The Strain joins a roster of original dramas that also includes The Americans, The Bridge, Justified and Sons of Anarchy. Its latest installment, Coven, is now pacing as the network’s second-highest-rated original to date. The Strain totally reimagines and reinvents the genre.”įor FX, The Strain comes as the network has found success with genre fare including anthology series American Horror Story. “This is an epic story with stunning visuals and remarkable acting. “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. Eph, who is joined by Setrakian and a motley crew of fighters, must now find a way to stop the contagion and save his city - a city that includes his wife and son - before it is too late.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. So begins a battle of mammoth proportions as the vampiric virus that has infected New York begins to spill out into the streets. And he knows the time has come, that a war is brewing.
In a pawnshop in Spanish Harlem, a former professor and survivor of the Holocaust named Abraham Setrakian knows something is happening. Eph Goodweather, head of their Canary project, a rapid-response team that investigates biological threats, gets the call and boards the plane. Crews on the ground are lost for answers, but an alert goes out to the CDC. All communication channels have gone quiet. A Boeing 777 arrives at JFK and is on its way across the tarmac, when it suddenly stops dead. It is the first installment in a thrilling trilogy and an extraordinary international publishing event. The visionary creator of the Academy Award-winning Pan's Labyrinth and a Hammett Award-winning author bring their imaginations to this bold, epic novel about a horrifying battle between man and vampire that threatens all humanity.
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