Premières: May 14, Fox There's even more tinsel town talent on show in this upcoming midseason-replacement "event series" by Fox, which stars Matt Dillon as a Secret Service Agent on the search for two missing colleagues, either helped or hindered by a small town's inhabitants, played variously by Melissa Leo, Terrence Howard, Toby Jones, Shannyn Sossamon, and Juliette Lewis. Must be pretty good if all of them signed on, right? Unfortunately Wayward Pines has a similar black spot to The Whispers, with a big Hollywood name attached that's more off-putting than likely to win curious viewers. Thankfully M Night Shyamalan (the M stands for Man I love twists) is only on board as an executive producer. So hopefully Wayward Pines won't be spoilt by the death touch of Shyamalan, since the premise is intriguing and the cast is really, properly brilliant. It sounds like a spin on Twin Peaks, with a slightly different sci-fi/supernatural bent. Which sounds pretty good, doesnt it?
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