Y: THE LAST MAN Series Officially Picked Up FX and Here's a First Look Photo
FX is moving forward with their series adaptation of Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra’s Y: The Last Man. They ordered a pilot episode to be developed last year and apparently they liked it enough to give it a full season order.
The series is simply called Y and the story is set in a post-apocalyptic world in which “a cataclysmic event has decimated every male save for one lone human. The new world order of women will explore gender, race, class and survival.“ Below you’ll find a first look photo:
The series has an impressive all-star cast that Barry Keoghan, Diane Lane, Imogen Poots, Lashana Lynch, Juliana Canfield, Timothy Hutton, with Marin Ireland and Amber Tamblyn. Nick Grad, co-president of FX Networks and FX Productions had this to say in a statement:
“’Y: The Last Man’ is a towering achievement among graphic novel storytelling and it’s been rewarding to work with this outstanding team. Michael Green and Aïda Mashaka Croal have partnered with Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson to deliver a stunning new expression of this fascinating and timely story. Melina Matsoukas, who directed the pilot, did an incredible job bringing it to life with Diane Lane and this stellar cast.”
Croal and Green added:
“Brian and Pia’s exploration of a world without men is a favorite for its depth, its humor, its insights and its monkey. Adapted today it offers us a cracked mirror to look at our own very cracked world. We thank them for their trust — we thank FX for their support — and we thank the casting gods for letting us work with this incredible group of actors.”
Keoghan will play Yorick Brown, "the main character from the graphic novels on which the show is based. He is described as a young man quick to use humor to deflect from his problems who may be the lone male survivor of a worldwide plague."
Poots will play Hero Brown, Yorick’s sister. "She is a tough and confident EMT who nurses a deep emotional trauma that often leads her to cross personal and professional lines."
Lane will take on the role of Senator Jennifer Brown, Yorick and Hero’s mother. "A Junior Senator in her first term, Senator Brown has already made a name for herself in political circles for her willingness to put personal ideals above politics."
Lynch will play Agent 355, "a Secret Service agent who performs the duties of her job with the utmost professionalism, even under the most unexpected set of circumstances."
Canfield will play Beth. "A Brooklyn-based knife maker, Beth grew up on a farm and went to New York to experience the big city. She finds something endearing about the hapless Yorick and when they’re together, there’s the undeniable spark of two kids in love."
Tamblyn will play Mariette Callows who is the daughter of the US president “who has been groomed for a career in politics and to uphold her father's conservative values.”
Then there's Ireland, who will play Nora, "the President’s senior assistant and right hand. She effortlessly balances family life with a job navigating the corridors of power."
Hutton is said to only appear in the pilot episode as the U.S. President.
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.