LOS ANGELES, Feb 28 — Fox has decided not to renew the M. Night Shyamalan series for a third season.

Launched in May 2015, the psychological thriller dropped off the radar after its second season ended nearly 18 months ago.

Matt Dillon starred as a federal agent tasked with investigating the disappearance of two colleagues in a strange village in Idaho, northwestern USA.

Carla Gugino of Spy Kids and Toby Jones of Captain America: The Winter Soldier co-starred during season one and guested on season two.

Tom Stevens (now in Beyond), Jason Patric of The Lost Boys, Kacey Rohl from Hannibal and Nimrat Kaur of The Lunchbox and Homeland were among those joining for season two, which aired from May to July 2016.

After multiple rumours concerning the end of the series, Fox indicated during its 2017 Television Critics Association press tour that a third season of Wayward Pines episodes was under discussion.

But despite the positive initial reception, it exhausted its three novel source of material over the course of that first season, originally conceived of as a limited series; season two’s viewer ratings slumped in comparison.

The first season had been received as an indication that producer and pilot episode director M. Night Shyamalan was refinding his form from The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable after the lows of The Happening, The Last Airbender and After Earth.

He then helmed housebound grandparent horror The Visit and surprise Unbreakable sequel Split, with Unbreakable trilogy closer Glass announced for January 2019.

Dillon, who drew critical praise for his turn in Paul Haggis’ 2004 ensemble movie Crash, can next be seen in Lars von Trier’s November 2018 thriller The House That Jack Built, and is on board for space station drama Proxima, directed by two-time Women Film Critics Circle nominee Alice Winocour. — AFP-Relaxnews