Salem was written by the United StatesCable TV stationAn orthodox witch broadcast by WGN AmericaMagic Drama, also the first scripted program of the stationBrannon Braga、Adam SimonAnd other directors,Shane West(Shane West), the first season was broadcast on April 21, 2014.
The premiere of the play, starring 2.3 million people, including 1.5 million people who watched the live broadcast that night, including 647000 18-49 year old viewers, set the highest rating record of the station.
unionCable TVThe online WGN America announced that it would subscribe to the first scripted program in history, the story drama Salem.The play is from《Interstellar travel》And 24Brannon BragaandAdam SimonYes, we have skipped the audition to get 13 episodes booked directly.WGN plans to start shooting the play in the autumn of 2013 and broadcast it in 2014.The play was originally developed in FX, describing a play that took place in the 17th centuryMassachusettsOfghost stories 。It is believed that there are harmful witches living in Salem, but behind the town there are darker, unknown supernatural secrets.According to the play, Salem's witches are real - but they are completely different from what they appear to be.The producer said that the core of the drama is the love of "shocking the world and weeping ghosts and gods", but there are also various supernatural, action and adventure elements.
Salem
Salem is an old town near the bay. Its history is almost the same as that of BritishNorth AmericaColonial development has a long history.「Mayflower"Carrying the first batchpuritanHe landed at nearby Plymouth, where some people settled a few years later.Now this town attracts tourists with its early buildings.For the convenience of foreign tourists, people in the town drew a half foot wide striking red line on the streets of the old city.SidewalkThe red line on the road is winding for nearly 1 km. There are old houses worth seeing along the way. Behind the door is hidden the historical allusions mentioned in every history textbook - "Salem Witch trials 」。In the infamous persecution campaign, dozens of innocent people passed the officialjudicial processWas sent to the gallows as a witch.Today, there are still manyAmerican historyScholars are rethinking: what on earth drove people to do such crazy and absurd things at that time?How did the tragedy happen?
The play was sold to FX last summer, but FX only used the key elements as its flagship series《American horror story》(American Horror Story) The main story of the third season of Coven did not directly ask for this series.Later, this project was transferred to WGN, and WGN gladly accepted it.[1]
WGN in 2015SantiagoAnnounced the renewal of the third season of Salem at the animation exhibition[2]
On the town square in Salem, Massachusetts, the city council members manipulated by money and self righteous George Sibley maintained community order and encouraged Puritans toChastityAnd religious belief.Because he could not bear to live under the shadow of such oppression, young John Alden（John Alden）He fled to fight the French Indian War and swore that one day, before he would return to her side, young John Alden and his lover Mary spent the last night.However, John did not realize the seed he left in Mary's womb at the last meeting that night. In order to change her situation, this frightened young girl left her own child behind, lest she be publicly branded as an adulterer by the leaders of the town.What she did to protect herself turned the wheel of destiny of this small community, but these things put the town on the road of eternal doom.
Seven years later, John Alden fulfilled his promise and returned to Salem to find his departed lover. But today's hometown is far from what it was when he left.Salem has not only become a prosperousCommercial portHas also become a supernatural activityhotbed。The residents of Salem were frightened by the news of witches and witch hunters, and even a family was hanged on the city gate because they were suspected of being witches, which made the level of hysteria increase instead of decrease.Salem's only hope seems to be pointing toHarvardThe graduate is Cotton Mather, but he seems not ready to face difficulties.
John doesn't believe in witches unless he sees them one day.He was more concerned about meeting Mary, but it was not as easy as he thought, becauseMaryHe has married the frail George Sibley in a wheelchair, and has become the fact that the female ruler of the town is also the real ruler.Struck by this unexpected turn, John loses confidence. He is ready to leave Salem again, but Isaac, who is branded as an "adulterer", stops him. He tells John that there are some important things worth seeing in the forest.
Mary Sibuli is beautiful, ruthless and fragile. She is the most powerful witch in Salem, but her secret and desire threaten her position.She is both a devil and a hero, and is the focus of everyone's attention.Mary uses the power and influence of her position to enhance her prestige in Salem, and revenge those hypocritical and cruel people who have made her so miserable.When John Alden came back, her world turned upside down.No matter how Mary conceals it, Alden can always let Mary's hidden feelings reveal again.
As Mary's former lover, John Alden is a handsome, pragmatic and determined veteran.When he returned to his hometown Salem, he found that Salem became crazy, people were not free, torture was rampant, and the whole town was full of fear and suspicion of witches.Alden did not believe in witches.He felt that he had to save Salem, because Salem was the hope of the new world, and he could also save Mary.
Cotton Mager is a local aristocrat, who has received good education.Driven by curiosity and desire for secrets, Cotton indulged in catching witches.As a first-class expert in studying witches, Cotton has written Glimpses of the Invisible World, the best-selling work.He has always lived in the shadow of his father.Cotton is a contradiction. On the one hand, he is a devout believer, but on the other hand, he has a fear of evil elimination in his heart.
Magistrate Hale
performerSander Beckley
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Sheriff Hale is the chief politician of Salem, who is more particular about pomp.He is a member of the Executive Committee and a close confidant of Mary.Although Hale was a Puritan, he still participated in the movement aimed at fair treatment of witches.
Tituba is full of mystery and never grows old. She is Mary's right-hand man.On the surface, she is Mary's servant. In private, she acts like Mary's superior.In a few years, Tituba and Mary jointly planned many unimaginable actions.Despite her close ties with Mary, Tituba is still strong and keeps her own secrets.
Annie Hal
performerTamzin Merchant
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Annie Hal is a beautiful and talented artist, with fatal attraction to John Alden.Her beauty makes people jealous and men fascinated.Although she is the daughter of a powerful sheriff, in everyone's eyes, she has always been well behaved.However, Annie actually doesn't like to follow the old rules of the town. She is a rebel.
