In its first ever global preview event, FOX is making the series premiere of M. Night Shyamalan’s Wayward Pines available for free via pay-TV providers FOX NOW and FOX.com, domestically, and Facebook worldwide on pay-tv providers FOX Play and International FOX.com pages.
The eerie series follows a Secret Service agent (Matt Dillon) as he tries to investigate the disappearance of two federal agents in the seemingly bucolic town of Wayward Pines, ID.
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FIRST-EVER GLOBAL PREVIEW EVENT OF “WAYWARD PINES” BEGINS TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT
First Episode Available Free Domestically Via Pay-TV Providers, FOX NOW, FOX.com and Facebook Worldwide Preview Available Free on Pay-TV Providers, FOX Play and International FOX.com Pages
10-Episode Event Series, Executive-Produced By M. Night Shyamalan, Premieres on FOX and Globally Thursday, May 14
In the first-ever global preview event, Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX) and Fox International Channels will offer a free preview of the premiere episode of WAYWARD PINES for one week beginning tonight (12:00 AM ET/PT) through Thursday, April 30 (11:59 PM ET/PT) in advance of the series’ global premiere. The episode will be available to watch free on FOX ON DEMAND via participating pay-TV providers, including AT&T U-verse, Bright House Networks, Cablevision, Charter, Cox, DIRECTV, Mediacom, Suddenlink, Time Warner Cable, Verizon FiOS, XFINITY and many more. Fans can also stream the episode free at FOX.com (http://fox.tv/1Ohz4r2), FOX NOW and HULU.com, as well as Facebook (facebook.com/WaywardPines). In addition, the free preview of the premiere episode will be available via Amazon Instant Video, Google Play, PlayStation® Store, VUDU and Xbox Video.
Outside the U.S., the preview will be available free on FOX’s international authenticated app, FOX Play, across all participating regions. Additionally the episode will be accessible through regional pay-TV providers, international fox.com pages, social media platforms, SVOD and web services.
WAYWARD PINES premieres Thursday, May 14 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. Debuting simultaneously in more than 126 countries, it will be the world’s largest day-and-date launch for a scripted series ever. The 10-episode intense, psychological thriller, based on Blake Crouch’s international best-selling series of books and adapted for television by Chad Hodge (“Runaway,” “The Playboy Club”), is brought to life by suspenseful storyteller and Academy Award nominee M. Night Shyamalan (“The Sixth Sense,” “Signs”). The series stars Academy Award nominee Matt Dillon (“Crash”) as a Secret Service agent on a mission to find two missing federal agents in the bucolic town of Wayward Pines, ID. In addition to Dillon, the stellar cast includes Academy and Emmy Award winner Melissa Leo (“The Fighter”), Academy Award nominee Terrence Howard (“Crash,” “Hustle & Flow,” EMPIRE), Carla Gugino (“Entourage,” “San Andreas”), Shannyn Sossamon (“How to Make It in America”), Toby Jones (“Infamous,” “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”), Reed Diamond (“24,” “Much Ado About Nothing”), Tim Griffin (“Prime Suspect”), Charlie Tahan (“Charlie St. Cloud”), Academy Award and Emmy Award nominee Juliette Lewis (“Cape Fear”) and Hope Davis (“Allegiance,” “In Treatment”).
WAYWARD PINES is produced by FX Productions. The series was developed for television by Chad Hodge and executive-produced by Donald De Line (“Green Lantern,” “The Italian Job”), Ashwin Rajan (“After Earth,” “Devil”), Hodge and M. Night Shyamalan. Hodge wrote and Shyamalan directed the premiere episode. “Like” WAYWARD PINES on Facebook at facebook.com/WaywardPines. Follow the series on Twitter at @WaywardPinesFOX and join the discussion using #waywardpines. See photos and videos on Instagram by following @Wayward Pines.
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