FX Orders a Pilot Based on The Comic Book Series Y: THE LAST MAN
A couple of years ago FX announced that they would be developing a series based on Brian K. Vaughan's comic book Y: The Last Man. FX has finally decided to order a pilot episode. This comic has had a long and rocky road through development, but it actually looks like it's going to happen this time. Directors Dan Trachtenberg, Louis Leterrier, and David Caruso all attempted to adapt it as a film, but I think a TV series will be a much better fit.
The story is set in a post-apocalyptic world and the story revolves around a character named Yorick Brown, who becomes the last man on Earth after a plague wipes out all of the males on the planet except for him and his pet monkey, Ampersand. He journeys across the world in search of his girlfriend Beth, whom he was proposing to over the phone when the plague struck.
The series is being developed by showrunners Michael Green (American Gods, Blade Runner 2049, Logan) and Aida Mashaka Croal (Luke Cage, Turn). The creator of the comic is also a producer on the series. Melina Matsoukas (Insecure, Master of None, Beyonce: Formation) is set to direct the pilot.
FX puts great production value and effort into their projects so I have high hopes that this comic will get the proper adaptation that it deserves.
Via: Variety