Devs (TV series)
| Devs | |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Written by | Alex Garland |
| Directed by | Alex Garland |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers |
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| Cinematography | Rob Hardy |
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| Original release | |
| Network | FX |
Devs is an upcoming American drama television miniseries set to premiere in spring of 2020 on FX.[1]
Premise
Devs is centered around Lily (Sonoya Mizuno), a computer engineer investigating a quantum computing company called Amaya, run by Forest (Nick Offerman). She believes this company is responsible for the disappearance of her boyfriend.[2][1]
Cast and characters
- Sonoya Mizuno as Lily, a computer engineer
- Nick Offerman as Forest, CEO of Amaya
- Jin Ha as Jamie, cyber security specialist
- Zach Grenier as Kenton, head of security at Amaya
- Stephen McKinley Henderson as Stewart
- Cailee Spaeny as Lyndon
- Alison Pill as Katie
- Karl Glusman as Sergei
- Linnea Berthelsen as Jen
Production
Development
On March 13, 2018, it was announced that FX had given the production a pilot order. The pilot screenplay was written by Alex Garland who was also expected to direct and executive produce the episode as well.[3] On July 23, 2018, Rob Hardy mentioned in an interview that he would serve as the cinematographer for the series.[4]
On August 3, 2018, it was announced the during the Television Critics Association's annual summer press tour that FX had decided to bypass the pilot process and instead were giving the production a straight-to-series order consisting of eight episodes set to premiere in 2019. Additional executive producers were reported to include Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich, Eli Bush, and Scott Rudin.[2] However, FX decided that they would push the series back to its 2020 premiere, allowing them to have more time on their production and filming.
Garland appeared at the New York Comic Con and explained his reasoning behind the creation of the series: "I read more about science than anything else, and it started with two things. One was getting my head around this principle of determinism, which basically says that everything that happens in the world is based on cause and effect...That has all sorts of implications for us. One is that it takes away free will, but the other is that if you are at a computer powerful enough, you could use determinism to predict the future and understand the past. If you unravel everything about you, about the specifics of you why you prefer a cup of coffee to tea...then five seconds before you said you'd like to have a cup of coffee one would be able to predict you'd ask for it."[5]
Casting
Alongside the series order announcement, it was confirmed that Sonoya Mizuno, Nick Offerman, Jin Ha, Zach Grenier, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Cailee Spaeny, and Alison Pill had been cast in the series' main roles.[2]
Filming
Filming on the series had begun by August 2018, with scenes shot at UC Santa Cruz.[6] The first teaser for the series was released October 5, 2019.[7]
References
- ^ a b Travers, Ben; Travers, Ben (2019-10-05). "'Devs': After 'Annihilation,' Alex Garland Got Sick of Battling With Film Distributors and Turned to TV". IndieWire. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
- ^ a b c Petski, Denise (August 3, 2018). "FX Picks Up Tech Thriller 'Devs' To Series; Sonoya Mizuno & Nick Offerman To Lead Cast – TCA". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (March 13, 2018). "FX Orders Tech Thriller Pilot 'Devs' From Alex Garland, DNA TV & Scott Rudin". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
- ^ Collins, James (July 23, 2018). "'Work Hard and listen' Mission: Impossible – Fallout DP Rob Hardy on shooting action movies and more". Mandy. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
- ^ "Mysterious First Footage from Alex Garland's Devs Finally Revealed | TV Guide". TVGuide.com. 2019-10-05. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
- ^ Santa Cruz on the Big Screen
- ^ Devs | Season 1: Ring Teaser | FX, retrieved 2019-10-05