Fox’s event series Wayward Pines is set to premiere its 10 episode run on May 14, 2015 at 9pm ET/PT. Based on the books by Blake Crouch, the large, award-winning cast includes Carla Gugino, Matt Dillon, Melissa Leo, Terrence Howard, Toby Jones, Shannyn Sossamon, Charlie Tahan, Tim Griffin, and Juliette Lewis. Reed Diamond (Bones, Agents of SHIELD) also stars in the mystery thriller executive produced by M. Night Shyamalan, and at the 2015 WonderCon I had the chance to find out more about his character, life on the set, working with Shyamalan, and the appeal of the new Fox series.
The Plot:
Imagine the perfect American town, beautiful homes, manicured lawns, children playing safely in the streets…Now imagine never being able to leave. You have no communication with the outside world. You think you’re going insane. You must be in Wayward Pines.
Secret Service Agent ETHAN BURKE (Dillon) drives to the bucolic town of Wayward Pines, ID, searching for two missing federal agents. One of the best Secret Service agents in the Seattle office, he’s the man who knew missing agent KATE HEWSON (Gugino) better than anyone. They were more than partners; their relationship nearly destroyed Ethan’s marriage.
Everything changes when a truck slams into his car…and he wakes up in the Wayward Pines Hospital, with the intense and unpredictable NURSE PAM (Leo) at his bedside. It soon appears that Pam is more interested in harming than healing. She and Ethan grow into deadly rivals, and her role in the town proves much deeper than anyone realizes.
Among the other residents Ethan meets are the mysterious DR. JENKINS (Jones), the psychiatrist who treats him at Wayward Pines Hospital; toymaker HAROLD BALLINGER (Diamond); BEVERLY (Lewis), a bartender who is as wary of Wayward Pines as he is; and SHERIFF ARNOLD POPE (Howard), who takes offense at a Secret Service agent showing up on his turf.
Meanwhile, Ethan’s boss, ADAM HASSLER (Griffin), attempts to update Ethan’s wife, THERESA BURKE (Sossamon) with the latest news. After arriving in Wayward Pines, Theresa and Ethan enroll their teenage son, BEN (Tahan), in the town’s only school, where his teacher, MEGAN FISHER (Hope Davis), provides key information about the town’s origins. But Ethan’s continuing investigation only turns up more and more questions, and each one leads him to the most important question of all: What’s wrong with Wayward Pines?
– More Wayward Pines interviews: M Night Shyamalan / Melissa Leo and Toby Jones / Matt Dillon and Carla Gugino / Shannyn Sossamon and Tim Griffin / Charlie Tahan
