FX has reached a script development deal with Sons of
Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter on a new comedy series, Diva. Clown. Killer.
The half-hour is a dark comedy about an 80s has-been rock
diva, her dysfunctional son who makes his living as a kid's party clown and an
assassin. Sutter will write the script and serve as executive producer, along
with his Sons of Anarchy star Katey Sagal and Belle Zwerdling. The
project is a coproduction of Fox 21 and FX Productions.
This is the first script development under Sutter's output
deal with Fox21. If the project gets a pilot and/or series order, Sutter will
hire a writer/executive producer to serve as showrunner. Depending on her
availability, Sagal may star in the new project.
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Sutter said, "I look at SOA as being
an intense drama, where the murder and mayhem are made palatable by absurd,
dark humor. This half-hour will be an absurd, dark comedy, where the
story is fueled by murder and mayhem."
