"The River" Latest News 2012

The River is a fun, scary tale that arrived on Tuesday night disguised as a grim, scary tale. That’s the way these things work: The frights wouldn’t be nearly as effective if the characters didn’t find blood-curdling precisely the stuff that made us jump
and giggle.

Thus, when Leslie Hope’s Tess  got abruptly sucked beneath what was thought to be shallow water, you might have yelped, but you might also have laughed at how smoothly executed the scare effect was achieved.

On Tuesday February 7th, ABC’s newest midseason replacement, ‘The River’, will premiere. The series is created by Oren Peli (Paranormal Activity) and Michael R. Perry (Paranormal Activity 2) and there are eight episodes for season one.

Dr. Emmet Cole , a successful documentary maker, disappears in the Amazon Jungle. After six months of searching, just as his son Lincoln has accepted his father’s death, Emmet’s emergency beacon gives off a signal.

Emmet’s wife and Lincoln’s mother Tess (Leslie Hope, ‘24’) has made a deal with Emmet’s former producer Clark (Paul Blackthorne, ‘The Dresden Files’). His company agrees to fund their expedition to find Emmet, if they allow him to make a documentary out of it.

Under pressure of his mother, Lincoln accepts. Soon, however, they find that Emmet didn’t just disappear. There is something in the Amazon Jungle with them, something magical. Something Emmet set out to find.

The River was co-created by Oren Peli and Michael R. Perry, who were involved with the Paranormal Activity movies. There are obviously elements of Lost in the River concept – a motley crew of people who each have their own, often conflicting, agendas; unsettling jungle areas; and fantastical elements.