Disney’s FX has cased Christina Jackson in the upcoming pilot that is based on the Sam Greenlee novel “The Spook Who Sat by the Door”, where she will play Joy Freeman, an up-and-coming attorney committed to making a difference in her community. This follows the recent news that Y’lan Noel has been cast in the […]
Disney’s FX has ordered a fifth season of “Snowfall”, which has recently returned for a fourth season on FX and Hulu. The fourth season is set in the mid 1980s, where Ronald Reagan has just won his re-election campaign. Demand for cocaine is high with dealers benefiting, including Franklin Saint (Damson Idris), but they are […]
Disney’s FX has announced they are making a pilot for a new half-hour series “The Bear”, which is about a young chef who returns to Chicago to run the family restaurant. Christopher Storer will be writing and directing the show, he will also be an executive producer along with Hiro Murai’s (Atlanta) Super Frog and […]
Disney’s FX has ordered a new limited series based on Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s New York Times bestselling debut novel “Fleishman Is in Trouble”. The series will consist of 9 episodes and will be available on Hulu in the United States and as a Star Original on Disney+ internationally. Fleishman Is in Trouble tells the story of Toby Fleishman […]
Disney’s FX has ordered a pilot of a new show called “Kindred”, which is an adaptation of Octavia E. Butler’s novel. The FX adaptation focuses on Dana, a young Black woman and aspiring writer who has uprooted her life of familial obligation and relocated to Los Angeles, ready to claim a future that, for once, […]
Disney’s FX has ordered a new pilot called “The Spook Who Sat By the Door” which is based on Sam Greenlee’s spy novel, that looks at the fictional story of Dan Freeman, the first African American CIA officer hired by the agency in the late 1960s. The story chronicles the quest of Freeman, who was […]
Disney’s FX has brought in “Queen’s Gambit” co-creator, director and showrunner Scott Frank to do a new adaptation of Mary Doria Russell’s “The Sparrow”. This new limited series is going to be directed by Johan Renck, who has previously worked on “Chernobyl” and “Breaking Bad”, they will both be executive producers on the series […]
Disney has announced that FX has ordered Pistol, a six-episode limited series about the legendary Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones. This new series is based on Jones’ 2018 memoir Lonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol, the series from Academy Award-winner Danny Boyle, who will also serve as Executive Producer and director, was created […]
Disney has announced that FX has ordered a full season of Reservation Dogs, a new half-hour comedy series from Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi. The series will consist of 8 episodes and it will be released in 2021 on Hulu in the US and on Disney+ internationally. Reservation Dogs follows four Native teenagers in […]
FX Chairman John Landgraf announced a new series called “Shōgun” at this week’s Disney Investor Day. FX is embarking on one of the most sweeping, sophisticated and adult series FX has ever created—a retelling of James Clavell’s beloved epic saga, Shōgun, set within the riveting and real Game of Thrones that was feudal Japan. It […]
At the Walt Disney Companies Investor Day event earlier this week, FX Chairman John Landgraf announced that they are moving quickly to bring audiences the first television series based on one of the greatest science-fiction horror classics ever made: “Alien.” The new Alien series will be helmed by Fargo and Legion’s Noah Hawley stepping into […]
During the Walt Disney Companies Investor Day, FX Chairman John Landgraf announced more details on brand new series called “Dopesick”, which is an ambitious, harrowing, and compelling look into the epicenter of America’s struggle with Opioid addiction, taking viewers from a distressed Virginia mining community to the hallways of the DEA, and to the opulence […]
FX Chairman John Landgraf earlier this week at the Walt Disney Companies Investor Day event announced a new show called “The Dropout”. The Dropout is inspired by the ABC News podcast of the same name chronicling the rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes (played by Kate McKinnon) and her company, Theranos. The series will explore […]
During Disney’s Investor Day event, FX Chairman John Landgraf announced a new series called “Reservation Dogs” was in development. Reservation Dogs is a new half-hour comedy that is a coming-of-age story about four Native American teenagers growing up on a reservation in eastern Oklahoma who spend their days committing crimes… and fighting it. The series […]
Disney has announced that FX and Hulu have partnered to launch The New York Times Presents, a new documentary series from the team behind The Weekly exploring breaking news, investigations and character-driven stories and features reporting from journalists at The New York Times, it was announced today by Nick Grad, President, Original Programming, FX Entertainment. The New […]