'Midnight, Texas' Gets Official Trailer

By Amee Florence Payno, Christian Post Contributor Thursday, March 23, 2017

NBC recently debuted the first full series trailer for their upcoming supernatural horror series, "Midnight, Texas."

The upcoming series is based on the best-selling book by Charlaine Harris — author of the novels that inspired HBO's supernatural drama "True Blood." "Midnight, Texas" stars François Arnaud as Manfred, a charming and powerful psychic with the ability to communicate with spirits. He finds refuge in Midnight, a place where he has allied himself with humans and other supernatural beings.

Midnight is also the place of residence of Bobo (Dylan Bruce), the owner of Midnight's local pawn shop; Fiji (Parisa Fitz-Henley), a witch who runs the local wiccan shop; Olivia (Arielle Kebbel), an enigmatic assassin who possesses different weapons for a variety of occasions; Joe (Jason Lewis), a millennia-old angel aware of all of Midnight's secrets; and Lemuel (Peter Mensah), a wise vampire who has a very long history with Midnight.

The series also stars Sarah Ramos as Creek, an ambitious and aspiring writer; and Yul Vazquez as Rev. Emilio Sheehan, a supernatural being unable to resist the power of the full moon.

In the trailer, Manfred is seen arriving in Midnight and the zombie-like passenger in his car tells him, "You'll be safe in Midnight." Later on, it becomes evident that Midnight is actually a haven for supernatural outsiders, and Manfred soon discovers that he isn't the only odd kid on the block.

In a recent interview with CinemaBlend, Bruce discussed the amount of violence that viewers can expect from the show, which airs in the late primetime hour. He said:

"It's up there for a network, it's pretty violent. It's over the top. It's a crazy show, but at the same time, you got romance and relationships that ground it in reality...fully fleshed out. But I mean, on 'Orphan Black,' I was always like 'Can I get a fight scene? I'm like this badass ex-operative, gimme something.' And they wait till the end to give me something. I don't think you'll have to wait too long on this show for Bobo to go to work."

"Midnight, Texas" premieres on Tuesday, July 25 at 10 p.m. EDT on NBC.