"Drive" Premieres Next Week on FOX  4/9/07

**2-HOUR SERIES PREMIERE/PREVIEW”—“DRIVE”—(8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) 

THE RIDE OF THEIR LIVES BEGINS WITH THE TWO-HOUR SERIES PREMIERE OF “DRIVE” SUNDAY, APRIL 15, ON FOX

Special 2-Night, 3-Hour Premiere Continues with the Fast-Paced Series’ Time Period Premiere Monday, April 16, at 8:00 PM

A select group of people from around the country are coerced or invited to compete in a highly-secretive, cross-county road race with a rumored prize of $32 million. Those competing include: Alex Tully, whose wife has been kidnapped and who has become convinced that competing in The Race will lead to her whereabouts; Wendy Patrakas, a new mother fleeing from her husband, Richard; Rob Laird, a soldier just back from fighting in Iraq, and his wife Ellie; Winston Salazar, a convict who has been mysteriously let out of jail, and his newly discovered half-brother Sean; Hurricane Katrina survivors Ivy, Leigh and Susan; father and daughter team John and Violet; and mysterious stowaway Corinna Wiles. The Race Liaison, Mr. Bright, meets the participants in the Florida Keys and gives them instructions on the first leg of their trip in the series’ two-hour opener “The Starting Line”/“Partners” airing Sunday, April 15 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (DRV-101/102) (TV-14 L, V)

Cast: Nathan Fillion as Alex Tully; Kristin Lehman as Corinna Wiles; Kevin Alejandro as Winston Salazar; Dylan Baker as John Trimble; Michael Hyatt as Susan Chamblee; Melanie Lynskey as Wendy Patrakas; Taryn Manning as Ivy Chitty; Charles Martin Smith as Mr. Bright; JD Pardo as Sean Salazar; Riley Smith as Rob Laird; Emma Stone as Violet Trimble

Guest Cast (“The Starting Line”): Brian Bloom as Allan James; Wayne Grace as Jimmy Cousins; K. Callen as Ceal Cousins; Patrick Fischler as Brad; Richard Brooks as Det. Helms; Page Leong as Female Doctor.

Guest Cast (“Partners”): Brian Bloom as Allan James; Amy Acker as Kathryn Tully; Beth Grant as Preston’s waitress; Paul Ben-Victor as truck driver.

Source: FOX Press Release