WATCH: FX Releases 'Tyrant' Teaser, Announces 'The Strain' World Premiere

FX has released a first look at their forthcoming drama ‘Tyrant,’ and to call it a “teaser” would be to use the term very generously.

While what we see it in fact beautiful, it’s brief and mighty strange. A bearded Adam Rayner stands alone in a desert wearing a well-tailored suit picking up a fistful of sand only to let it fall away.

That’s about it, save for the eerily orange tinge to the expanse and the piercing blue of Raynor’s eyes. There is some ominous music but not much else. Appetite whetted, I suppose.

‘Tyrant’ follows an unassuming American family, led by patriarch Barry (Rayner), as they are drawn into the workings of a turbulent and chaotic Middle East nation. The drama comes from Howard Gordon and Gideon Raff. The series also stars Jennifer Finnigan, Anne Winters, Ashraf Barhom and Justin Kirk.

In other FX news, another anticipated drama, ‘The Strain’ from Guillermo del Toro, will get its world premiere at the ATX Television Festival in Austin, Texas, on the weekend of June 5, Entertainment Weekly reports. The supernatural series will close out the festival on the final night.

Based on the best-selling vampire trilogy written by del Toro and Chuck Hogan, ‘The Strain’ is written and produced by ‘Lost’ alum Carlton Cuse.

The festival will also air the eighth episode of the FX limited series ‘Fargo,’ which debuts tonight.