For seven seasons,Kurt Sutter’s award-winningSons of Anarchywas the highest-rated ongoing drama series in FX history. Now,Sutterreturns to that world withMayans MC, a drama series pilot for FX and the next chapter in the SOA saga, which he co-wrote with producing partner Elgin James. Sutter will direct the pilot episode and serve as Executive Producer, with James serving as Co-Executive Producer.
The pilot is being produced by Fox 21 Television Studios and FX Productions, with production scheduled to begin in March.Mayans MCis set in a postJax Tellerworld, where EZ Reyes, a prospect in the Mayan MC charter on the Cali/Mexi border, struggles with his desire for vengeance against the cartel, and his need for respect from the women he loves. The Mayans were recurring and pivotal players in Sons of Anarchy throughout the show’s seven-year run onFX Networks.
Kurt Sutteris the creator, writer, producer, director and actor behind the hitFX televisionshowSons of Anarchy. He is also the creator, writer, and producer ofThe Bastard Executionerand worked as a writer, producer, director, and actor onThe Shield.Suttermade his feature film debutSouthpawstarringJake GyllenhaalandRachel McAdams, written bySutterand directed byAntoine Fuqua; The Weinstein Company released the film in July 2015.
Sutterrecently announced a new comic book collaboration with award-winning BOOM! Studios.Kurtpreviously partnered with BOOM! to create aSons of Anarchycomic book as well as the original seriesLucas Standabout a veteran turned hit man for Hell. Their newest collaboration, Sisters of Sorrow, centers on victims of abuse who spin their pain into vengeance through the cover of vigilante nuns. NBC Universo, the modern entertainment and sports cable channel for Latinos, announced this week that it has added Sons of Anarchy en Espanol to its upcoming 2017 slate.
Homeless as a teenager,Elgin Jameswas a fixture in Boston’s hardcore punk scene, helping found a multi-ethnic national street gang that targeted neo-Nazi skinheads and drug dealers. After spending a decade and a half in the gang, James left Boston for Los Angeles where he was shepherded by the Sundance Institute Feature Film program.James' directorial debut,Little Birds, starringJuno Temple&Leslie Mann, premiered in competition at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. A few months later James began serving a prison sentence for a pastgang-related chargeof federal extortion.Little Birdswas released in 2012 by Millennium Entertainment and the film won a National Board of Review award,Jameswas named one of Variety’s “Ten Directors to Watch” and to IonCinema’s list of “The American New Wave 25.” On the film side,Jamesis slated to directA Million Little PiecesforJohn Wellsand Plan B Entertainment, and is developing a film on the troubled life of actressJean Sebergfor Electric City entertainment, adapted from the biographyBreathless.
