FX Expects ‘Fargo’ to Return In 2019, Announces ‘Atlanta’ Season 2 Title, Greenlights ‘Sons Of Anarchy’ Spin-Off
FX CEOJohn Landrafspoke with the Television Critics Association this morning. During a Q&A session, he confirmed thatFargocreator Noah Hawley is developing a fourth season, which the network expects next year.
“It’s not gone,” Landgraf said. “Noah Hawley, who’s become quite a busy bee, not only withLegionbut he’s got a pretty substantial career as a novelist and feature career coming up as a writer/director. Has told us that he has an idea which excites me enormously for a fourth cycle ofFargo. The plan is to have that ready for 2019. The anticipation there’s going to be another cycle of Fargo in 2019.”
There will be anAtlantapanel later in the day, but a press release announced season two’s title:Atlanta Robbin' Season.
FX also announced a new series from Kurt Sutter.Mayans MCis a spinoff of Sutter’sSons of Anarchy, centering on SAMCRO’s rival gang.
“Mayans MC features an almost entirely Latino cast,” Landgraf said. “Our belief [is] that hit television and diverse television can be the same thing. It will debut late summer/early fall, right around the 10th anniversary of Sons of Anarchy.”
Edward James Olmos, JD Pardo, Sarah Bolger, Clayton Cardenas, Richard Cabral, Michael Irby, Raoul Trujillo, Antonio Jaramillo and Carla Baratta star inMayans MC.
The American Crime Storyanthology series continues this month withThe Assassination of Gianni Versace. Future seasons are set to tackle Bill Clintons scandals with Monica Lewinski and Linda Tripp, and Hurricane Katrina. Landgraf does not know which will come next.
“I don’t know about the Monica Lewinski/Linda Tripp story,” he said. “It’s just in development and I haven’t seen a script yet so I don’t know where it’s at yet or whether it’s good enough. Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson and Ryan [Murphy] might have more perspective on that. Similarly on Katrina as we announced, we took a really different approach and ended up making a deal for a really great book. Again, that’s in active development but I haven’t seen a script. AfterAssassination of Gianni Versace,I couldn’t tell you for sure what the next installment ofAmerican Crime Storywill be. I can tell you there will be one.”
Landgraf added that the mission ofAmerican Crime Storyis not just the scandal of the year, so the approach to each season will have to fit.
“For those of you who’ve seenVersacecan see that franchise is not about recreating or mirroring what we did withOJ. It’s about this idea that maybe goes back to Truman Capote’s bookIn Cold Blood.You can take the crime franchise and make it something of literary quality and merit, where the examination of a criminal act can also be an examination of character and society. There’s an extraordinary ambition to how we treat those and that’s extremely hard.”
