fox 'Wayward Pines' picked up by Fox

[Rappy Veteran]

New event series WAYWARD PINES will premiere in 2014. Based on the best-selling novel, ?Pines,? by Blake Crouch, and brought to life by suspenseful storyteller M. Night Shyamalan (?The Sixth Sense,? ?Signs,?), WAYWARD PINES is an intense, mind-bending thriller in which nothing is what it seems. Secret Service agent ETHAN BURKE (Academy Award nominee Matt Dillon, ?Crash,? ?City of Ghosts?) arrives in the bucolic town of Wayward Pines, ID, on a mission to find two Missing federal agents. But instead of answers, Ethan?s investigation only turns up more questions. Each step closer to the truth takes Ethan further from the life he knew, from the husband and father he was, until he must face the terrifying reality that he may never get out of Wayward Pines alive.

http://www.spoilertv.com/2013/05/wayward-pines-picked-up-by-fox.html

[V-Tech]

Hmm, didnt decide yet if it sounds interesting or boring :)

[Rappy Veteran]

I agree, not sure if its any good but I do like the sound of the mystery factor

[V-Tech]

I agree, not sure if its any good but I do like the sound of the mystery factor

Ye but the mystery factor is not new, other shows has that as well. We'll see, there is time until 2014. Maybe until then other shows will be cancelled and i'll have to watch this :)

[Osiris]

THis has an Alan Wake kinda vibe to it imo, if this dude is packing a flashlight and wandering around the woods at night, im in!

[V-Tech]

Melissa Leo to co-star in Fox event series 'Wayward Pines'

Oscar winning actress Melissa Leo has landed a role as a not-so-nice nurse on the new Fox event series Wayward Pines. Based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Blake Crouch, Wayward Pines is hailing from the talents of Chad Hodge and the always mysterious M. Night Shyamalan.

Wayward Pines will be a 10-episode drama centering on Secret Service agent Ethan Burke, played by Matt Dillon. Burke is on a mission in the small town of Wayward Pines, Id.: Find the location of two missing federal agents. However, Burke soon learns that his investigation will not be an easy ride, and he turns up more questions than answers.

Leo has been cast as Nurse Pam, an intense and unpredictable nurse who takes care of Ethan when he wakes up one day and finds himself in the Wayward Pines hospital. Nurse Pam does not seem to take her oath to ?do no harm? very seriously though (why do nurses have to be so mean in TV and movies?).

Wayward Pines will be Leo?s first small-screen spot following the end of her HBO series, Treme, whose upcoming fourth season will be its last. Leo won an Oscar for her supporting actress role in The Fighter, and was nominated for lead actress for her role in the 2008 film Frozen River.

http://www.tvrage.com/news/6895/melissa-leo-to-co-star-in-fox-event-series-wayward-pines

[TheLegendOfMart]

Can't wait to see what lame twist this show has in store.

[Rappy Veteran]

THis has an Alan Wake kinda vibe to it imo, if this dude is packing a flashlight and wandering around the woods at night, im in!

Yeah it does

[Rappy Veteran]

Fox's upcoming event series Wayward Pines is adding to its all-star cast.

Political Animals and Watchmen alum Carla Gugino has booked a leading role in the limited series from Chad Hodge (The Playboy Club) and M. Night Shyamalan, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

The 10-episode drama is based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Blake Crouch and is described as a thriller in the vein of Twin Peaks. The project revolves around Ethan Burke (Matt Dillon), a Secret Service agent who arrives in the bucolic town of Wayward Pines, Id., on a mission to find two missing federal agents. But instead of answers, Ethan's investigation only turns up more questions. Each step closer to the truth takes Ethan further from the life he knew, from the husband and father he was, until he must face the terrifying reality that he may never get out of Wayward Pines alive.

Gugino will play Kate Hewson, Ethan's ex-Secret Service partner and a resident of Wayward Pines. She's smart, capable, loyal, fiery, blunt and fearless and the love that Kate and Ethan once shared still simmers just below the surface.

[Rappy Veteran]

 

Toby Jones has been added to Wayward Pines.

 

The Harry Potter actor will feature in M Night Shyamalan and Chad Hodge's Fox event series.

 

He will play Dr Jenkins, a mysterious and charismatic psychiatrist who treats Matt Dillon's Secret Service agent.

 

The show is set in the titular Idaho town of Wayward Pines, where two agents have disappeared.

 

Based on Blake Crouch's novel Pines, the show also stars Carla Gugino and Melissa Leo.

 

Jones will next be seen in Captain America: The Winter Soldier and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.

 

The ten-episode Wayward Pines will debut next year.

 

 

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/news/a499087/toby-jones-joins-m-night-shyamalans-wayward-pines.html

[Rappy Veteran]

Shannyn Sossamon is set to co-star opposite Matt Dillonin the Fox event series Wayward Pines, from M. Night Shyamalan. Based on a best-selling novel, Wayward Pines is an intense, mind-bending thriller about Secret Service agent Ethan Burke (Dillon) who arrives in the bucolic town of Wayward Pines, ID, on a mission to find two missing federal agents. But instead of answers, Ethan?s investigation only turns up more questions as Ethan faces the terrifying reality that he may never get out of Wayward Pines alive. Sossamon, reped by APA and Oren Segal, will playTheresa Burke, Ethan?s wife.

http://www.spoilertv.com/2013/07/wayward-pines-shannyn-sossamon-joins.html

[Rappy Veteran]

[DocM]

Twin Peaks ripoff?

[Draconian Guppy]

meh Matt dillon 

[Rappy Veteran]

[MindTrickz]

"New event series WAYWARD PINES will premiere in 2014. Based on the best-selling novel, ?Pines,? by Blake Crouch, and brought to life by suspenseful storyteller M. Night Shyamalan...."

 

 

The point at which i lost complete interest. Never again will i be fooled by M. Night Shyamalan.

[Angelic Marge]

I've nearly finished reading the book, really enjoyed it too. I don't know why but as I was reading I kept imagining Kevin Bacon as Ethan. I'm glad Matt Dillon will play him though, I've always been a fan of his since The Outsiders.  :D 

[DocM]

Book reviews of Pines and Wayward, the first 2 books of the series,

http://bloody-disgusting.c/news/3252850/book-review-wayward-is-so-good-not-even-m-night-can-screw-it-up/

Last year?s novel Pines was good enough to backbone a TV mini-series by M. Night Shyamalan, set to premiere on Fox next year. Author Blake Crouch?s follow up, Wayward, (September 17; Thomas and Mercer), is even better. With its dialogue-driven plot and balls-to-the walls pacing, it already flaunts the punchy wordplay of an excellent TV series. Even after considering M. Night?s past flubs (and admittedly, there are many), this is going to be a hard mini-series to jack up; Crouch?s books are just that good.

Pines saw Secret Service agent Ethan Burke waking up in Wayward Pines, a secluded town deep in the forests of Idaho, severely injured after an apparent car accident. Days of concussed, amnesia-driven investigation led Ethan to eventually discover that the entire town was surrounded by an electric fence and under constant electronic surveillance. Nobody comes into Wayward Pines, nobody leaves, and the townsfolk are willing to mob-kill anyone who tries. Is it a government experiment? An episode of The Twilight Zone? The afterlife? Pines concluded with a soul-shattering cliffhanger, as the secret of Wayward Pines was finally revealed to Ethan (a secret I will not divulge here)

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Make no mistake?? this is an author who knows exactly what he?s doing. Fans of Pines (of which I consider myself a proud member) will blaze through this riveting sequel like a forest fire. Just prep yourself for another borderline-cruel cliffhanger going into book three.

[Rappy Veteran]

Imagine the perfect American town... beautiful homes, manicured lawns, children playing safely in the streets. Now imagine never being able to leave. You have no communication with the outside world. You think you're going insane. You must be in Wayward Pines.

Based on the best-selling novel ?Pines? by Blake Crouch and brought to life by suspenseful storyteller M. Night Shyamalan (?The Sixth Sense,? ?Signs?), WAYWARD PINES is the intense new mind-bending event thriller evocative of the classic cult hit ?Twin Peaks.?

Secret Service Agent ETHAN BURKE (Academy Award nominee Matt Dillon, ?Crash,? ?City of Ghosts?) drives to the bucolic town of Wayward Pines, ID, searching for two missing federal agents. Ethan is the logical choice for the mission. He's one of the best Secret Service agents in the Seattle office. He's also the man who knew missing agent KATE HEWSON (Carla Gugino, ?Watchmen,? ?Entourage?) better than anyone. They were partners. They were more than that. Their relationship nearly destroyed Ethan's marriage.

Everything changes when a truck slams into his car?and he wakes up in the Wayward Pines Hospital, with the intense and unpredictable NURSE PAM (Academy Award and Emmy Award winner Melissa Leo, ?The Fighter,? ?Treme?) at his bedside. It soon appears that Pam may be more interested in harming than healing. She and Ethan grow into deadly rivals, and her role in the town proves much deeper than anyone realizes.

As the mysteries within the town pile up and clash with his own version of recent events, Ethan starts to question his own sanity. He is confronted by the mysterious and charismatic DR. JENKINS (Emmy Award nominee Toby Jones, ?The Girl,? the ?Harry Potter? franchise, ?Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy?), the psychiatrist who treats him at Wayward Pines Hospital. As he begins to meet some of the local residents, including toymaker HAROLD BALLINGER (Reed Diamond, ?24,? ?Much Ado About Nothing?), Ethan forms a bond with BEVERLY (Academy Award and Emmy Award nominee Juliette Lewis, ?Hysterical Blindness,? ?Cape Fear?), a bartender who doesn't mince words and is as wary of Wayward Pines as he is.

Back home in Seattle, Ethan's wife, THERESA BURKE (Shannyn Sossamon, ?40 Days and 40 Nights,? ?How to Make It in America?), a former Secret Service Agent trainee, gets a call from Ethan's boss, ADAM HASSLER (Tim Griffin, ?Prime Suspect?). He informs her that early testing shows Ethan was never in the car that was recovered on the side of the road outside of Wayward Pines. They're still investigating. But this isn't enough for Theresa. Along with their teenage son, BEN (Charlie Tahan, ?The Harvest,? ?Charlie St. Cloud?), Theresa sets out on her own search for Ethan.

Meanwhile, Ethan is challenged at every turn by the town's die-hard residents and especially the town's sheriff, SHERIFF ARNOLD POPE (Academy Award nominee Terrence Howard, ?Crash,? ?Hustle & Flow?), who takes offense at a Secret Service agent showing up on his turf and telling him what to do. Ethan believes Pope is out of his mind, and visa versa. Ethan's continuing investigation only turns up more and more questions, and each one leads him to the most important question of all: What's wrong with Wayward Pines?

WAYWARD PINES is a production of FX Productions. The series is created by Chad Hodge (?The Playboy Club,? ?Runaway?) and executive-produced by M. Night Shyamalan, Hodge, Donald De Line (?Green Lantern,? ?The Italian Job?) and Ashwin Rajan (?After Earth?). Hodge wrote and Shyamalan directed the premiere episode.

[Rappy Veteran]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z-b3Nw6Znw

[mafaa]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dSy-Z9sVEg

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvG3W-deE30

 

 

[Rappy Veteran]

[Thomas the Tank Engine]

Angelic Marge, on 12 Jan 2014 - 13:17, said:Angelic Marge, on 12 Jan 2014 - 13:17, said:

I've nearly finished reading the book, really enjoyed it too. I don't know why but as I was reading I kept imagining Kevin Bacon as Ethan. I'm glad Matt Dillon will play him though, I've always been a fan of his since The Outsiders.   

 

First movie I saw Matt Dillon in was "My Bodyguard", didn't see TO till a few years later, didn't much care for it.

 

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So, when does this actually air?

[dragontology]

I searched for Wayward Pines and this thread was all that came up. You guys were hyping this two years ago and none of you have had anything to say since it started airing? Wow.

 

I heard about it on Facebook, and I decided to give it a chance when I heard it was like a cross between Twin Peaks and LOST. It isn't a Twin Peaks ripoff, for those who asked. It really isn't. It does have a gritty gov't agent who comes to a small town to investigate a disappearance. Similarities end there. Really, the best thing to compare it to is The Prisoner. I've seen the AMC one, but I've heard it's more like the original British version. And it pulls a Dark City at the end of the pilot. Remember that scene in Dark City where they pull back and the city is floating in space, like on an asteroid? It's kind of like that... but it's nothing like that. And I know I've seen the trope before, where the guy speeds out of town and comes back in the other side. The isolation will remind you of Under the Dome. Basically, it lifts elements from all these great shows (and movie), but it doesn't follow any of them. You could have seen all of them and you'll still be surprised at every new discovery. Or at least I was.

It would be downright rude of me to tell you what it's all about, but the show explains it in no uncertain terms in the fifth episode, named "The Truth." Big hints are dropped in all four of the previous episodes, but the entire fifth episode spells it out for you. There really isn't a mystery after that. In the sixth issue, the characters begin dealing with the issue. 

I love it. It's easily my favorite new show, and to find one I like more, I'd have to go back a number of years. I don't watch a lot of TV series... mostly because I don't have cable or satellite. House of Cards and The Newsroom come to mind, at least their first seasons. Both went downhill after that, but not by much. Wayward Pines is nothing like them... to find a show that was equal to it in quality and similar, I would probably have to go to LOST. LOST gets a ton of hate, but the first season is some of the best TV in a long time. If it got canceled after that, it would have been a classic. I loved how the flashbacks, which tied into the present-day story, led up to everyone being on that plane. There was The Lost Room, which was just a three-episode miniseries about a key that opened into a hotel room that wasn't there, and then that hotel room's door would lead the bearer of the key to anywhere they wanted to go, and there was a series of artifacts that did other amazing things. I think it was a nod to or a spinoff from Warehouse 13 somehow, a show about a warehouse full of such curiosities, its safekeepers, and the hijinks that ensue when one inevitably gets out, as happens every episode. And then there was Daybreak, about the guy who lives each day over and over again, but that was just bad.

 

Having watched the first six episodes of Wayward Pines, and the seventh episode airing in about a week and a half (July 2nd), I can tell you that the first five episodes are brilliant. But M. Night Shyamalan is involved, though it's important to note he didn't write the big reveal. It isn't his idea, but it will feel like it is. If you rolled your eyes at the end of The Village, and told anyone who would listen why that could never work... you probably won't sit for Wayward Pines's reveal, either. Though, it's not the same at all.

 

Here's the trailer, but please be advised it spoils pretty much everything in the pilot, and has scenes from episodes 5 and 6 as well. I would strongly advise skipping the trailer and going in blind.

[Dinggus]

I didn't know the show was in production for 2 years before showing. I like the show, keeps me wondering what is gonna happen every episode.