Like the two or three films he made before it, M. Night Shyamalan’s last movie, After Earth, was a huge dud despite the pairing of father-son duo, Will and Jaden Smith. But if any year is going to mark Shyamalan’s comeback, it’s this one: he’s got a new movie, The Visit, being released in September, and Wayward Pines, the mystery series for which he’s an executive producer, premieres in May. Fox just released a new trailer for the latter, and it actually looks good, in a creepy sort of way.
In wayward Pines, Matt Dillon plays a Secret Service agent investigating the disappearance of two other agents, when he finds himself trapped in a small town that seems friendly enough, but is actually far more sinister than its outward appearance suggests. The show co-stars Melissa Leo, Terrence Howard, Carla Gugino, Toby Jones, and Juliette Lewis.
Based on the novel “Pines” by Blake Crouch, the series was developed by Chad Hodge and executive produced by Hodge along with Donald De Line, Ashwin Rajan and Shyamalan who also directed the pilot.
Fox describes it as “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. 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. One of the best Secret Service agents in the Seattle office, he’s the man who knew missing agent KATE HEWSON (Carla Gugino, “Watchmen,” “Entourage”) better than anyone. They were more than partners; 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 is 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.”
The series debuts on May 14th.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DxySpq6jFY
