The annual Purge is coming to a television near you.
USA Network & SYFY have set the leading roles for their ‘The Purge’ television series. Gabriel Chavarria and Jessica Garza will lead the cast.
Chavarria will play Miguel, a US Marine with a hard edge and a noble mission. After receiving a cryptic letter from his little sister, Penelope (Garzia), he returns to town on Purge Night – prepared to face the senseless violence in the streets alone in order to protect what he loves most – his family.
Garzia’s Penelope belongs to a Purge-worshipping cult. Having pledged herself to be sacrificed at the behest of their charismatic leader, Penelope’s faith is tested when she is exposed to the ghastly realities of the Purge.
The television series comes from franchise creator James DeMonaco, Blumhouse Television, the TV divisions of the movies’ producer Blumhouse Prods. and Universal Cable Productions. The franchise — about one day each year when murder and mayhem is legalized — hatched its highest grossing effort so far with the most recent The Purge: Election Year in 2016.
DeMonaco will oversee the series which will be an entirely new chapter in America’s 12 hours of annual lawlessness and is slated to launch in concjunction with the next installiment in the movie franchise, The First Purge, set to arrive in theaters on July 4.