FX plans: Nick Offerman drama and Chris Rock joining 'Fargo'

Posted August 03, 2018 7:00 am

By The Associated Press

FILE - In this March 8, 2017 file photo, Nick Offerman arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "Kong: Skull Island" at the Dolby Theatre. FX is picking up a drama about a cutting-edge tech company starring Offerman, sinking resources into a series based in feudal Japan and getting Chris Rock to star in a fourth series of "Fargo." The network revealed some of its upcoming plans Friday, Aug. 3, 2018. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File) The Associated Press

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - FX is diversifying its offerings, picking up a drama about a cutting-edge tech company starring Nick Offerman, sinking resources into a limited series based in feudal Japan and returning for a fourth series of "Fargo," this time with Chris Rock.

The network revealed some of its upcoming plans Friday and they include the eight-episode "Devs" by writer and director Alex Garland, who wrote and directed the 2014 feature film "Ex Machina" starring Alicia Vikander. The upcoming TV series is set at a secretive tech firm in San Francisco that may be responsible for a murder.

"Devs" will star "Parks and Recreation" veteran Offerman as the firm's CEO, Sonoya Mizuno, Jin Ha, Zach Grenier, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Cailee Spaeny and Alison Pill. It will premiere on FX in 2019.

FX is also rebooting "Shogun" as a 10-episode limited series, which it calls its "largest international scale production to date." The series will be based on the novel of the same name by James Clavell that was turned into a 1980 miniseries event by NBC starring Richard Chamberlain.

The plot charts the collision in Japan of two ambitious men from different worlds and a mysterious female samurai. The new version will be written by Eugene Kelly ("Westworld," ''Leftovers" and "Boardwalk Empire") and Ronan Bennett ("Public Enemies," ''Top Boy").

FX has lured Rock to star in a new season of "Fargo," set in 1950, which will begin production in 2019. Rock will play the head of a criminal syndicate who has struck an uneasy peace with a rival group - they've swapped sons. A death forces the unraveling of their plans. Longtime "Fargo" show runner Noah Hawley will again lead the creative team.

FILE - In this April 23, 2018 file photo, Chris Rock attends the premiere of Netflix's "The Week Of" at AMC Loews Lincoln Square in New York. FX is picking up a drama about a cutting-edge tech company starring Nick Offerman, sinking resources into a series based in feudal Japan and getting Rock to star in a fourth series of "Fargo." The network revealed some of its upcoming plans Friday, Aug. 3, 2018. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File) The Associated Press

John Landgraf, CEO, FX Networks and FX Productions, participates in the executive panel during the FX Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour at The Beverly Hilton hotel on Friday, Aug. 3, 2018, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP) The Associated Press

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