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Just two months after the release ofThe First Purge, television will get aPurgeof its own.
Its not a punch in the face the way the movies were, he recently told Vulture.
It is a slower burn, except one character is off and running from the first scene.
We said, Lets at least have one thats on a hot burner, and ensure its not boring.
Heres everything we know aboutThe PurgeTV show.
When is the show set?
But dont expect digital crimes DeMonaco says that wouldnt make for compelling TV.
Where is the show set?
DeMonaco would only say that it is based in an American city.
Did they lighten up the violence for TV?
Its pretty much the same.
Shockingly, Blum told us.
Turns out you’re free to get away with pretty much anything on cable these days!
Will there be any crossover characters?
Not for now, he said, before promising that they included plenty of Easter eggs.
What happens inThe First Purgehas a big effect on two of our main characters, he explained.
Will there be Staten Island survivors in the mix?
Who are the heroes this time?
The narrative will center around a handful of characters whose stories start out separate, but eventually converge.
(About five or six episodes in, we will slowly unveil the connection, DeMonaco said.)
A few of the actors were on hand at Comic-Con in San Diego to talk about their roles.
Will the show be as aggressively topical?
But thats a relative statement, since this is stillThe Purge.
Inherently there is a meditation on race, class, politics, and gender that is being introduced.
Will the New Founding Fathers be an obvious presence?
Anything else to watch out for?
Now its everyones favorite.
Everyones gotta watch five and six.
And its in your face.
