‘Alcatraz’ Trailer: J.J. Abrams’ New Mystery Show Welcomes Us To Prison
By Russ Fischer/Nov. 28, 2011 4:00 pm EST
The show charts the mystery of hundreds of men, guards and prisoners, who disappeared from Alcatraz in 1963, and who are starting to reappear in our timeline now. After some trials and tribulations, the show is set for a January premiere, and you can check out a trailer for it below. Just so that there is no confusion about what’s going on, star Sam Neill is heard explaining “the worst criminals this country has ever known are coming back,” before actually welcoming us all to the island.
For more info I’m going to turn to Devindra’s plot recap, because he saw the pilot at Comic Con this past summer:
The series centers around a mysterious event in 1963 that made 302 Alcatraz prisoners and guards vanish without any explanation. For some reason we don’t yet know, a prisoner named Jack Sylvane (Jeffrey Pierce) appears in present day Alcatraz and makes his way to San Francisco to seek payback from those who’ve done him wrong. It’s up to a spunky young police officer (Sarah Jones), assisted by a geeky Alcatraz expert (Jorge Garcia), to stop Sylvane, all the while dealing with a mysterious federal agent (Sam Neill) who clearly knows more about the Alcatraz disappearances than he lets on.
