Amazon Studios has given the greenlight to The After, a new series from The X-Files creator Chris Carter, Variety reports.

Here's the show's vague, but official, synopsis, along with a cast list:

The After follows eight strangers who are thrown together by mysterious forces and must help each other survive in a violent world that defies explanation. Sharon Lawrence, Jamie Kennedy, Aldis Hodge, Andrew Howard, Arielle Kebbel, Jaina Lee Ortiz, Adrian Pasdar and Louise Monot will star.

In addition to The After, Amazon Studios also move forward with the cop series Bosch, Jill Soloway's Transparent and the Jason Schwartzman-starring Mozart in the Jungle.