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Wayward Pines novels by Blake Crouch |
Developed by | Chad Hodge |
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Composer(s) | Charlie Clouser |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 20 (list of episodes) |
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Location(s) | British Columbia, Canada |
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Running time | 42–44 minutes |
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Distributor | 20th Television |
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Original network | Fox |
Picture format | HDTV 720p |
Audio format | Surround |
Original release | May 14, 2015 | – present
External links | |
Official website |
Wayward Pines is an American mystery, science fiction television series based on the Wayward Pines novels by Blake Crouch. Developed for television by Chad Hodge, the pilot was directed by M. Night Shyamalan, with both as executive producers. The series premiered on Fox on May 14, 2015, and the first season concluded on July 23, 2015.
On December 9, 2015, Fox renewed the series for a second season which aired from May 25 to July 27, 2016.
In the first season, Ethan Burke (Matt Dillon) is a U.S. Secret Service agent investigating the disappearance of two fellow agents in the mysterious small town of Wayward Pines, Idaho. Ethan awakens from a car accident unable to contact the outside world and unable to leave. He finds one of the agents dead and the other, his former lover Kate Hewson (Carla Gugino), settled down in the seemingly idyllic town. But the inhabitants of Wayward Pines are trapped there by an electrified fence and set of rules enforced by the strict Sheriff Arnold Pope (Terrence Howard) and any attempt to escape is punished by a public execution known as a "reckoning". Ethan works to discover the truth.
In the second season, Dr. Theo Yedlin (Jason Patric) is a surgeon who is caught in the battle between Jason Higgins (Tom Stevens), leader of the First Generation that took over Wayward Pines following the Abbie incident, and the underground rebels led by Ethan's son Ben Burke (Charlie Tahan).
Wayward Pines is executive produced by Chad Hodge with M. Night Shyamalan, Donald De Line and Ashwin Rajan. The pilot episode was written by Hodge and directed by Shyamalan. The series was officially picked up on May 13, 2013, with a ten-episode order. Filming took place between August 19, 2013, and February 14, 2014, in Burnaby (interiors) and Agassiz (exteriors), in British Columbia.