FX Considering TV Adaptation of Fargo

Frances McDormand

Fargo could live on!

FX is reportedly in early talks with MGM Television to adapt the Oscar-winning film into a TV series, Variety reports.

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The Coen brothers' dark comedy starred Frances McDormand as a pregnant police chief investigating a series of murders involving an incompetent car salesman (William H. Macy). Joel and Ethan Coen won the Oscar for original screenplay, while McDormand picked one up for leading actress.

Variety reports that it's unclear whether the studio and FX have a writer in mind to take on the adaptation.

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