Diane Kruger, Demian Bichir "Bridge" detective drama ordered to series

PanARMENIAN.Net - FX is moving forward with The Bridge. The drama starring Demian Bichir and Diane Kruger has earned a 13-episode first-season order. Production on the Shine America/FX Productions entry from Homeland writer/executive producer Meredith Stiehm and Hawaii Five-0 producer Elwood Reid is set to begin in April, with a plan to bow in July, The Hollywood Reporter said.

The Bridge revolves around two detectives, one from the U.S. and one from Mexico, who must work together to hunt down a serial killer operating on both sides of the border. The series, set on the border between El Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Mexico, is an adaptation of the international hit Bron, which took place at the Denmark-Sweden border. The latter had been produced by Shine Group’s Filmlance and Denmark’s Nimbus Film Production.

Bichir, an Oscar nominee last year for will A Better Life, star as Marco Ruiz, a homicide investigator for the state of Chihuahua, Mexico, living in Ciudad Juarez. Billed as a family man, Marco is one of the last good men in a corrupt and apathetic police force that is outgunned by the powerful drug cartels. He's sharp, charming, observant and painfully aware that his city is in a state of chaos.

When a body is dumped on the bridge that spans the El Paso-Juarez border, Ruiz is forced to work with his American counterpart, Detective Sonya Cross (Kruger). Her part is described as a dogged cop who has an undiagnosed disorder that falls in the autism spectrum. Cross is shockingly candid and calls the world as she sees it, which can be off-putting to her colleagues, but she is also extremely effective at her job.

The pilot, which was shot in Los Angeles and El Paso, was directed by Miss Bala’s Gerardo Naranjo.