The Book of Strange New Things was widely praised by critics, including those from i09, The Guardian, New York Times and NPR.
The pilot, and eventual show if it receives a series order from Amazon, is being based on the 2014 science fiction novel The Book of Strange New Things by Dutch-born author Michel Faber.
The story centers on Peter Leigh, an English pastor who decides to leave his wife Beatrice behind on Earth to work as a missionary on a distant planet known as Oasis.
The story then focuses on his trials as he works with the native population and also yearns for his wife back home, as she reports on the natural disasters that seem to be plaguing the planet since Peter left Earth.