I was a huge fan of M. Night Shyamalan’s adaptation of “Wayward Pines,” a surprising one-shot series that was intense, engaging and almost lived up to its full expectations (the finale was a bit of a letdown).
It was so successful for the network that a second season was ordered, with casting officially underway.
Deadline reports that Jason Patric – who you should all remember as “Michael” in Lost Boys – is set for the lead role in the second installment of Fox’s psychological thriller, which will air this summer.
On the show Patric will play Dr. Theo Yedlin, a confident, driven surgeon whose leadership skills will prove invaluable to the residents of Wayward Pines.
Based on the world created by author Blake Crouch in his bestselling series of books, the 10-episode second season of “Wayward Pines” will pick up after the shocking events of Season 1 with the town’s residents battling the iron-fisted rule of the First Generation. Yedlin — a new resident of Wayward Pines – awakens from suspended animation and finds himself in the middle of this rebellion, as he tries to understand what Wayward Pines really is and help preserve the endangered human race.
