Alcatraz can be a term deeply ingrained in our cultural consciousness as a source of mystery and curiosity, so that it appears to be fitting that J.J. Abrams and Elizabeth Sarnoff, two of the genius minds driving the similarly enigmatic "Lost," would elect to tackle the iconic island for the future high-concept Tv series. "Alcatraz" (premiering Mon., Jan. sixteen, 8 p.m. Est on Fox) could be missing smoke monsters and polar bears, but you can still find a good deal of questions to be answered, as HuffPost Television found out when we visited the Vancouver-based occur Oct. The show's story commences in March 1963, when historical past tells us the prison was closed because of unmanageable running costs and the erosion of properties from several years of salt water publicity. In the planet of "Alcatraz," the genuine reason behind the closure is way more persuasive: 302 prisoners and guards mysteriously vanish without a trace, simply to reappear in our time with no aged. An not likely team -- Alcatraz historian and comic author Doctor Diego Soto (Jorge Garcia), police detective Rebecca Madsen (Sarah Jones) and authorities agent Emerson Hauser (Sam Neill) -- must interact to capture the returned inmates and find out the truth behind their disappearance.
Whilst Garcia admitted that his new character on "Alcatraz" has his humorous moments, followers should not hope Hurley 2.0 from Document Soto. "It's entertaining finding a new guy. I'm digging what they've been writing personally," he said. "I have on a lot more apparel than on 'Lost' -- I've been performing that and I did that for 6 many years; now let's study someone new and visit exactly where I might opt for it a different way." Even though Garcia and Neill's characters are integral sections of the story, Detective Rebecca Madsen is our correct entry point to the mystery. She's a Scully-esque skeptic whose relatives background is inexorably connected to the prison. Sarah Jones has appeared in numerous guest spots and recurring roles (most notably in "Big Love" and "Sons of Anarchy"), but "Alcatraz" marks her to begin with expertise as the lead.
Jones described the present like a "procedural hybrid" that balances the weekly mysteries with added character advancement and continuing mythology. In conditions of her character, Jones reported: "It's about her journey right into an incredibly new stage, a new chapter in their life that connects her to her past that they did not know about earlier than. Her world is basically turned upside down in the pilot and [the show] follows her as a result of trying to place the parts together, while she's catching the worst of the worst finding its way back and wreaking damage to the very good men and women of The usa." Nevertheless Sam Neill wasn't on set throughout The Huffington Post's pay a visit to, his co-star served shed a bit light on Neill's cryptic Emerson Hauser, a member of a shadowy govt company who appears to know much more about the insider secrets of Alcatraz than he's letting on. "There's surely strategies he's attempting to keep from their store," Garcia admitted. "He allows things out, yet , lets it in an exceedingly thin trickle. It is not like a big notion of you become president after which go, 'All correct, allow me to explain to you what's in the top secret closet wherever the aliens are.' It will become incredibly need-to-know with him, simply because he is old-school G-man." Luckily Rebecca and Document have the other person when Hauser's being guarded. "It's us towards Hauser from time to time, very much," Garcia claimed. "I think we've this sort of relationship where we glance out for each other. She does the ass kicking stuff; I do the vagrant. But we also try to watch one another's back again. We realize that individuals experience Hauser -- and Hauser's not likely to constantly give to us a lot of data, so you'll sometimes find moments where by we merely obtain ourselves being forced to be in cahoots with one another, I think."