Update!

Sons of Anarchy Spinoff Officially Happening at FX

Mayans MC pilot has officially been put into production at the cable network

By Billy Nilles Dec 01, 2016 6:00 PMTags
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UPDATE: FX has officially ordered a pilot for Mayans MC, the Sons of Anarchy spinoff script they commissioned earlier this year. SOA creator Kurt Sutter will direct the pilot himself. Set in a post-Jax Teller world (RIP!), Mayans MC focuses on EZ Reyes, a prospect in the Mayan MC charter on the Cali/Mexi border, who struggles with his desire for vengeance against the cartel, and his need for respect from the women he loves. Production will begin in March of next year.

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FX can't get enough of those outlaw bikers.

The network has officially put a Sons of Anarchy spinoff into script development, E! News has confirmed. With SOA creator Kurt Sutter at the helm, Mayans MC will be what the network describes as "a dark, visceral family drama that takes a new look at the most American of icons, the 1% outlaw, this time, reflected through a Latino lens," following pivotal recurring SOA players, The Mayans. Tapped to write the pilot is Mayans MC co-creator Elgin James.

"I wanted to find a strong, unique Latino voice," Sutter said regarding his hiring of James. "Because I didn't think a white guy from Jersey should be writing about Latin culture and traditions. Elgin is that voice."

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James comes to Mayans MC with one heck of a history. Homeless as a teenager, he was a fixture in Boston's hardcore punk scene, where he helped found a multi-ethnic national street gang that went after neo-Nazi skinheads and drug dealers. After 15 years in the gang, James headed out west to Los Angeles where he wound up in the Sundance Institute Feature Film program. Little Birds, his directorial debut starring Juno Temple and Leslie Mann, premiered in competition at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. A few months after that high, he began serving a prison sentence for a prior gang-related charge of federal extortion.

 

FX's decision to return to the world of Sons of Anarchy comes as a no-brainer. Launching in 2008 and running for seven seasons, SOA remains FX Networks' most popular drama. When it signed off in 2014, Sutter immediately began work on his follow-up at the network, the period drama The Bastard Executioner. Lasting only a season, the show was canceled rather uniquely when its creator took out an ad in The Hollywood Reporter announcing he'd decided to put the low-rated series out of its misery.

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