Kurt Sutter's 'Bastard Executioner' Will Premiere on FX This Fall
Surprising no one who followed the filming of the Bastard Executioner pilot on social media, FX has officially ordered the drama from Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter to series.
The network confirmed on Friday that the cast — led by Lee Jones in the titular role of a warrior knight in King Edward I’s charge who vows to lay down his sword, only to be forced to pick up an even bloodier one — will return to Wales this summer to film the rest of a 10-episode first season. The series will then premiere on FX this fall.
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“I love history. I love theology. I love blood. It’s been very satisfying weaving fact and fiction to create a new mythology that combines all these elements. And with this extraordinary cast — Stephen Moyer, Katey Sagal, and newcomer, Lee Jones — this world explodes on screen,” Sutter said in the announcement. “I love working with FX and Fox21TVS. They’ve been my family for 15 years. They not only tolerate me, they embrace my extremely disturbing storytelling sensibilities.”
In addition to Jones, Moyer, Sagal, and Sutter, The Bastard Executioner features series regulars Flora Spencer-Longhurst, Sam Spruell, Darren Evans, Danny Sapani, Timothy V. Murphy, Sarah White, Sarah Sweeney, Elen Rhys, Ethan Griffiths, as well as guest star Matthew Rhys.
