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Mayans M.C. co-creator and showrunner Elgin James is expanding his relationship with Fox 21 Television Studios, signing a multi-year overall deal with the studio behind the Sons of Anarchy spinoff. The pact covers development, writing and directing for television and streaming projects. James took over as showrunner…

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon has partnered with the BBC on a British comedy drama created by The Office co-creator Stephen Merchant and Mayans M.C. co-creator Elgin James. The SVOD service and the British public broadcaster have ordered crime thriller-meets-state-of-the-nation commentary The Offenders (w/t) from Mum producer Big…

Ahead of Tuesday night’s season 2 finale, FX has picked up a third season of Mayans M.C. Additionally, FX confirmed that co-creator and executive producer Elgin James will serve as showrunner for the series' third season following the exit last month of series co-creator Kurt Sutter. Season 3 is slated to premiere on…

EXCLUSIVE: To say that Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter was upset and felt disrespected after being fired from Mayans MC last week is to understate it. After a few days to contemplate his ouster, Sutter spoke to Deadline about how Disney ownership factored into his exit, what his next move will be, and what all…

EXCLUSIVE: As Deadline reported earlier today, Kurt Sutter was fired from his executive producer post on the FX series Mayans M.C. based on complaints from cast and crew collected by the human resources department of Disney, which now owns FX as well as the studio that produces the Sons of Anarchy spinoff, 20th…

BREAKING: This is unfolding in real time. Kurt Sutter has abruptly exited his involvement in the Sons of Anarchy spinoff Mayans M.C. and, for that matter, his long tenure at FX. An email by Sutter was sent to the cast and crew that he has been fired from the show, which he co-created and executive produced. Looks like…

While Kurt Sutter told fans at the Season Two premiere of Mayans MC at the Arclight Hollywood Cinerama Dome on Tuesday night that he would take a step back to further allow Elgin James and the creative team they built to assert themselves, Sutter isn’t exiting the Sons Of Anarchy spinoff show. That has gotten confused…

It's now clear that it was a smart move on Kurt Sutter's part to put some road between the end of Sons of Anarchy and the upcoming debut of FX's very good spinoff Mayans M.C. on September 4. While reaction to the now cancelled The Bastard Executioner was mixed to say the least, the step into 14th century Wales and…

When the cast of FX’s Mayans MC represents, they don’t play. Creators of the show Kurt Sutter and Elgin James rolled deep into the ATX Television Festival with executive producer Norberto Barba as well 13 of the show’s cast members including JD Pardo, Clayton Cardenas, Sarah Bolger, Carla Baratta, Richard Cabral, Anton…

FX has picked up to series Mayans MC, Kurt Sutter’s Sons of Anarchy spinoff, with a 10-episode order for a 2018 premiere. The announcement was made today at TCA. The series order comes after the pilot underwent a reshoot and recasting of some key roles. FX CEO John Landgraf expressed optimism for the future of the…

FX Networks has begun formal script development on the long-rumored Mayans spinoff series from Kurt Sutter’s hit biker drama Sons of Anarchy. The offshoot, titled Mayans MC, will be co-created by Sutter and Elgin James (Little Birds), with James writing the pilot script and both producing. SOA studios Fox 21…

EXCLUSIVE: Elgin James has been set to direct Come Sundown, a drama scripted by Justin Marks that will shoot in the fall. Jamie Patricof and Lynette Howell of Electric City Entertainment are producing the thriller about a family taken hostage by desperate fugitives determined to get across the border. It becomes a…