FOX's "The Passage" is produced by Liz Heldens, Matt Reeves and Scott Free. The project was originally last year, but it was announced to be cut and re-trained halfway through development. It was not until a year later that FOX officially booked it as a drama. The drama is adapted from Justin Cronin's best-selling novel of the same name. In the story, the United States is studying a mysterious virus that can cure all diseases and is enough to destroy the world. Amy Bellafonte (played by Saniyya Sidney) becomes the subject of this experiment, and FBI agent Brad Wolgast (played by Mark-Paul Gosselaar) becomes her surrogate father and protects her.