Wayward Pines
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Wayward Pines |
| Original title | Wayward Pines |
 | |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 2015-2016 |
| Production company |
Blinding Edge Pictures, De Line Pictures, Storyland, FX Productions |
| length | approx. 40-42 minutes |
| Episodes | 20 in 2 seasons ( list ) |
| genre | Mystery , science fiction |
| idea | Chad Hodge |
| production |
M. Night Shyamalan , Donald De Line, Chad Hodge, Ashwin Rajan |
| First broadcast | May 14, 2015 (USA) on Fox |
| German-language first broadcast |
May 14, 2015 on FOX Channel |
| occupation | |
Wayward Pines is a US Mystery - crime series of the TV channel Fox . The series is based on the Wayward Pines trilogy by Blake Crouch. The series was developed by Chad Hodge, who acts as executive producer alongside M. Night Shyamalan , Donald De Lin and Ashwin Rajan.
The first broadcast of the ten-part first season started on May 14, 2015 in 125 countries, including the German-language version. In December 2015, Fox ordered a second season of the series, which premiered from May 25 to July 27, 2016. The German-language first broadcast of the second season can be seen again on FOX since August 11, 2016. From January 2017, both seasons were shown on German free TV on ZDFneo . The series is also available on Amazon Prime Video and MagentaTV .
action
season 1
The Secret Service agent Ethan Burke is investigating the disappearance of two colleagues and wakes up after an apparent car accident in the hospital in the mysterious small town of Wayward Pines, Idaho , but cannot reach his manager at the Secret Service, his family or leave the small town. He finds the missing agents, one dead, the other - his former lover - alive and now married to a local craftsman. The community's residents cannot leave the fence-enclosed town and the community is subject to set rules enforced by the opaque Sheriff Pope. If the rules are violated repeatedly , there is a risk of reckoning and a public execution by the sheriff.
Later in the series, Ethan Burke finds out that Wayward Pines is a kind of " Noah's Ark " project by scientist David Pilcher. At the end of the 20th century he had discovered that humanity "reacts" to the environmental changes it has caused itself and that mutations developed that would transform humanity into new beings (so-called aberrations or "abbies") in the long term. When his warnings were not taken seriously by the public, he came up with the idea of creating a modern Noah's Ark. Its aim was to preserve the culture and way of life of humanity. For this purpose he developed - under the guise of front companies - supported by some secret patrons, a cryo program, with the help of which he put selected people, mostly after a real or fictitious accident, into a deep sleep lasting thousands of years. He also built a bunker system near Wayward Pines, which housed supplies, energy supply, etc. After cryosleeping a large number of unsuspecting people, he also put himself, his sister Pamela and around 200 volunteers into this deep sleep. Two thousand years later, Pilcher and his volunteers were first awakened.
As expected by Pilcher, mankind had since perished, the "aberrations", bloodthirsty bipedial beings with outstanding properties as predators, but with lower intelligence compared to humans, have since controlled the world as dominant beings on the planet. The cities are devastated and in ruins. Pilcher now built the artificial small town of Wayward Pines, in which, surrounded by a high protective fence, the cryo-preserved people who were awakened are to live.
In an initial attempt, Pilcher tried to fully inform the now lively residents of the city about their situation, but had to realize that most of the adult residents were not able to accept the "leap in time" of 2000 years and the radically changed environmental conditions. The result was riots, chaos, attempts to escape and suicides. So Pilcher dared a second attempt, this time relying on concealment of the truth, denial of the past, strict rules and total surveillance.
Since then, the adults have had to play their assigned roles or die as rebels. Only the residents' children are initiated into the new situation because, in Pilcher's opinion, they seem to be more flexible and react better to the drastic changes. The children should learn the new “1. Generation ”that will one day recapture the earth. The year 4028 is now written.
Ethan Burke initially rejects the atmosphere of fear and repression that has built up in Wayward Pines, but has to recognize that to protect the “big picture” a certain degree of secrecy is important, to avoid panic and to maintain control of the city. As the newly appointed sheriff, he will take on the task of guarding the city and protecting the residents against dangers from outside and inside during the course of the first season. However, he notes that it is not that easy to get calm without the truth. Just as he himself was too skeptical to submit to the rules and authority of Pilcher, there is a small group of people who cannot come to terms with them either. Their attempts to get out of the city through the outer wall endanger the community.
The situation escalates when Burke tells residents the truth about Wayward Pines at an impending execution. Pilcher, who wants a third fresh start, then cuts off the city's power supply, which deactivates the protective electric fence and the Abbies invade the city. The residents flee from the Abbies in a bunker, the corridors of which lead to Pilcher's headquarters. The youngsters of the first generation, who stand behind Pilcher and his vision, hide separately from the Abbies. At the headquarters, Pilcher orders his followers to kill all residents. When some refuse, a riot breaks out in which Pilcher is shot. Ethan Burke saves the residents from the onslaught of the Abbies by blowing himself up with an explosive device in the elevator shaft. Burke's son Ben is hit in the head and falls into a coma.
When Ben wakes up, three years and four months have passed. The first generation managed to put all survivors back into cryo-sleep and instead woke up new, more controllable individuals. Although Ben is suspected of having morally supported his father's actions and is consequently also held responsible for Pilcher's death, Ben's friend Amy can convince the first generation that he is not like his father; therefore he is not put into cryo-sleep.
Background and production
In May 2013, the US television broadcaster Fox gave the green light to the production of the series, in which M. Night Shyamalan is to direct and Matt Dillon was hired as the lead actor. A year later, the series was ordered for 2015. In December 2014, Fox announced that it would air the series in 125 countries from May 14, 2015, making it the largest global TV series launch to date.
In 2013, Melissa Leo , Juliette Lewis , Terrence Howard and Toby Jones, among others, were announced as actors .
The filming of Wayward Pines , which began in August 2013, took place in the Canadian province of British Columbia . While the interior scenes were filmed in Burnaby , the exterior scenes took place in Agassiz , a small town east of Vancouver .
Cast and dubbing
The German dubbing was directed by Frank Glaubrecht and based on a dialogue book by Jeffrey Wipprecht by the dubbing company Cinephon in Berlin.
Main cast
| role | actor | Main role (episodes) |
Supporting role (episodes) |
Voice actor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Hassler | Tim Griffin | 1.01-1.03, 1.09, 2.04-2.08 | Kim Hasper | |
| Dr. Theo Yedlin | Jason Patric | 2.01-2.10 | Marcus Off | |
| Rebecca Yedlin | Nimrat Kaur | 2.01-2.10 | ||
| Xander Beck | Josh Helman | 2.01-2.10 | Leonhard Mahlich | |
| Christopher James "CJ" Mitchum | Djimon Hounsou | 2.02-2.10 | Oliver Stritzel | |
| Ethan Burke | Matt Dillon | 1.01–1.10 | Charles Rettinghaus | |
| Kate Hewson | Carla Gugino | 1.01–1.10 | 2.01 | Alexandra Wilcke |
| Theresa Burke | Shannyn Sossamon | 1.01-1.10 | 2.02, 2.04-2.06 | Ilona Brokowski |
| David Pilcher / Dr. Jenkins | Toby Jones | 1.01–1.10 | 2.02, 2.05, 2.07, 2.09 | Lutz Schnell |
| Harold Ballinger | Reed Diamond | 1.01–1.09 | Nicolas Boell | |
| Ben Burke | Charlie Tahan | 1.01–1.10 | 2.01-2.02, 2.06 | Sebastian Kluckert |
| Beverly Brown | Juliette Lewis | 1.01–1.03 | Bettina White | |
| Pamela "Pam" Pilcher | Melissa Leo | 1.01–1.10 | 2.03 | Eva Kryll |
| Sheriff Arnold Pope | Terrence Howard | 1.01-1.03, 1.06 | 2.01 | Florian Halm |
| Megan Fisher | Hope Davis | 2.01-2.07 | 1.04-1.10 | Antje von der Ahe |
| Jason Higgins | Tom Stevens | 2.01-2.10 | 1.09-1.10 | Patrick Keller |
| Kerry Campbell | Kacey Rohl | 2.01-2.10 | Leonie Dubuc |
Supporting cast
| role | actor | Supporting role (episodes) |
Voice actor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arlene Moran | Siobhan Fallon Hogan | 1.01-1.04, 1.08-2.06, 2.08-2.10 | Ulrike Lau |
| Amy Breslow | Sarah Jeffery | 1.04-1.10 | Jamie Lee Blank |
| Brad Fisher | Barclay Hope | 1.04, 1.08-1.10 | Hans Hohlbein |
| Ruby Davis | Greta Lee | 1.01-1.02, 1.06, 1.08, 2.01 | Amelie Plaas-Link |
| Margaret | Rochelle Okoye | 2.04-2.10 | - |
Episode list
The first broadcast of the first season took place simultaneously in 125 countries, including the United States and Germany, from May 14 to July 23, 2015 on the pay-TV channel FOX . The first broadcast on free TV will start on January 31, 2017 on ZDFneo .
season 1
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first broadcast (D) | Director | script | Odds (USA) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Paradise on earth | Where Paradise Is Home | May 14, 2015 | May 14, 2015 | M. Night Shyamalan | Chad Hodge | 3.76 million |
| 2 | 2 | Yesterday does not exist | Don't Discuss Your Life Before | May 21, 2015 | May 21, 2015 | Charlotte Sieling | Chad Hodge | 4.59 million |
| 3 | 3 | An extraordinary city | Our Town, Our Law | May 28, 2015 | May 28, 2015 | Zal Batmanglij | Chad Hodge | 3.97 million |
| 4th | 4th | Friends, neighbors, prisoners | One of Our Senior Realtors Has Chosen to Retire | Jun 4, 2015 | Jun 4, 2015 | Zal Batmanglij | Steven Levenson | 4.20 million |
| 5 | 5 | The first generation | The Truth | Jun 11, 2015 | Jun 11, 2015 | James Foley | Blake Crouch, Matt & Ross Duffer | 4.24 million |
| 6th | 6th | The dark age | Choices | Jun 25, 2015 | Jun 25, 2015 | Jeff T. Thomas | Brett Conrad, Matt & Ross Duffer | 3.45 million |
| 7th | 7th | The year we live in | Betrayal | Jul 2, 2015 | Jul 2, 2015 | Steve Shill | Rob Fresco | 3.38 million |
| 8th | 8th | The price of truth | The Friendliest Place on Earth | 9 Jul 2015 | 9 Jul 2015 | Tim Hunter | Patrick Aison, Rob Fresco, Chad Hodge & Blake Crouch | 3.37 million |
| 9 | 9 | Billing | A Reckoning | 16 Jul 2015 | 16 Jul 2015 | Nimród Antal | Matt & Ross Duffer | 3.25 million |
| 10 | 10 | Three years, four months | Cycle | 23 Jul 2015 | 23 Jul 2015 | Tim Hunter | Patrick Aison | 3.98 million |
season 2
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first broadcast (D) | Director | script | Odds (USA) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 1 | Clear rules, severe penalties | Enemy Lines | May 25, 2016 | 11 Aug 2016 | David Petrarch | Mark Friedman | 3.06 million |
| 12 | 2 | Bloody harvest | Blood Harvest | June 1, 2016 | 18 Aug 2016 | Brad Turner | Synopsis: Mark Friedman & Michael R. Perry Acting: Michael R. Perry |
2.52 million |
| 13 | 3 | Once upon a time in Wayward Pines | Once Upon a Time in Wayward Pines | June 8, 2016 | 25 Aug 2016 | John Krokidas | Anna Fricke | 2.37 million |
| 14th | 4th | This is not a life | Exit strategy | June 15, 2016 | Sep 1 2016 | Ti West | Nazrin Choudhury | 2.48 million |
| 15th | 5 | Utopia | Sound The Alarm | June 22, 2016 | 8 Sep 2016 | Alrick Riley | Edward Ricourt | 2.32 million |
| 16 | 6th | Fields on fire | City Upon A Hill | June 29, 2016 | Sep 15 2016 | Vincenzo Natali | Tyler Hisel | 2.27 million |
| 17th | 7th | Over time | Time will tell | July 6, 2016 | 22 Sep 2016 | Jeff T. Thomas | Anna Fricke | 2.28 million |
| 18th | 8th | Margaret | Pass Judgment | July 13, 2016 | 29 Sep 2016 | Jennifer Chambers Lynch | Seamus Kevin Fahey | 2.38 million |
| 19th | 9 | The book of life | Walcott Prep | 20th July 2016 | Oct 6, 2016 | Mathias Herndl | Mark Friedman | 2.04 million |
| 20th | 10 | There is no elsewhere | Bedtime story | July 27, 2016 | Oct 13, 2016 | Ti West | Mark Friedman | 2.21 million |
reception
Wayward Pines was received largely positively in the United States. Around 86 percent of the reviews on Rotten Tomatoes were benevolent, and on Metacritic it was 66 percent. The critical consensus at Rotten Tomatoes was: "As weird and strange as possible, Wayward Pines is a gratifying return to old strength for M. Night Shyamalan."
In Germany, the critics were also largely positive. Iris Alanyali said in Die Welt that Shyamalan's series tells a story that, like all good mystery thrillers, is firmly anchored in reality and therefore seems all the more sinister. Wayward Pines have everything that makes a real Shyamalan. In the FAZ Nina Rehfeld described the series as "atmospheric" and "somewhere between Lost and Twin Peaks settled". Robert Gast of the Süddeutsche Zeitung said it was fun to watch Ethan Burke unravel the mystery of the quirky little town, even if this search for the truth could have been made more subtle.
Web series Gone
In addition to the first season, a web series called Gone was produced, which consists of ten roughly three-minute episodes and can be viewed free of charge on foxchannel.de . The script was written by Christopher Leone , who also acted as producer.
Plot
The plot revolves around the scientist Eric Barlow, who is looking for his missing wife Sarah Barlow, who leaves him a goodbye message, leaves him and asks him not to follow her. He then goes looking for her and comes across the mountain project . To find out more, he tries to find various people Sarah has been in contact with in the past two weeks, but they have spontaneously moved away. At a hospital, he is given an envelope with ultrasound scans, which shows that his wife is pregnant and that he is going to be a father. Elena, a colleague of Sarah, finally tells him that he has to go to Idaho to find Sarah's source, Digger . Once there, Eric receives an address from Elena where he is staying. He tells him that many construction workers from all over the country had the task of excavating the mountain. In addition, people suddenly disappeared and did not appear again. Digger gives Eric the name of a town, Lowman , in which the construction workers were housed and which is said to be not far from the mountain. After the conversation, Eric finds an envelope with a USB stick in his car. This contains a video in which Sarah is trapped in a narrow room. Eric is now looking for the mountain near the city and is on his way there; on the way he passes a sign saying Wayward Pines . When he reached the mountain, he received another call from the Pilcher personnel agency ; the caller points out an offer that was sent to him by email. Attached he finds a video of his wife Sarah, who is standing in front of the same goal as him in the video. She asks him again not to follow her. However, Eric ignores the warning and enters the Pilcher Technologies premises . On the premises, he meets the employee who kept suggesting a job offer, Mark Thompson. This leads Eric to a cold chamber in which Sarah is. The scientist tells him that the cold chamber is used to save humanity and that Sarah voluntarily chose to give birth to her child in the future world, in Wayward Pines; The real interest was not Sarah, but Eric, so she was just a lure to get to Eric, who is very helpful for the project due to his skills. When Elena suddenly shows up, Eric realizes that she is in league with Pilcher Technologies and has made him visit the mountain complex. In the end, Eric accepts the job offer to protect his wife Sarah.
Product Placement
The web series uses product placements for Microsoft products quite conspicuously . The Microsoft logo can be seen in many scenes on smartphones or a Surface tablet, but also logos from Bing , OneNote and OneDrive .
Web links
- Wayward Pines in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Fox official website
- Web series Gone via FOX NL
- Wayward Pines at Fernsehserien.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Mario Giglio: Wayward Pines: Series start in 125 countries simultaneously. Serienjunkies.de , January 19, 2015, accessed May 17, 2015 .
- ↑ Wayward Pines: 2nd season ordered . In: Serienjunkies.de . December 10, 2015. Accessed December 10, 2015.
- ↑ Nellie Andreeva: 'Wayward Pines' Gets Premiere Date, Terrence Howard & Hope Davis To Return . In: Deadline.com . March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
- ^ Wayward Pines. In: amazon.de. Accessed January 1, 2020 .
- ^ Wayward Pines. In: magentatv.de. Accessed January 1, 2020 .
- ↑ Axel Schmitt: Wayward Pines: FOX gives the green light for M. Night Shyamalan's mini-series. Serienjunkies.de, May 13, 2013, accessed on May 17, 2015 .
- ↑ FOX Announces Fall 2014-15 Schedule. TV Series Finale, May 12, 2014, accessed May 17, 2015 .
- ↑ Alexander Krei: Wayward Pines: FOX gives the green light for the miniseries by M. Night Shyamalan. DWDL.de, December 11, 2014, accessed on May 17, 2015 .
- ↑ Rick Kissell, 'Wayward Pines' Event Series to Premiere in May on Fox. Variety, December 9, 2014, accessed May 17, 2015 .
- ↑ Riema Al-Khatib: Wayward Pines: Melissa Leo in a miniseries by M. Night Shyamalan. Serienjunkies.de, May 25, 2013, accessed May 17, 2015 .
- ^ Mario Giglio: Wayward Pines: Juliette Lewis in Shyamalan series Wayward Pines. Serienjunkies.de, August 12, 2013, accessed May 17, 2015 .
- ↑ Nellie Andreeva: Terrence Howard To Co-Star In 'Wayward Pines', Adriana Barraza Joins 'Saint George'. Deadline, July 12, 2013, accessed on May 17, 2015 (English).
- ↑ Dominic Patten: Toby Jones Joins Fox's 'Wayward Pines' For Director M. Night Shyamalan. Deadline, July 16, 2013, accessed on May 17, 2015 .
- ↑ John R. Kennedy: Stars set to begin work on 'Wayward Pines' in BC Globalnews.ca, August 14, 2013, accessed on May 17, 2015 .
- ↑ a b c Wayward Pines in the German synchronous file
- ↑ Uwe Mantel: ZDFneo starts horror series "Outcast" in January . In: DWDL . December 9, 2016. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
- ↑ Wayward Pines: Season One Ratings. TV Series Finale, July 24, 2015, accessed June 15, 2016 .
- ↑ Wayward Pines: Season Two Ratings. TV Series Finale, June 2, 2015, accessed August 4, 2016 .
- ↑ Wayward Pines: Season 1. In: Metacritic . Retrieved September 7, 2015 .
- ↑ Wayward Pines: Season 1. In: Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved September 7, 2015 .
- ↑ Iris Alanyali: Be happy and always answer when the doorbell rings! . In: The world . May 21, 2015. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- ↑ Nina Rehfeld: Where did I end up here? . In: FAZ . May 14, 2015. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- ↑ Robert Gast: Something is wrong here . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . May 14, 2015. Retrieved September 7, 2015.