BEVERLY HILLS — “Fargo” will return to FX but the “Fargo” cast will not.
FX Chairman John Landgraf said Monday that writer Noah Hawley will write a second TV adaptation, and it will debut on FX no earlier than fall 2015.
Landgraf said it will run 10 episodes and that there were no details on the cast or the setting.
This year’s adaptation, which starred Billy Bob Thornton and Martin Freeman, was a ratings and critical hit, scoring 18 Emmy nominations.
Landgraf said it wasn’t an easy decision to jettison the whole first-season cast, including Emmy nominee Allison Tolman — one of the characters who survived.
“It was heartbreaking from my standpoint because I loved the characters,” said Landgraf. “But I don’t think we felt that we could reincarnate these actors as new characters.”
Landgraf also said he didn’t think the new season needed actors with the starpower of Thornton.
“We needed him (the first season),” Landgraf said, “but now Noah’s proven he can write something really good. The writing, the style — they’re the stars here.
“We’d be very happy to have a movie star, but I don’t think we need it. I think we’d do very well with a cast of unknowns, of Allison Tolmans.”
