From left: Kim Coates, Charlie Hunnam and Tommy Flanagan in season seven of 'Sons of Anarchy.' Byron Cohen/FX/Courtesy Everett Collection Logo text There was one big name absent from FX‘s order of a new Sons of Anarchy project yesterday: The original series creator Kurt Sutter.
As first reported by The Hollywood Reporter and Deadline, FX has ordered Legends, which will reunite the core cast from the hit motorcycle gang drama in a “meta thriller.” In the limited series, the cast attends a fan convention where they get caught up in a dangerous life-imitating-art situation — a premise drawing comparisons to the beloved sci-fi comedy Galaxy Quest. The project was developed by series star Charlie Hunnam along with Jonathan Groff.
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Sutter took to Instagram to give his reaction to the project while shirtless and wearing a yellow beanie in a sauna, which he described as “hell-like ambiance.”
“I know the news about Charlie’s show hit today, and I’m beginning to get some queries about it,” he said. “I just want to say my piece. I’m not involved with Legends at all — nor should I be. It has nothing to do with the characters I created, or the mythology. It’s really about the show and the legacy of the show, and, quite frankly, there are thousands of people who are responsible for that legacy.”
Then Sutter gave his full-throated endorsement of the project: “I just want folks to know that Charlie came to me when he was in the process of pitching this to the network to ask for my blessing, knowing that the IP would probably not be able to be invoked for various reasons of legalese stuff,” he said. “I gave Charlie my full blessing. I wish nothing but the best for him in this project. My wife [star Katey Sagal] is in the project. I have nothing but love for [FX Networks chairman] John Landgraf and the folks at FX who have been so good to me, so generous. So it has my full-blown support.”
Added Sutter: “Watch this motherfucker, because I’ve taken a peek at the script that was perhaps just lying on my wife’s knitting table, and it’s really so well done. I think you’ll dig it. I love Charlie to death, and I think you will have mad love for this project as well.”
In addition, co-star Kim Coates released a statement reacting to Legends.
“I’m so proud of Charlie,” Coates wrote. “I’ve known this guy a long time, and to see him step into this as a creator and writer and bring all of us back together in such a completely unexpected way is pretty special. He could have tried to recreate Sons, but that’s not what this is. It’s smart, it’s wild, it’s funny, it’s dangerous — and it has Charlie’s fingerprints all over it … Legends gets to have some fun with that relationship between us and the fans while taking everybody somewhere they absolutely won’t expect. I think they’re going to lose their minds.”
In addition to having Hunnam and Coates, the limited series will bring back Ron Perlman, Katey Sagal, Maggie Siff, Mark Boone Junior, Tommy Flanagan and Theo Rossi. Additional cast will be announced in the coming weeks.
“When Charlie brought us this inspired idea, we instantly sparked to his bold and entertaining vision,” said Nick Grad, FX Entertainment president. “Charlie’s talents are on full display as a writer, performer and executive producer, leading the real-life brotherhood on an adventure that is both a love letter to the series and a fun meta twist on what fans think they know.”
FX Productions and 20th Television will produce the series and it will air on FX and stream on Hulu.
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