SDCC 2018 - SDCC 2018 : We were at the panel Let’s talk about the Purge Serie

By Mulder, San Diego, Convention Center, Room 6BCF, 21 july 2018

Cultural phenomenon The Purge cames to San Diego Comic-Con in a major way.

Jason Blum (Get Out, Split), founder of Blumhouse Productions and producer of The Purge film franchise and the all-new series, and James DeMonaco, creator of the blockbuster film franchise, had sharee an exclusive inside look at how they are expanding the universe into TV with USA Network this Fall.

The First Purge star Lex Scott Davis (SuperFly) and the cast from the upcoming TV series, including Gabriel Chavarria (East Los High), Amanda Warren (The Leftovers), and Fiona Dourif (Curse of Chucky), had joined director/executive producer Anthony Hemingway (Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G.), showrunner/executive producer Thomas Kelly and producer Brad Fuller (A Quiet Place, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) with their own unique perspectives on the world of The Purge.

The Purge television series picks up ten years after the events of The First Purge and will follow several seemingly unrelated characters living in a small city. As the clock winds down, each character is forced to reckon with their past as they discover how far they will go to survive the night. Moderated by Ryan Turek from Shock Waves Podcast.

The ten-episode series is set to premiere on September 4, 2018. Stay only few days to wait before to discover this great new serie..

Our photos of The Purge TV serie are available in our Flickr page : https://flic.kr/s/aHsmpUHUSF

Synopsis :
Revolving around a 12-hour period when all crime, including vandalism, murder, arson and theft, is legal, set in an altered United States ruled by a totalitarian political party, the series follows several seemingly unrelated characters living in a small city. As the clock winds down, each character is forced to reckon with their past as they discover how far they will go to survive the night.

The Purge
Based on The Purge by James DeMonaco
Written by James DeMonaco
Directed by Anthony Hemingway
Starring Gabriel Chavarria, Lili Simmons, Lee Tergesen
Executive producers : James DeMonaco, Jason Blum, Michael Bay, Andrew Form, Brad Fuller, Sébastien K. Lemercier, Thomas Kelly, Anthony Hemingway
Production companies : Platinum Dunes, Blumhouse Television, Universal Cable Productions
Distributor : NBCUniversal Television Distribution
Original network : USA Network, Syfy

Photos and videos: Boris Colletier (Mulder)