TCA: M. Night Shyamalan Heading to the Small Screen. What a Twist!

Steve Barton |

Jan 8, 2013

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Deadline

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http://www.deadline.com/2013/01/fox-developing-longform-event-series-from-m-night-shyamalan-bruce-c-mckenna/

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M. Night Shyamalan Heading to the Small Screen. What a Twist! After several theatrical flops (seriously, what happened to this guy?), Hollywood’s former “It” guy is now looking toward bringing his unique visions to the small screen for Fox. Read on for the latest free of any red herrings along the way.

According to Deadline, Fox has announced a new event drama series it has put in development: “Wayward Pines” from M. Night Shyamalan and Chad Hodge and the FX Prods. division.

Based on the best-selling novel Pines by Blake Crouch, “Wayward Pines” is an intense, mind-bending thriller evocative of the classic cult hit “Twin Peaks.” Secret Service agent Ethan Burke arrives in the bucolic town of Wayward Pines, Idaho, on a mission to find two missing federal agents. But instead of answers, Ethan’s investigation only turns up more questions. What’s wrong with Wayward Pines? 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.