Devs in NYC (from left): Moderator Damian Holbrook, Karl Glusman, Sonoya Mizuno, Cailee Spaeny, Jin Ha, Creator Alex Garland, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Zach Grenier, and Executive Producer Allon Reich attend the panel for FX’s Devs during the 2019 New York Comic Con (NYCC) at Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC on October 5, 2019. Photo by Anthony Behar/FX/PictureGroup
BY MIKE METTLER – OCTOBER 7, 2019
Visionary director Alex Garland’s highly anticipated television debut, FX’s upcoming limited series Devs, premiered its first teaser during a panel discussion on October 5, 2019 at New York Comic Con (NYCC) featuring Garland (Ex Machina), executive producer Allon Reich, and cast members Sonoya Mizuno (“Lily”), Jin Ha (“Jamie”), Zach Grenier (“Kenton”), Stephen McKinley Henderson (“Stewart”), Cailee Spaeny (“Lyndon”), and Karl Glusman (“Sergei”).
NYCC fans were also treated to a sneak peek at an extended trailer of the series, as well as two pivotal scenes featuring a first look at the mysteries that await viewers inside the Amaya Corporation’s top-secret Devs building. Additionally, FX released three new images from the eight-episode limited series set to debut in Spring 2020. The brand-new teaser and images give fans their first glimpse of Nick Offerman as Amaya’s enigmatic CEO, Forest, alongside series lead Sonoya Mizuno.
Halo effect: Nick Offerman as Forest. Photo by Miya Mizuno/FX
During the panel (moderated by TV Guide Magazine’s Damian Holbrook), Garland discussed developing his first project for television: “On a personal level, I thought, ‘Maybe television is a better home for me.’ And on a writing level, I wanted the 8 hours.” He then added, “I feel like everything I have learned up to this point I have put into the show. I couldn’t love it more.”
Mirror effect: Sonoya Mizuno as Lily Chan. Photo by Miya Mizuno/FX
Debuting in Spring 2020, Devs is a limited series that focuses on young software engineer Lily Chan (Sonoya Mizuno) who works for Amaya, a cutting-edge tech company based in Silicon Valley. After her boyfriend’s apparent suicide, Lily suspects foul play and begins to investigate. She quickly realizes that all roads lead to Forest (Nick Offerman), Amaya’s enigmatic CEO, and Devs, the company’s secret development division. In Lily’s quest to discover the truth, she uncovers a technology-based conspiracy that could change the world.
Garland created, wrote and directed Devs, and serves as executive producer along with Andrew Macdonald and Allon Reich of DNA TV, and Scott Rudin, Eli Bush and Garrett Basch of Scott Rudin Productions. Garland partnered with Macdonald, Reich, Rudin, and Bush on the Academy Award-winning Ex Machina and acclaimed feature film Annihilation, both of which Garland wrote and directed. Devs is produced by FX Productions.
