# M. Night Shayamalan's new TV series

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 22, 2015, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-night-shayamalans-new-tv-series/718305 "2015-04-22T18:26:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-night-shayamalans-new-tv-series/718305/1 "2015-04-22T18:26:52Z")

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Has anyone heard about the new upcoming series [Wayward Pines](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2618986/) ? I know MNS gets a lot of hate around here, and it may not be fair to call it “his” series as I think he may only be directing some of it.

I’ve seen the tv ads and it looks pretty good. Obviously somewhat \*Twin Peaksish \*with maybe some \*Fargo \*thrown in(?)

Anyone heard / seen anything else about it?

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**Author:** ![Gothic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Gothic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gothic)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-night-shayamalans-new-tv-series/718305/2 "2015-04-22T19:25:12Z")

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The cast looks great.

May 14th is the pilot.

[http://www.fox.com/watch/254117955937/7684059648](http://www.fox.com/watch/254117955937/7684059648)

I could be happy there.

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-night-shayamalans-new-tv-series/718305/3 "2015-04-22T19:31:26Z")

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I’ll probably watch Ep1 with an open mind, in spite of determining from his earlier work that his concepts are better suited to written short stories than dramas as such.

The cast looks solid enough to be worth a viewing.

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**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-night-shayamalans-new-tv-series/718305/4 "2015-04-22T19:32:31Z")

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The link says it’s a mini-series, which leads me to believe the entire story, including an ending, has already been formulated. MNS is an executive producer and directed the pilot.  
Looks like it’s based on a novel, _Pines,_ by Blake Crouch.  
Hopefully this all means MNS did not have much writing input. Actually sounds interesting, though.

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**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-night-shayamalans-new-tv-series/718305/5 "2015-04-22T20:32:56Z")

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The twist is it may actually not suck.