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FX, Lee Daniels and 20th Television are taking another stab at adapting Sam Greenlee's spy novel The Spook Who Sat By The Door as a TV series after a pilot, written by Leigh Dana Jackson and directed by Gerard McMurray, did not go forward at the network. “We are working on a redeveloping of it,” FX Entertainment…

Lucas Till (MacGyver), Nafessa Williams (Black Lightning), Nathan Darrow (Preacher) and Tom Irwin (The Morning Show) have joined the cast of Lee Daniels’ FX pilot The Spook Who Sat by the Door. They join previously announced cast members Y'lan Noel and Christina Jackson in the TV adaptation of Sam Greenlee's spy…

Christina Jackson (Outsiders) has been tapped as the female lead opposite Y'lan Noel in The Spook Who Sat by the Door, FX's drama pilot based on Sam Greenlee's spy novel, which is executive produced by Lee Daniels. Written by Leigh Dana Jackson and to be directed by Gerard McMurray, The Spook Who Sat by the Door tells…

Insecure alum Y'lan Noel has been tapped as the lead in The Spook Who Sat by the Door, FX’s drama pilot based on Sam Greenlee's spy novel, which is executive produced by Lee Daniels. Written by Leigh Dana Jackson and to be directed by Gerard McMurray, The Spook Who Sat by the Door tells at the fictional story of Dan…

FX is moving forward with its adaptation of The Spook Who Sat By the Door – ordering a pilot for the project. The project, which is exec produced by Lee Daniels, was written by Foundation and Raising Dion co-exec producer Leigh Dana Jackson and will be directed by The Twilight Zone and The First Purge director Gerard M…

EXCLUSIVE: The final season of Empire debuts tonight on Fox, but co-creator Lee Daniels is planning for the post-Lyons future with a new version of a seminal satire and thriller for FX. Having optioned Sam Greenlee's spy novel The Spook Who Sat By The Door in the summer of 2018 for a potential TV series, Lee Daniel's…