Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you have not yet watched the series premiere of “The Purge,” which aired Sept. 4 on USA.
When Anthony Hemingway was considering whether to come aboard the television version of James DeMonaco’s “Purge” franchise, a big draw for him was the chance to “be somewhat reflective of our current reality and the temperature we live in in this current political climate.”
But more than just creating a world humming with the tension of potential danger, Hemingway also became excited about having an opportunity to take something that is “pretty well known” as a franchise while helping the “TV show find its own identity.”
“I felt like I got to really take something that is familiar and really present it in a different way and shake it up and turn it on its head,” Hemingway tells Variety. “It gave me an opportunity to be creative and artistic.
When Anthony Hemingway was considering whether to come aboard the television version of James DeMonaco’s “Purge” franchise, a big draw for him was the chance to “be somewhat reflective of our current reality and the temperature we live in in this current political climate.”
But more than just creating a world humming with the tension of potential danger, Hemingway also became excited about having an opportunity to take something that is “pretty well known” as a franchise while helping the “TV show find its own identity.”
“I felt like I got to really take something that is familiar and really present it in a different way and shake it up and turn it on its head,” Hemingway tells Variety. “It gave me an opportunity to be creative and artistic.
- 9/5/2018
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
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