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FX has placed a 13-episode order for The Bridge, a new international serial killer drama starring Demián Bichir (Machete Kills) and Diane Kruger (Inglorious Bastard). Set on the border between El Paso and Juarez, The Bridge centers on two detectives (Binchir and Kruger), one from the United States and one from Mexico, who must work together to hunt down a serial killer operating on both sides of the U.S.-Mexican border.
Executive Producers Meredith Stiehm (Homeland) and novelist and television writer/producer Elwood Reid adapted The Bridge for American television from the international series Bron, which was set on the border of Denmark and Sweden.
ed Levine Ted Levine (“Buffalo Bill” in Silence of the Lambs), Annabeth Gish (television’s Pretty Little Liars) co-star in the series which is set to premiere in July. “For years networks having been trying develop a drama series set on the U.S.-Mexican border without any success,” said John Landgraf, President and General Manager, FX Networks. ”I’m thrilled to say that Meredith Stiehm and Elwood Reid have become the first to crack that creative code and they have done so magnificently. There have been great films set in that world – No Country for Old Men and Lone Star come to mind – but never a great TV series. This one is special. The setting, the writing, the direction, and the way it is brought to life by Demián Bichir, Diane Kruger and the rest of the cast makes for truly riveting drama.”
The network provided main character descriptions follow:
Demián Bichir (Machete Kills, A Better Life) stars in the role of Marco Ruiz,” a homicide investigator for the state of Chihuahua, Mexico living in Ciudad Juárez. A family man, Marco is one of the last good men in a corrupt and apathetic police force that is outgunned by the powerful drug cartels. He's sharp, charming, and observant and painfully aware that his city is in a state of chaos. When a body is dumped on the bridge that spans the El Paso-Ciudad Juárez border, Ruiz is forced to work with his American counterpart, “Detective Sonya Cross.”
Diane Kruger (Inglourious Basterds) stars as “Detective Sonya Cross,” a dogged cop who has an undiagnosed disorder that falls on the autism spectrum. Cross is shockingly candid and calls the world as she sees it, which can be off-putting to her colleagues, but she is also extremely effective at her job.
Executive Producers Meredith Stiehm (Homeland) and novelist and television writer/producer Elwood Reid adapted The Bridge for American television from the international series Bron, which was set on the border of Denmark and Sweden.
ed Levine Ted Levine (“Buffalo Bill” in Silence of the Lambs), Annabeth Gish (television’s Pretty Little Liars) co-star in the series which is set to premiere in July. “For years networks having been trying develop a drama series set on the U.S.-Mexican border without any success,” said John Landgraf, President and General Manager, FX Networks. ”I’m thrilled to say that Meredith Stiehm and Elwood Reid have become the first to crack that creative code and they have done so magnificently. There have been great films set in that world – No Country for Old Men and Lone Star come to mind – but never a great TV series. This one is special. The setting, the writing, the direction, and the way it is brought to life by Demián Bichir, Diane Kruger and the rest of the cast makes for truly riveting drama.”
The network provided main character descriptions follow:
Demián Bichir (Machete Kills, A Better Life) stars in the role of Marco Ruiz,” a homicide investigator for the state of Chihuahua, Mexico living in Ciudad Juárez. A family man, Marco is one of the last good men in a corrupt and apathetic police force that is outgunned by the powerful drug cartels. He's sharp, charming, and observant and painfully aware that his city is in a state of chaos. When a body is dumped on the bridge that spans the El Paso-Ciudad Juárez border, Ruiz is forced to work with his American counterpart, “Detective Sonya Cross.”
Diane Kruger (Inglourious Basterds) stars as “Detective Sonya Cross,” a dogged cop who has an undiagnosed disorder that falls on the autism spectrum. Cross is shockingly candid and calls the world as she sees it, which can be off-putting to her colleagues, but she is also extremely effective at her job.
