Fox has finally released photos, a long-form plot synopsis and a trailer for the upcoming JJ Abrams-produced Elizabeth Sarnoff-written (Lost, Deadwood) television series Alcatraz. The “chilling new thriller centers on America’s most infamous prison and one-time home to the nation’s most notorious murderers, rapists, kidnappers and thieves.” Find out what the show is about, see some photos, and even watch a two and a half minute trailer after the jump. Plot Synopsis: When San Francisco Police Department DET. REBECCA MADSEN (Sarah Jones, “Sons of Anarchy”) is assigned to a grisly homicide case, a fingerprint leads her to a shocking suspect: JACK SYLVANE (guest star Jeffrey Pierce, “The Nine”), a former Alcatraz inmate who died decades ago. Given her family history — both her grandfather and surrogate uncle, RAY ARCHER (Robert Forster, “Jackie Brown”), were guards at the prison — Madsen’s interest is immediately piqued, and once the enigmatic, knows-everything-but-tells-nothing government agent EMERSON HAUSER (Sam Neill, “Jurassic Park”) tries to impede her investigation, she’s doggedly committed. Madsen turns to Alcatraz expert and comic book enthusiast, DR. DIEGO “DOC” SOTO (Jorge Garcia, “Lost”), to piece together the inexplicable sequence of events. The twosome discovers that Sylvane is not only alive, but he’s loose on the streets of San Francisco, leaving bodies in his wake. And strangely, he hasn’t aged a day since he was in Alcatraz, when the prison was ruled by …
What a Stupid Idea For a TV Show !
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That fat shit from lost is a very bad actor.
P.S he has some retarded bread
“Prisoner 4 8 15 16 23 42 what are you doing out of your cell!?”
-”I need to find Penny!!”
and the main guy is the fella off Charlie Jade! well if your looking for more cast in this genre you might as well get a fan base. So do we look out for former cast members from Heroes or even Firefly too?
same ol’ shit. different scenes, same underlying storyline structure.
Seriously, you make a TV show about a prison on an island, staring Hurley from Lost, and you name one of the main characters Jack?
ahh more borin tv more of the same shit
we have to go back!
You know the world is gone to hell when people are referencing Lost rather than Jurassic Park.
In Sam Neill we trust.
And Santiago Cabrera! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!
I so knew they wouldnt let lost have that shit ending..;o:L:L
GREAT, BAD ROBOT ROCKS!!!
@whatchknow99 Parminder Nagra is Indian not black. Her parents are from India but moved to the UK
Why to whatch the movie after whatching this trailer?? Damn! I hate this kind of trailer where they explain the whole fucking movie :S
Jack Shepard?! Oh wait, he just said Jack Sylvane. Common mistake. At least Hurley made it back to the island!!
Soft black bags are hard to come by, you usually get them when buying stuff like earphones or digital cameras, I always try to rob people of their soft black bags when I find myslf in an office building wielding a gun.
Hurley took them to the Island
Stop bitching and whining the show looks interesting give it a shot and for all you who complaining that the trailer not that good, you sat here and watched it. Now I bet all the people who complained about the trailer watched the premiere and like the show and the comment about the fat guy that’s just rude. ITS A TV SHOW IF YOU DON’T LIKE IT WATCH SOMETHING ELSE there are 1.1 million TV shows in different languages and on different channels.
JAN/16/2012
it seems as though jj abrams has a thing for awesomely creepy shows that take place on islands
when is the debut what date does it start
this makes up for lost lolol