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Hannah Fidell, creator of Kate Mara drama A Teacher, is staying in business with FX. The writer, director and producer has struck a first-look deal with FX Productions. It comes after her FX on Hulu miniseries, which also starred Nick Robinson, launched in November. The series is based on her indie drama, which was…

April Shih, who has written on FX series including Dave, Mrs. America and You're The Worst, is staying in business with the Disney-owned cabler. Shih has struck an overall deal with FX Productions and is launching her own production company Diversity Hire Ltd. She will develop content for FX through the company, which…

Stacey Sher, an executive producer of FX's Mrs. America, has struck an overall deal with the cable network's production division. The agreement, which is understood to have been signed last year, will see Sher develop new projects for the network and extends a first-look arrangement that began in 2015, before she…

Super Frog, the production company set up by Atlanta director and executive producer Hiro Murai, has inked a first-look deal with FX Productions. The deal covers all scripted and unscripted programming for FX, as well as potentially other divisions of Walt Disney Television. It is a renewal, of sorts, of the…

Mrs. America‘s Cate Blanchett is expanding her relationship with FX Productions, signing a first-look TV production deal with the studio behind the critically praised limited series via her Dirty Films, an independent film and TV production company co-founded by Blanchett and Andrew Upton. The pact covers all scripted…

Better Things‘ Pamela Adlon is staying in business with FX Productions, signing a new overall deal with the studio behind the critically praised series. Under the pact, Adlon will continue to develop both scripted and unscripted programming exclusively for FX, as well as potentially other divisions of Walt Disney…

True Detective creator Nic Pizzolatto and one of the hit HBO anthology series’ original stars Matthew McConaughey are reuniting for Redeemer, a drama series headlined by the Oscar winner, which has landed a script-to-series commitment at FX. In conjunction to the sale, Pizzolatto has signed an overall production deal…

Queen & Slim director Melina Matsoukas has signed a first-look deal with FX Productions. Under the pact, Matsoukas, whose TV credits include Insecure and Master of None, will develop new content for FX Networks. Matsoukas recently directed the pilot episode of FX's Y, on which she also serves as an executive producer…

Justin Marks, the creator and showrunner of Starz’s spy series Counterpart, and the screenwriter of Disney’s The Jungle Book and Paramount’s upcoming Top Gun sequel, has signed an overall deal with FX Productions. The deal, which will see Marks develop new content for the FX network, was unveiled Thursday by Gina…

Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson, Emmy-nominated executive producers of FX’s series American Crime Story, Pose and the upcoming Y, are extending their partnership with FX Productions. The duo have signed a new four-year overall deal through their company Color Force to continue to develop content for FX. "Our creative…

The showrunners behind the upcoming DC Comics-based drama series Y have parted ways with FX. Aida Mashaka Croal tweeted today that she and Michael Green “are grateful for everyone who came together to make our pilot and build the world of Y. … We hoped to reward their talent and their trust not just with success but…

Writer-producer Tracey Scott Wilson, who worked on The Americans for five seasons, is staying in the fold after the end of the acclaimed FX series. Wilson has signed an overall production deal with FX Productions, the studio behind The Americans, to develop original content for FX Networks and other outlets. She…