Canal Plus’s zombie series “The Returned” (“Les Revenants”), a breakout hit in France and number of international territories, just won an International Emmy for Best Drama series and has a high-profile remake in the works at A&E with Carlton Cuse.
Now Sundance Channel, which had acquired the first eight-episode season of the series, launching it this past Halloween, has picked up “The Returned‘s” upcoming second season, which is about to go into production, in a deal with Zodiak Rights, Deadline reports out of TCA.
It will debut in the US in late 2014.
The series is set in an idyllic French mountain town where a seemingly random collection of people find themselves in a state of confusion as they attempt to return to their homes without realizing that they have been dead for several years.