Unprecedented Worldwide Debut, Includes Day-and-Date Launch Exclusively on FOX Channels in 125 Countries
Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX) and Fox International Channels announce the global premiere of the 10-episode, intense psychological thriller WAYWARD PINES. The highly anticipated event series, based on a best-selling novel and brought to life by suspenseful storyteller M. Night Shyamalan ("The Sixth Sense," "Signs") and executive-produced by Shyamalan, Donald De Line, Chad Hodge and Ashwin Rajan, will premiere Thursday, May 14 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX, while also debuting simultaneously in more than 125 countries across Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe and Latin America. The global WAYWARD PINES debut will be the world's largest day-and-date launch for a scripted series ever.
The series stars Academy Award nominee Matt Dillon ("Crash") as a Secret Service agent on a mission to find two missing federal agents in the bucolic town of Wayward Pines, ID. In addition to Dillon, the stellar cast includes Academy and Emmy Award winner Melissa Leo ("The Fighter"), Academy Award nominee Terrence Howard ("Crash," "Hustle & Flow"), Carla Gugino ("Entourage"), Shannyn Sossamon ("How to Make It in America"), Toby Jones ("Infamous," "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"), Reed Diamond ("24," "Much Ado About Nothing"), Tim Griffin ("Prime Suspect"), Charlie Tahan ("Charlie St. Cloud") and Academy Award and Emmy Award nominee Juliette Lewis ("Cape Fear").
WAYWARD PINES is a production of FX Productions. The series was developed for television by Hodge ("The Playboy Club," "Runaway") and executive-produced by De Line ("Green Lantern," "The Italian Job"), Rajan ("Devil"), Hodge and Shyamalan. Hodge wrote and Shyamalan directed the premiere episode.
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So likely against a Scandal and Blacklist finale
ReplyDeleteAbout time they gave it a premiere date.
ReplyDeleteNot one year Deadline, this was first announced in May 2013 and I can't imagine its going to set ratings on fire premiering in May.
ReplyDeleteWe probably won't be able to judge it based on FOX's ratings. With all this deal about the simultaneous broadcast in more than 125 countries, I imagine there are some weird financials behind it. Anyway, I am looking forward to the show, it will be nice to have it in June when I usually have very little on!
ReplyDeleteUnless they can back it up with all those international revenues, I'm confident in its cancelation.
ReplyDeleteThis show is going to take the previous record from Doctor Who, right? I hate it already.
ReplyDeleteStill going to flop lol
ReplyDeleteLoved the books, especially the first two but I am not sure how this will work as a TV show. Time will tell. STill tuning in.
ReplyDeleteThe books are awesome, can't wait to see this mini-series!
ReplyDeleteI don't see why not, especially if they advertise it as a mini-series. I think the premiere will at least do a 2.1 if they heavily advertise it. Which isn't great but for FOX that late in the year and if it's not including DVR numbers I'd consider it a success if it could get that at least, ha.
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