From Dusk till Dawn is back - 18 years after Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino stunned audiences with a helluva supernatural twist, the Gecko brothers are returning in a new TV series.

Taking the 1996 film as inspiration, From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series sets Seth and Rickie Gecko - plus their captives, the Fullers - off on a whole new journey.



The show will make its US premiere on the El Rey network - founded by Rodriguez - with international audiences getting new episodes exclusively via Netflix within 24 hours of US broadcast.

Joining DJ Cotrona (Seth), Zane Holtz (Richie) and Robert Patrick (Jacob Fuller) is Wilmer Valderrama, playing feared crime-lord Carlos Madrigal.

Digital Spy spoke to Valderrama to find out why he thinks From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series is a monster of a TV show.

From Dusk till Dawn: The Series will expand on the film's mythology



"Carlos Madrigal - he's very feared, he definitely manoeuvres multiple organised crime outfits, but all of that is a front for a more underground operation. He'll be a little bit in touch with the paranormal world.

"He's part of a very personal journey for the Gecko brothers. You really get to understand how the Gecko brothers came about and why they embarked on that journey from the film, so it's really exciting for everyone who loved the movie and loved Seth Gecko, Richie Gecko and the Fullers. If the movie was a short story... the series is the novel."

Robert Rodriguez is back at the helm, directing the pilot episode



"I've done some really great projects in my life but nothing as explosive and as thrilling as being a part of a Robert Rodriguez production. It's been a dream of mine to be working with him since I was really young. [He was] someone I looked up to from Desperado to From Dusk Till Dawn - some of the most groundbreaking pieces of film.

"He just created this kick-ass universe that you just want to be a part of. It's a monster of a TV series, something that has just never been done."

This a show with "the dialogue of Quentin Tarantino and the action of Robert Rodriguez"



"It's really everything that you love from Quentin Tarantino and from Robert Rodriguez in a TV series. It just doesn't compare to anything.

"I've had some fun, but I've never had this kind of fun. I kid you not, man - in every episode, I am doing something epic! This character is one of the most unpredictable beings that I've ever portrayed. He has the dialogue of Quentin Tarantino and the action of Robert Rodriguez. It's just delicious!"

From Dusk till Dawn: The Series is not bound by the rules and regulations of network TV



"Robert is making El Rey the destination for everything that everyone else is afraid to make and afraid to say. He's really bringing statement back.

"What's exciting about this - and it's something we've lost a lot in network TV in the United States, to be honest - is a real opinion. Everyone's afraid to have a real opinion and Robert isn't."

Netflix - the show's international home - means freedom for filmmakers



"It's a groundbreaking moment. It's never been done where within 24 hours of airing in the United States, a show is available in most international markets. That's insane!

"Netflix is liberation, it's freedom - finally a landscape and a platform for all of us who have had to live by a number of rules that are completely outdated, a theoretical rulebook, old tired formats of entertainment have alienated so many fans.

"Netflix allocates real budgets to shows that everybody else is afraid to make and understands that they're going to find their audience - you've got to just trust the filmmakers and the content creators. As an artist, as a producer and as a director, what a dream come true!

"It's the beginning of an era, man. A number of filmmakers are understanding... oh wait, we don't have to play by those old rules?"

From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series will be available to Netflix subscribers in the UK, Canada, Ireland, Netherlands and the Nordics from March 12. Latin America will follow a week later on March 19.

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