Premiering last night on El Ray Network and debuting today on Netflix and Amazon, From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series is getting some praise from those who have seen it (read our review here).
In an interview with Screen Rant, Rodriguez had some interesting things to say about the show as well as the 1996 movie it’s based on, “The series is a crime saga with supernatural elements so you have to feel that from the very beginning, but it works much better because it’s the novel version so there are ties,” he said. “Everyone’s supposed to get to that bar. Everyone’s destined to get there, and when they get there, because they don’t even get there until like halfway through the season, it’s so emotional when you get there, and you know what’s gonna happen and you know that everyone’s tied to it and it’s their destiny. Even the girl who comes out with the snake means so much now because you’ve gotten glimpses of her already. It’s really powerful, and I really like this version more than the film.”
Rodriguez also discussed the genesis of the project, “Really early on, I just thought this would be a really great show to do, he said. “Ever since we finished the movie, there’s a last shot that I put in that wasn’t in the script where the camera pulls back and you see that the bar was on top of an Aztec temple. People always loved that tease, thinking, ‘Is there a sequel that’s gonna follow this up,’ and we never did. And I’ve had that matte painting on my wall for 18 years, and I always thought, ‘I wanna do something with that.’ I didn’t know what. I didn’t know it’d be TV until I got this network.”
From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series can be seen on El Ray Network, Netflix and Amazon.
Originally published March 12, 2014. Updated April 11, 2018.
