberia, The Birthright) and executive producer Michael Ohoven (Capote, Rica Famosa Latina, Push). Insomnia is distributed in the U.S. by Screen Media.

Philippe Guelton, president of Crackle Plus, said: “Insomnia combines chilling suspense with nonstop action that our audience will love. We are thrilled to add this sci-fi series to Crackle’s growing slate of original programming.”