Guillermo del Toro's 'The Strain'

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The Strain is moving forward at FX. The cable network announced Tuesday that it has ordered a 13-episode freshman season of the vampire drama, which comes from Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan and Carlton Cuse. The series, based on del Toro and Hogan's book trilogy of the same name, is set to premiere in July 2014 -- with Cuse serving as showrunner.

“The Strain books are near and dear to my heart and now, Chuck and I have the blessing of a partnership with Carlton and FX that holds great promise,” del Toro said. “Working with FX has yielded an amazing experience with total creative freedom and support.”

FX Networks president and GM John Landgraf told reporters in March that The Strain, which was then prepping to film its pilot, already had assembled a writing staff and picked up additional scripts -- a strong sign the pilot would earn a series order.

“We could not be more excited to be moving forward with Guillermo, Carlton and Chuck on The Strain," said FX Networks and FX Productions presidents of original programming Eric Schrier and Nick Grad. "This is an epic story with stunning visuals and remarkable acting. The Strain totally reimagines and reinvents the genre.”

For FX, The Strain comes as the network has found success with genre fare including anthology series American Horror Story. Its latest installment, Coven, is now pacing as the network's second-highest-rated original to date. The Strain joins a roster of original dramas that also includes The Americans, The Bridge, Justified and Sons of Anarchy. On the pilot side, the cabler has yet to make a decision on the fate of dramas Tyrant and Hoke.

For Cuse, The Strain gives the former Lost co-showrunner two series on the air. It joins the second season of A&E's Bates Motel -- which he runs with Kerry Ehrin. He's also developing another vampire drama -- a remake of French series The Returned -- for A&E.

The Strain arrives as vampires continue to be a ratings draw on the small screen, with The CW spinning off The Vampire Diaries to fall hit The Originals and HBO prepping for the seventh and final season of True Blood in 2014.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-f ... ros-657628

Great news. Shame John Hurt is leaving the project though.

According to Deadline, filming is set to begin this month for a July 2014 premiere, after a replacement is found for John Hurt, who played the aging vampire hunter Professor Setrakian in the pilot, but faced scheduling issues with the show’s production schedule.

http://www.avclub.com/article/guillermo ... a-g-105813

Hmmmmm

The first book is ok....the other two are neither here or there.

I would say a rip roaring roller coaster of a ride that lasts 10 seconds but with a 3 hour queue.

Very short teaser:

FX has finally put up a trailer for the show:

Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones, Person of Interest) is composing the score for the show.

1st episode was on last night in the US. Watch have brought it for the UK so will be on later this year.

Yep, pretty average with a few bad moments. Will continue watching for at least a few episodes.

That was really derivative. Very bland characters and some extremely clumsy execution. I'd agree that it was more average than bad but only just.

[iup=3508468]Crimson[/iup] wrote:That was really derivative. Very bland characters and some extremely clumsy execution. I'd agree that it was more average than bad but only just.

That was pretty much my opinion of the first book so I'll skip the TV series.

Nice toilet scene this week. :slol:

I've been quite enjoying this so far, looks like it could be really interesting.
Haven't read the books so can't really compare in that regard.

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If only the rest of the show could be as good as the special effects...

Renewed for a 2nd season - http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watchi ... season-2-2

Season has been pretty meh but the last episode was good.

[iup=3538623]Monkey Man[/iup] wrote:Renewed for a 2nd season - http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watchi ... season-2-2

Season has been pretty meh but the last episode was good.

Myself and the girlfriend have been enjoying it so far. Couple of issues, but nothing to put us off, so this is good to hear.

I've started reading the books off the back of it too.

strawberry floatin yes!

Renewed for Season 3 - http://deadline.com/2015/08/the-strain- ... 201495086/

Season 2 been ok, not sure if its better or worse that the 1st.

Guillermo del Toro's 'The Strain'

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