The television show is its own experience, and there are new characters and new situations, different dramatic developments, so the show and the book can each be separately enjoyed.Īnd I think that the goal is not to literally translate the book into a television show. But obviously there’s a lot that’s also going to be added. But it won’t be more than five seasons, we’re definitely writing to an endpoint, and we’re following the path as established in Guillermo and Chuck Hogan’s novels. The plan is that the show will run somewhere between three and five seasons, and as we work out the mythology and the storytelling for season two we’ll have a better idea of exactly how long our journey is going to be. We basically follow the narrative of the first book in the first season.
We had the opportunity to speak with del Toro and showrunner/executive producer/writer Carlton Cuse (“ Bates Motel“) about bringing back the genre to its sinister roots, the mythology behind the series and the creature design.įor those who haven’t read the books that this show is based on, how closely is the mythology going to follow that? How is the material spaced? Is season one all of book one?Ĭarlton Cuse: “Book one is season one, yes. “ The Strain” premieres tomorrow night and it’s exactly what the genre doctor ordered. So you can imagine we got very excited when they announced that he was adapting his books about vampires into a television series. His dark, poetic view of the sci-fi fantasy world is a treasure to behold. Enter Guillermo del Toro, whose wonderfully inventive mind has brought us such works as “ Pan’s Labyrinth,” “ Hellboy” and “ Blade II.” | TV-MA | Creator: Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan | Stars: Corey Stoll, David Bradley, Mía Maestro, Sean Astin, Kevin Durand, Richard Sammel, Jonathan Hyde, Miguel Gomez, Natalie Brown, Ben Hyland, Jack Kesy, Anne Betancourt, Jonathan Potts, Nikolai Witschl and Regina King Ever since “ Buffy the Vampire Slayer” put the nail in the series’ coffin over a decade ago, creativity in the vampire department has long been absent.
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