FROM HELL Coming to FX; Johnny Depp Not Included

 

Deadline just broke the news that FX will be bringing an adaptation of Alan Moore's celebrated graphic novel which printed from 1986-1996, and was later adapted into a chilling thriller in 2001 starring Johnny Depp and Heather Graham.

The drama will be coming to FX, which will be in desperate need of an attention grabbing series as their two biggest draws, Sons of Anarchy and Justified, are nearing their end within the year.

 Don Murphy, who produced the film, is executive producing the mini. David Arata (Children of Men) will write the adaptation. The Hughes bothers, who directed the movie, are not involved.

When the current resurgence of event series started, Murphy thought that would be a great way to handle the material properly, giving the story time to play out and doing it justice. He reached out to Fox Group chairman Peter Rise who was an executive on the movie. Rice loved the idea and the project was set up at Fox TV Studios whose then-topper David Madden had worked with Murphy in the past. Arata was brought in as writer and the drama was sold to FX, with FX Prods. coming on board to co-produce with FtvS. Don Murphy is executive producing with Susan Montford, via their company Angry Films, along with Arata.

From Hell recounts the chilling streak of Jack the Ripper murders that plagued London in the late 1800s, followed by inspector Frederick Abberline and told with Jack the Ripper as the main character.

The novel is based off "Stephen Knight's theory that the Jack the Ripper murders were part of a conspiracy to conceal the birth of an illegitimate royal baby fathered by Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence,"

From Hell would make a perfect home at FX, which excels in adult-oriented, extremley graphic, and highly mature content and story-telling such as The Americans, The Bridge, FARGO, Sons of Anarchy, and TYRANT.