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The Coen Brothers And FX Are
Developing FARGO: THE SERIES!!
Joel and Ethan Coen are developing an FX hourlong series based on their Oscar-winning 1996 crime drama “Fargo,” according to a Deadline Hollywood exclusive.
That’s maybe kind of bad news for some because it’s hard to believe a TV series could approximate the genius of the movie.
Now the worse news. Somebody had the bright idea to hire Noah Hawley as showrunner.
Hawley created ABC’s “The Unusuals” and “My Generation,” which were fucking awful. Find reviews for “My Generation” here.
Interestingly, a pilot based on “Fargo” starring Edie Falco (whose last name is almost “Fargo”) as Marge Gunderson was shot in 2003. Kathy Bates, who was directing a lot of “Six Feet Under” at the time, directed the Falco pilot from a teleplay by Robert Palm (“Miami Vice,” “Law & Order,” “NCIS”).
Find all of Deadline’s exclusive on the matter here.
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It's over. Next...
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and it wasn't half bad. I'm guessing this new series will again follow the adventures of Marge Gunderson and have nothing to do with Jerry Lundegaard. Just get Edie Falco again.
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When you make something for a target audience that will piss them off just for existing.
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That scene has to be one of the all-time best one-off performances by a bit player in film history.
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my favorite movie. leave it alooooooonnnne
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Sept. 24, 2012, 10:41 p.m. CST
Make it about Jerry and the pressures of plus-selling that clear coat.
by Fievel
I wish the Coens weren't doing this so I could hate it more.
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both The Sopranos and that potential Fargo show though? I guess The Sopranos took long breaks in between seasons so it could have been done.
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Besides, didn't FX put all their money on Charlie Sheen??
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They don't seem like the type for this kind of thing. Though when I read the headline, the idea of a Coen Bros. HBO-style drama did give me a little bit of a boner. Okay, a huge of a boner.
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...and the mistake being let this go to pilot. Though I will admit, I love the fuck out of The Shield, Nip/Tuck, Rescue Me, as well as Sons of Anarchy.
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Sept. 25, 2012, 12:18 a.m. CST
The Shield, Nip/Tuck, Rescue Me....all very dark shows.
by Raptor Jesus
Christ, all this tv nihilism. Where's a Goddamn show with heroes anymore? You know, Mulder and Goddamn Scully chasing monsters every week?
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Sept. 25, 2012, 12:51 a.m. CST
FX are doing an awesome job with an Elmore Leonard adaptation
by King Sweyn Forkbeard
So I guess this could potentially work.
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17 fucking years ago
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But it was a decent show.
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Sept. 25, 2012, 2:52 a.m. CST
thelordofhell -- Arby's budget, as well as the cost of the numerous nature paintings of ducks and all that kind of stuff
by lv_426
There'd have to be a subplot about Marge's husband and the competitive small town nature art scene.
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Sept. 25, 2012, 3:03 a.m. CST
A series based on the further adventures of The Dude makes more sense
by lv_426
It would just need to follow a detective show format melded with the odd and hilarious life of The Dude. Have Walter as the sidekick again, and maybe show a bit of the kid that The Dude concieved with Maude Lebowski. Oh, and don't forget to add a healthy dose of bowling. Have the cowboy narrator guy start and close out each episode with his colorful musings on the life of The Dude, kinda like how Rod Serling introduced and concluded each episode of The Twilight Zone. The Dude. I'd watch it.
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Sept. 25, 2012, 5:14 a.m. CST
This should be a HBO style show. Or as "Breaking Bad".
by albert comin
There's a lot of "Fargo" vibe in "Breaking Bad". And most of HBO's shows have that style that is so similiar to "Fargo". Other then this two stations, i can't think of anywhere where a Fargo TV show could be made justice to the movie. Colour me skeptic, even with the involvement of the Coens in. Nicolas Winding Refn should direct the pilot. His movie "Fear X" had a lot of a "Fargo" vibe to it.
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That's a brillant idea! If the show was half as funny as the movie it would still be a barrel of laughs a minute. Count me in on a show about the futher adventures of Dude and Walter. And they could bring Donny back from the dead as well, he was a great foil to those two knuckleheads.
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That's not nihilism, that's just realism. And X-Files was a very dark show for the time when it showed up, and i'm not just talking about cinematography. Remember, that Scully and Mulder never ended up proiving thet stuff they investigated at the cost of their lives, and they kept losing the big battles, all they mannaged to achieve through the show was to keep on surviving a day at a time. How's that not nihilistic? Most "nihilistic" shows you complain are direct descendents of the style brough by the X-Files which was itself directly influenced by Twin Peaks.
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That was part of the charm, sorry. And how many characters would get whacked every week?
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Sept. 25, 2012, 9:03 a.m. CST
I suspect that the Coens are just involved for a paycheck.
by Smerdyakov
So they can use the money to do their own projects.
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I thought Fargo was crazy in a good way. But I'm not sure about a tv series. But I actually liked the Unusuals I thought it wasn't bad at all.
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It does not neccesarily have to be the same story. A spin off series about the town of Fargo as a Slice of Life crime drama like The Wire and Treme could be amazing.
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Sept. 25, 2012, 9:46 a.m. CST
Really? I mean, really? Ask Stan Grossman, he'll tell ya!
by Coughlins Laws
Don't get this...
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Sept. 25, 2012, 9:48 a.m. CST
I'd rather see Taken: The Series! "Seriously, guys, stop taking my daughter!!!"
by Coughlins Laws
Was there anyone clamoring for this?
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Sept. 25, 2012, 9:51 a.m. CST
Speaking of Liam Neesen, has everyone seen that clip of Liam, Rickey Gervais, and Stephen Merchant from Life's Too Short? Flipping hilarious!
by Coughlins Laws
I've got full blown AIDS. I'm riddled with it...
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Sept. 25, 2012, 9:58 a.m. CST
You're gonna need that True Coat. They install it right at the factory....
by Coughlins Laws
You know what I always wondered, how was that Parking Lot he wanted to invest in for $700,000 going to generate such a windfall of money. I guess it was just a MacGuffin, but if they were gonna give as much information as they did, they should really have explained it better. I guess they just thought it was funnier left unexplained...
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Why is that "maybe kind of bad news for some"? I know it's because it will never be as good as the movie (I assume your crystal ball told you that), but that doesn't seem like a good enough reason for this to be considered "bad news". I guess it's true, people are only truly happy when they're outraged.
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Jennifer Jason Leigh as a fast talking, hard nosed reporter.
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She shot that pilot BEFORE auditioning for The Sopranos the pilot wasn't picked up she auditioned for David chase for Carmela and that's shows pilot was produced in 1998. So Fargo was BEFORE even that. She tells the story on the sopranos box set.
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Fucking autospell
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Sept. 25, 2012, 2:36 p.m. CST
"How long can they keep Marge pregnant?"...2 more months.
by The_guy_in_the_rated_R_movie
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Far from "fucking awful". It was a quirky cop show with a really good cast. It was no "Shield" or "The Wire" but it wasn't trying to be (nor does every show about cops need to be). It tried to be different from the majority of network cookie-cutter cop shows. Most people just didn't connect with the show; it wasn't for them. That's ok. That doesn't make it a bad show, just an unpopular one. Hercules provided a link to his review of "My Generation". In the interest of fairness, here's his review of the, apparently, equally awful "The Unusuals": http://www.aintitcool.com/node/40697?q=node/40700 Ok, he wasn't a fan of the pilot, but did agree it had a good cast, a character he liked, and potential (in the form of a future-episodes writer). Is that what passes for "fucking awful" these days? p.s. out of curiosity, I looked up his review of the pilot of "Life": http://www.aintitcool.com/node/34180 A seemingly similar review leaving Hercules less than enthused about the pilot makes me wonder if he also thinks back on "Life" as "fucking awful".
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Thought it was a very underrated show, featuring a just-before-The Hurt Locker Jeremy Renner. It was a bit of a Hill Street Blues / NYPD Blue throwback with a lot more comedy mixed in. I think ABC handled the show very badly and could've done better with it.
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This story has a little buzz going around town, with the announcement rejuvinating the debate on the quality of the original. Many people feel the accent used in the film is an unfair caricature of our regional dialect--few have anything near that level of accent. Most, however, embrace the fame the movie has brought us. We have a big annual outdoor showing on the side of a bank downtown and we proudly display THE woodchipper at our visitors' center. I had an interaction in Vegas (Quark's Bar, before it closed) with a dude who was simply devastated that I didn't have a "Fargo" accent. He thought we all communicated in the sing-song lilt of Marge Gunderson. I do know a few old Norwegians up north of here that have a pretty similar accent. Out west, old Germans sound different, but still endearingly silly. Everybody funny, now you funny too. Anyhow, I love this goddam movie, and feel that a TV series is a risk. The presence of the Coens is promising, but we'll see. I'll definitely give it a shot.
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I liked that show. It had a good cast and even the hollywood golden boy of the hour, jeremy renner.
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Sept. 26, 2012, 4:07 p.m. CST
re: "I think ABC handled the show very badly and could've done better with it."
by jim
Have you seen the DVD cover? Clearly the marketing department either had absolutely no clue how to market the show, or were trying to trick people into thinking it's something it is not. It was an ensemble show that didn't take itself too seriously. Pretty much the exact opposite of that cover. It looks like something you'd see on a direct-to-dvd John Cena movie. http://www.amazon.ca/The-Unusuals-Complete-Series/dp/B0025KVKDO
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Wasn't part of the idea that generally this was a pretty quite, innocent town. That's why thy could have a 7-month pregnant police chief.
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And the show closest in feel to that might be Pushing Daisies.
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