Wayward Pines to Premier on Thursday May 10th on Fox Channels in 125 countires

Why this has piques our interest

Based on the novel Pines by Blake Crouch this intriguing tale will be split into ten episodes. This format of less shows is really taking hold. Add to that the stellar cast including Matt Damon and Juliette Lewis and Fox may be on to a winner here.
The day and date release is also something to sing about and long may it continue.

FOX Broadcasting Company and Fox International Channels Announce Global Premiere of 10-Episode Psychological Thriller “WAYWARD PINES”

From Executive Producer, Director M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN

Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX) and Fox International Channels announce the global premiere of the 10-episode, intense psychological thriller WAYWARD PINES. The highly anticipated event series, based on a best-selling novel and brought to life by suspenseful storyteller M. Night Shyamalan (“The Sixth Sense,” “Signs”) and executive-produced by Shyamalan, Donald De Line, Chad Hodge and Ashwin Rajan, will premiere Thursday, May 14 on FOX, while also debuting simultaneously in more than 125 countries across Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe and Latin America. The global WAYWARD PINES debut will be the world's largest day-and-date launch for a scripted series ever.

 The series stars Academy Award nominee Matt Dillon (“Crash”) as a Secret Service agent on a mission to find two missing federal agents in the bucolic town of Wayward Pines, ID. In addition to Dillon, the stellar cast includes Academy and Emmy Award winner Melissa Leo (“The Fighter”), Academy Award nominee Terrence Howard (“Crash,” “Hustle & Flow”), Carla Gugino (“Entourage”), Shannyn Sossamon (“How to Make It in America”), Toby Jones (“Infamous,” “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”), Reed Diamond (“24,” “Much Ado About Nothing”), Tim Griffin (“Prime Suspect”), Charlie Tahan (“Charlie St. Cloud”) and Academy Award and Emmy Award nominee Juliette Lewis (“Cape Fear”).

 WAYWARD PINES is a production of FX Productions. The series was developed for television by Hodge (“The Playboy Club,” “Runaway”) and executive-produced by De Line (“Green Lantern,” “The Italian Job”), Rajan (“Devil”), Hodge and Shyamalan.  Hodge wrote and Shyamalan directed the premiere episode. “Like” WAYWARD PINES on Facebook atfacebook.com/WaywardPines. Follow the series on Twitter at @WaywardPinesFOX and join the discussion using #waywardpines. See photos and videos on Instagram by following@Wayward Pines.

 Follow the cast and executive producers: @MNightShyamalan;@Chad_Hodge; @MelissaLeo;  @carlagugino; @ShanSossoman; @JulietteLewis;@thetimgriffin; and @reeddiamond.