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The fourth and final season would blend Cuckoo's Nest into the narrative. A look at Ratched (Image: Netflix) Joining Paulson on the series are Jon Jon Briones (Sons of Anarchy), Charlie Carver (The Leftovers), Judy Davis (Feud), Harriet Harris  (Nurse Betty), Cynthia Nixon (Sex and the City), Hunter Parrish (Weeds), Amanda Plummer (Pulp Fiction), Corey Stoll (The Strain), Sharon Stone (Casino) Finn Wittrock (American Horror Story), Rosanna Arquette (Pulp Fiction), Sophie[...]

Credit: Richard Grassie/Netflix With filming currently underway in London, Netflix has released the line-up of actors joining Ricky Gervais for his new series After Life. Created, executive produced, directed by and starring Gervais, the six, half-hour episode season is also executive produced by long-time collaborator Charlie Hanson (Derek, Extras); and includes several familiar faces from Game of Thrones, Harry Potter, Downton[...]

But what happens after the storms have moved out, the skies have cleared and the news crews have moved on to their next assignments? How does a community that's lost so much find the strength to rebuild and move one? Those are the questions that writer Michael McGrale (CSI: Miami, The Following) and director Deran Sarafian [...]

We also see a flashback to how Dutch and Setrakian are captured. There is a second clip played of all of the characters in a group therapy session complete with roleplaying and each other.  It was a very cute clip and a nice treat for the fans. As a whole everyone on stage was very good about[...]

With SDCC 2017 coming-up in July, Deadline Hollywood is reporting that FX is throwing down the gauntlet by unleashing comic-con stalwarts Legion, Archer and The Strain to represent the network proudly at the annual "geek"/pop culture convention For fans and SDCC attendees, here are some things to keep in mind: The Strain: With its fourth and[...]

The final season of FX's The Strain is set to premiere at 10 p.m EST/9 p.m CST on July 16th, according to Deadline. The show is based on a trilogy by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan, with del Toro and Hogan both serving as writers and producers for the show Carlton Cruse is the executive producer and[...]

Dark Horse has sent us an exclusive first look at The Strain: Mister Quinlan – Vampire Hunter #5 The book is by David Lapham, Edgar Salazar and Keith Champagne and concludes the origin tale of Quinlan What goes better than Vampire and Ancient Rome? It's like chocolate and peanut butter. THE STRAIN: MISTER QUINLAN–VAMPIRE HUNTER #5 Writer:[...]

Hugh Sheridan writes, In attendance at the Strain's 2016 panel were actors Kevin Durand (Vasily Fet) , Ruta Gudmintas (Dutch),  Richard Sammel (Eichhorst) and Miguel Gomez (Gus) as well as producers Chuck Hogan (who co-wrote the original books with Gillermo Del Toro ) and Carlton Cuse. First off – Carlton Cuse announced that this season will only have 10 episodes because now the world is aware of the[...]

The Strain television series is a horror / thriller from Guillermo del Toro and Carlton Cuse and is an adaptation of the best-selling The Strain Trilogy by del Toro and Chuck Hogan The series is four episodes into its second season and FX has announced it has been renewed for a third. The series stars Corey Stoll, who[...]

Naturally I jumped at the chance to check out a sneak preview of the freshly built American Horror Story Hotel, built to promote the upcoming series of the same name this October. FX have built the "Fearless Arena", a sectioned interactive area promoting their upcoming slate of shows under the shadow of the 100 foot poster of[...]

FX has released a behind-the-scenes look at the upcoming second season of Guillermo del Toro's The Strain. The Strain is a high concept thriller that tells the story of "Dr Ephraim Goodweather," the head of the Center for Disease Control Canary Team in New York City He and his team are called upon to investigate a[...]

Wow–the mythology of the Old Ones has always fascinated me about The Strain, both in the comic and the TV show (haven't read the original novel yet but really should) This issue, #7 of The Night Eternal is arriving on March 18th and really rips the lid off those questions, showing you an up close[...]

FX has released a teaser trailer for the second season of The Strain The series is based on the novels by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan who then went on to create the series Back in August FX renewed the series for a 13 episode second season A premiere date has not been set. [youtube]http://youtu.be/BrwfR4vY2ek[/youtube] [...]

Reality-based shock comedy can get old and tired quickly but Fielder and Nathan for You haven't come anywhere near to wearing out their welcome yet. The Strain I need to get this out of the way before talking about FX's Guillermo Del Toro-infused modern vampire deconstruction tale, the Strain – if there's a club for people to[...]

With six of the thirteen episodes of season one having aired, FX has given Guillermo Del Toro and Carlton Cuse's vampire drama The Strain the green light for a second thirteen episode season to air in 2015 The networks first ever airing of an original series on a Sunday night drew in 4.73 million initial[...]

The audience screaming for The Strain, the first show to make it into Hall H for its first season, were promised a cannister of gummi worms afterward, Straing style What followed was a preview viewing of today's episode of the show so those traveling wouldn't miss out. After the screening, Guillermo del Toro, Carlton Cuse, and[...]

Rick Kissell over at Variety has an interesting piece on how FX is handling the ratings numbers for their new series The Strain. Instead of releasing the overnight numbers, "Live + Same Day", the network remained quiet until the "Live + 3" came in This may seem self-explanatory, but just in case – the Live +[...]

By Cameron Hatheway [*Obviously this is going to be a little spoilery for plot of The Strain so be warned!] Before there was a television show, there was a comic And before there was a comic, there was a book trilogy But since books are comics without pretty pictures, it wouldn't make sense to compare visuals of[...]

On July 13, the highly anticipated new series from Guillermo del Toro, The Strain premieres on FX, and we've got two preview videos. The Strain tells the story of Dr Ephraim Goodweather, the head of the Center for Disease Control Canary Team in New York City, who is called upon to investigate a mysterious viral outbreak with[...]

The Strain is coming to TV with FX in just a couple of weeks now, on July 13th, which is based, if you somehow don't know this, on the New York Times Best-selling novel by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan, but it's also based on the Dark Horse Comics adaptations by David Lapham and[...]

It's official: Guillermo del Toro's The Strain is coming to a TV near you The Hollywood Reporter reveals cable network FX (home of edgy fare like Justified, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and American Horror Story) has ordered a 13 episode first season of the horror series starring House of Cards' Corey Stoll. Announced a little[...]

Seriously call this guy, he's in the book. The Strain: Fall gives us some of the least erotic naked french kissing I think I've seen Okay, maybe second worst, Sirens was on TV last night Brain Boy here… with a Cyclops Girl having the power to shut off reader's powers Say, you're a reader, do you feel[...]

Since 2011 he has written for Avatar (Crossed, Psychopath, Caligula, Ferals, Dan The Unharmable), Radical (Damaged), Dark Horse (Kull, Creepy, Robert E Howard's Savage Sword, Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan's The Strain), Vertigo (The Unexpected, House of Mystery) and Marvel (Age of Apocalypse, Deadpool MAX). Outside of comic books, writers tend to stay in their[...]

The producer-writer-director has just been linked to two more TV projects, the first of which will see a series of his novels brought the life for the small screen, and the second of which will have him directing television for the first time since Hora Marcada. The first of these projects is an adaptation of del[...]

Now Deadline is reporting that the two will have even more stiff competition, one from horror master Guillermo del Toro and another from two parties already well versed in same-subject battles. Deadline says Del Toro is readying an adaptation of his own contemporary novel trilogy, which began with The Strain and concluded in last October's The[...]