Guillermo del Toro's “Strain” vampire saga may get pilot order at FX September 21, 2012 - 13:48 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Guillermo del Toro's trilogy of vampire novels - "The Strain," "The Fall" and "The Night Eternal" - is heading to the small-screen, TheWrap said citing Deadline. FX and del Toro are working on a pilot deal to bring the books to television. Should the deal be completed, del Toro will direct, co-write and executive-produce the project. Chuck Hogan, the co-author of the books, is also writing and executive-producing. (Hogan's other credits include the novel "Prince of Thieves," which was adapted into the 2010 Ben Affleck film "Prince of Thieves.") Carlton Cuse ("Lost," "Nash Bridges") would serve as executive producer and showrunner for the pilot. The novels - the first of which, "The Strain," was published in 2009 - follow the efforts of Centers for Disease Control employee Dr. Ephraim Goodweather to save New York City from a vampiric virus that's contaminating the city, after a Boeing 777 makes a mysterious arrival at JFK. Partner news  Top stories The film stars Avedikian as a brilliant director Sergey Paradjanov, whose nonconformist behavior conflicts with Soviet System. “Clear History” revolves around a marketing executive at an electric car company who quits over an argument and loses out on a fortune. The scientists conducted a survey of ancient rock art, with a database of Armenian petroglyphs to be later developed. “Love and War” is planned as a three-part love story about a woman and a man at war, with the latter eventually becoming a monk.   Partner news |  Latest news RWB says Nişanyan jail sentence unacceptable  Nişayan's sentence cannot be converted to a financial penalty because of a previous trial, but the writer has the right to appeal.Obama nominates Victoria Nuland for assistant secretary of state Nuland, a career foreign service officer who was until recently State's top spokesperson, was expected to be nominated the post.Australian politician slams Turkey’s Gallipoli ban threat “I do not have respect for such excessive comments and actions,” Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council said.Huge quake hits Russia's Far East off Kamchatka Peninsula The epicenter of the quake was located 244 miles west north west of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy at a depth of 385 miles. |
