Following in the footsteps of his former Lost collaborator Carlton Cuse, Damon Lindelof is trekking to the land of cable to produce his next TV series. Also like Cuse (who went on to make A&E’s Bates Motel, based on Alfred Hitchcock’s classic Psycho), Lindelof is basing his next project on already existing material, in this case a novel. The Leftovers is a book published in 2011 and authored by Tom Perrotta that chronicles life on earth after the Rapture takes place. Like the book, Lindelof’s adaptation “takes place after the Rapture happens, but not quite like it’s supposed to. It is the story of the people who didn’t make the cut — and a world that never will be the same.”
HBO picked up the series for 10 episodes to air sometime next year. Many well-known actors are attached to the project, namely: Justin Theroux, Amy Brenneman, Christopher Eccleston, Liv Tyler, Chris Zylka, Brad Leland, Max and Charlie Carver, and Emily Meade. Peter Berg (Friday Night Lights) directs the pilot and executive produces alongside Lindelof, Perrotta, Sarah Aubrey, Ron Yerxa, and Albert Berger.
More as this project develops.