New FX Series "The Strain" By Del Toro, "Breaking Bad" Writer Gennifer Hutchison....

[hex]

FX ordered a 13 episode first season. The show is based on a novel by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan. "Breaking Bad" veteran Gennifer Hutchison is one of the writers:



www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/fx-orders-guillermo-del-toros-657628

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Strain

A Boeing 777 arrives at JFK and is on its way across the tarmac, when it suddenly stops dead. All window shades are pulled down. All lights are out. All communication channels have gone quiet. Crews on the ground are lost for answers, but an alert goes out to the CDC. Dr. Ephraim "Eph" Goodweather, head of their Canary project, a rapid-response team that investigates biological threats, gets the call and boards the plane. What he finds makes his blood run cold.

In a pawnshop in Spanish Harlem, a former professor and survivor of the Holocaust named Abraham Setrakian knows something is happening. And he knows the time has come, that a war is brewing.

So begins a battle of mammoth proportions as the vampiric virus that has infected New York begins to spill out into the streets. Eph, who is joined by Setrakian and a motley crew of fighters, must now find a way to stop the contagion and save his city - a city that includes his wife and son - before it is too late.

Fred.

 

[detroitwalt]

Oh yeah I remember reading these books. I think there were 3 in the series. Forgot hearing that this was being turned into a tv series

 

[ThePsydeFX]

That description reminds me of the Fringe pilot. I'm down.

 

[newarkhiphop]

another vamp show

 

[hex]

another vamp show

Eh....it's not really. The creatures don't have much in common with vampires. If I had to compare it to anything, it'd be something like "28 Days Later".

Fred.

 

[AkaDemiK]

to be in the goat era of TV

Spoiler

please be dope

 

[hex]

to be in the goat era of TV

Spoiler

please be dope

Even if this flops we still got:

1. "Better Call Saul" on AMC by Vince Gilligan the gawd and Peter Gould.

2. "Flesh And Bone" on Starz by Moira Walley-Beckett, arguably the best "Breaking Bad" writer.

3. "Tyrant" on FX by Gideon Raff, the creator of the Israeli series "Hatufim" that season 1 of "Homeland" is based on.

At least one of them is bound to be good.

Fred.

 

[Just like bruddas]

 

[Sugar]

This is ironic because I was just in Barnes & Noble today, looking for The Strain

I'm still gonna buy it tho

 

[Shogun]

they combining vampires and zombies into one show?

 

[ltheghost]

The book was damn good...I'm looking forward to the show.

 

[Prince.Skeletor]

The Strain Female Cast:

 

[FlyRy]

FX continues to make moves.. they are so damn impressive the past few years.. justified, AHS, the bridge, and this should probably be dope as well.

 

[hex]

First teaser for "The Strain" was shown Sunday during "The Walking Dead":



Fred.

 

[jay211]

I'm not sure if this show is going to be good or not. Chuck Hogan is a great writer, though. FX is all the way in on this series. They have guaranteed Hogan and Del Toro at least 3 seasons off the bat. They hoping for that Walking Dead type audience.

Tyrant should be a fukking hit, though. The script was killer. It's The Godfather in the Middle East.