Wayward Pines to return for second series and ‘tension will be cranked up’

Hit drama Wayward Pines is to return for a second season, Fox has announced. The dark thriller about the last surviving members of humanity living in suburban isolation will return with M Night Shyamalan in charge as executive producer. The cast has yet to be confirmed but is unlikely to feature Matt Dillon, whose character, Ethan Burke, sacrificed his life to save the community at the end of the first series. Fox president David Madden said: “Wayward Pines was a huge hit for us this past summer. We were absolutely blown away by the mysterious and surprising world that Night and his team created, and the twisting-and-turning storytelling that drew viewers in from day one.”

Season Two is going to take the suspense, the vision of the future and the haunting character drama to whole new levels, and we can’t wait for our fans to continue that ride next year.

Fox president David Madden

The second season will pick up in the wake of Season One, when a new arrival in Wayward Pines finds himself in the middle of a rebellion. At the end of the first season Ethan’s son, Ben, woke up three years later to find the community restored. He also sees a statue of the villainous founder David Pilcher and learns that the first generation leaders have restrained all the adults in a cryogenic chamber. Fox promised the next series would fill in the gaps, while Shyamalan tweeted: “We told you no one ever leaves Wayward Pines.”

We told you no one ever leaves Wayward Pines.

M. Night Shyamalan

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