FX Orders 'Legends': Hunnam Reunites SOA Cast — SkimNews
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- Charlie Hunnam created, developed, and will executive produce and star in FX's new limited series "Legends," with Jonathan Groff serving as showrunner.
- Original Sons of Anarchy cast members Ron Perlman, Katey Sagal, Maggie Siff, Mark Boone Junior, Tommy Flanagan, Kim Coates, and Theo Rossi will play themselves in the meta-thriller.
- The premise finds the SOA cast reuniting at a fan convention after more than a decade, where the fractured brotherhood confronts a real-world threat more dangerous than anything in their original show.
- The greenlight follows Hunnam's first Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series for portraying Ed Gein in Netflix's Monster: The Ed Gein Story.
- Sons of Anarchy ran for 7 seasons on FX, created by Kurt Sutter, and concluded in 2014; Sutter is not credited on Legends despite previously planning SOA spinoffs including First Nine and a Jax Teller sequel.
- The project has been in development at FX for at least three years with Hunnam, who joined by Groff more recently; the series is produced by FX Productions and 20th Television for FX and Hulu.
Why it matters: FX is betting on the 12-year loyalty of the Sons of Anarchy fan base and Hunnam's newly burnished dramatic credibility from his Emmy-nominated Monster performance, giving the actor creator/showrunner control over a self-referential reunion that lets the network leverage a proven ratings brand without Kurt Sutter.
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