From (TV series)

From (stylized as FROM) is an American science fiction horror television series created by John Griffin. The first season premiered on February 20, 2022, on Epix. In April 2022, the series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on April 23, 2023, on the rebranded MGM+. In June 2023, the series was renewed for a third season, set to premiere in 2024.

Premise
In a nightmarish town in Middle America that traps those who enter, unwilling residents strive to stay alive and search for a way out, plagued by terrifying nocturnal creatures from the surrounding forest and secrets hidden in the town.

Main

 * Harold Perrineau as Boyd Stevens, the self-appointed sheriff and de-facto mayor of the Township who is estranged from his son Ellis. He is a retired US Army veteran who served in Afghanistan and Iraq. His wife Abby was killed during their time in the town and buried there.
 * Catalina Sandino Moreno as Tabitha Matthews, Jim's wife and Julie and Ethan's mother, who together are new arrivals to the town. She chooses to live in the Township with her husband and son and is still mourning the recent loss of her youngest child, Thomas.
 * Eion Bailey as Jim Matthews, Tabitha's husband and Julie and Ethan's father, who lives in the Township with his wife and son. He works with Jade to find a way to escape the town and contact the outside world.
 * David Alpay as Jade Herrera, a wealthy software developer who arrives at the town on the same day as the Matthews family. Despite his intelligence, he is arrogant and abrasive to the Township residents and struggles with his new circumstances.
 * Elizabeth Saunders as Donna Raines, the leader of the residents at Colony House, who live separate from the Township
 * Shaun Majumder as Father Khatri (season 1; guest season 2), the Township's priest and voice of reason in the community
 * Scott McCord as Victor, a peculiar Colony House resident who has been trapped in the town since he was young. Eli Arsenault portrays Victor as a child.
 * Ricky He as Kenny Liu, Boyd's deputy and right-hand man who lives with his aging parents in the Township
 * Chloe Van Landschoot as Kristi Miller, the Township's doctor and a former paramedic who was separated from her fiancée when she became trapped in the town
 * Pegah Ghafoori as Fatima Hassan, Ellis' girlfriend, later his wife, and one of the Colony House residents
 * Corteon Moore as Ellis Stevens, Boyd's son who lives estranged from his father at Colony House
 * Hannah Cheramy as Julie Matthews, Jim and Tabitha's teenage daughter and Ethan's older sister who chooses to live at Colony House where she befriends Ellis and Fatima
 * Simon Webster as Ethan Matthews, Jim and Tabitha's young son and Julie's younger brother who lives with his parents in the Township
 * Avery Konrad as Sara Myers, Nathan's sister who works at the Township's diner. She suffers from frequent hallucinations that command her to kill other residents of the Township.
 * Paul Zinno as Nathan Myers (season 1), Sara's brother who lives in the Township and tends to the farm animals
 * Elizabeth Moy as Tian-Chen Liu, Kenny's mother and Bing-Qian's wife who runs the diner in the Township
 * Deborah Grover as Tillie (season 2), an aging carefree woman and one of the bus passengers who arrives at the town
 * Angela Moore as Bakta (season 2), a bus driver who unknowingly brings many new arrivals to the town
 * Kaelen Ohm as Marielle (season 2), Kristi's fiancée, a pediatric nurse, and one of the bus passengers
 * A.J. Simmons as Randall (season 2), a volatile, quick to anger man who is one of the bus passengers
 * Nathan D. Simmons as Elgin (season 2), one of the bus passengers who had prophetic dreams of the town prior to his arrival

Recurring

 * Reid Price as Tom (season 1; guest season 2), the Township's friendly bartender
 * Cynthia Jimenez-Hicks as Trudy (season 1), Ellis and Fatima's friend and one of the Colony House residents
 * Vox Smith as the Boy in White (season 1; guest season 2), a mysterious child-like figure that only a select number of the townspeople have seen. This includes Ethan, Sara, Victor, and Tabitha.
 * Katerina Bakolias as Clara, a superstitious Colony House resident
 * Cliff Saunders as Dale, an antagonistic Colony House resident
 * Jamie McGuire as the Smiley Creature (seasons 1–2), one of the creatures involved in the massacre at Colony House and the first creature to be killed by the townspeople. He is notable for the giant grin constantly present on his face.
 * Matthias Fenez as Matthias (season 2), the doorman for Colony House
 * Zach Faye as Reggie (season 2), a resident of the Township whose wife, Paula, was mysteriously killed in her sleep

Guest

 * Simon Sinn as Bing-Qian Liu, Kenny's father and Tian-Chen's husband who suffers from dementia and lives in the Township with a collection of recipe books
 * Bob Mann as Frank Pratt (season 1), a resident of the Township whose wife and daughter were killed the night before the Matthews family arrived at the town
 * Colby Conrad as Tobey McCray (season 1), Jade's friend, who arrives with him at the town on the same day as the Matthews family
 * Jessica Barry as Gina (season 1), a resident of the Township who helps care for Bing-Qian
 * Christopher Hayes as Kevin (season 1), a Colony House resident who falls in love with one of the creatures
 * Molly Dunsworth as "Jasmine" (season 1), a creature who Kevin becomes infatuated with
 * Lisa Ryder as Abby Stevens, Boyd's wife, Ellis' mother, and a retired US Marine
 * Robert Verlaque as Martin (season 2), a strange elderly man who is found by Boyd chained to a wall
 * Seamus Patterson as Brick (season 2), one of the bus passengers who has claustrophobia
 * Phoebe Rex as Kelly (season 2), one of the bus passengers who goes missing with her boyfriend after arriving in the town
 * Taras Lesiuk as Brian (season 2), one of the bus passengers and Kelly's boyfriend

Production
On June 7, 2018, YouTube Red announced the development of the John Griffin–created series as part of an overall deal between production companies Midnight Radio and the Russo brothers' AGBO. By April 2021, the series was transferred to Epix after YouTube Red, now YouTube Premium, moved into unscripted programming. The project received an order of ten episodes, with Jack Bender to direct the first four. In May 2021, Harold Perrineau, Eion Bailey and Catalina Sandino Moreno were cast in lead roles. In July, Shaun Majumder, Elizabeth Saunders, Avery Konrad, Hannah Cheramy, Ricky He, Simon Webster, Chloe Van Landschoot and Pegah Gahfoori joined the cast.

First season filming began in the last week of May 2021 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, with principal photography around Beaver Bank and Sackville River, in the suburban community of Lower Sackville. The opening theme song, "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)", was performed by the Pixies; Chris Tilton composed the music score.

On April 24, 2022, Epix ordered a second season, which premiered on April 23, 2023.

On June 29, 2023, MGM+ ordered a third season that is set to premiere in 2024.

Release
The series premiered in the US on Epix on February 20, 2022. In Australia, it was distributed by Stan. In the UK, it is broadcast on Sky Sci-Fi. In Canada, it is available to stream on Paramount+.

Reception
The series has received positive reviews for its story, directing and the performances of the cast (particularly Perrineau). On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 96% of 26 reviews for the first season are positive. The website's critical consensus reads, "Ably anchored by Harold Perrineau, From is an intriguing journey toward a mysterious destination." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 63 out of 100 based on seven critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".