FX Orders Guillermo del Toro's 'The Strain' to Series

The vampire drama, starring Corey Stoll, gets an expected 13-episode order at the cable network. The Strain is moving forward at FX. The cable network announced Tuesday that it has ordered a 13-episode freshman season of the vampire drama, which comes from Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan and Carlton Cuse. The series, based on del Toro and Hogan's book trilogy of the same name, is set to premiere in July 2014 -- with Cuse serving as showrunner. “The Strain books are near and dear to my heart an...