Kurt Sutter has officially exited his involvement in his Sons of Anarchy spinoff for FX, Mayans, and his tenure at FX seems to be over. Kurt Sutter sent an email Thursday to the cast and crew of Mayans, telling them that he has been fired from the show. He was a co-creator and executive producer. For the past 15 years, the prolific writer has been a part of 20th Century Fox TV, now DisneyTV, where his overall deal still stands. He will continue with his overall deal at 20th Century FoxTV, per Deadline, which broke the news. There appears to be an internal dispute over Sutter's involvement with Season Three of Mayans, and he attributed his firing to Dana Walden and John Landgraf, the heads of FX. Sutter was scheduled to hand the reins of the project over to Elgin James, who was the series' other creator, before Season Three. The show is in the middle of its second season now, with both Sutter and James performing showrunner duties. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Thursday, 17 October, 2019