FX today announced they have given a greenlight to Fargo, a TV version of the Academy Award winning Coen Brothers movie.
The project will be a “limited run series” (AKA, a miniseries) consisting of ten episodes. Joel & Ethan Coen will executive produce, with Noah Hawley (The Unusuals) writing and serving as showrunner. Warren Littlefield is also executive producing.
The series won’t retell the film’s storyline, but follow a new case – presumably with Marge Gunderson (played so memorably by Frances McDormand in the film) involved, though FX only says “new characters” will be a part of the story.
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Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Movies