"As a young literary novelist, there was nothing that irked Noah Hawley more than stories that relied on plot. He didn't need elaborate story engines like plane crashes or vast conspiracies to fuel his characters and sell books, he thought. That thinking lasted only until he ended up writing a book whose plot featured both. "I thought, 'This is so much harder than just writing a literary novel,'" Hawley recalled to Business Insider. He meant "harder" as a compliment."
"Hawley started by pulling off the unthinkable in 2014, when he adapted the Coen brothers' 1996 masterpiece "Fargo" into a multi-season noir anthology series on FX, to the tune of five seasons and seven Emmy wins. In 2017, he upped the ante with FX's "Legion," which ran for three seasons and earned critical acclaim for nipping at the edges of the X-Men universe while telling a story that delighted fans of superheroes and surrealist prestige TV alike."
Noah Hawley began as a literary novelist skeptical of plot-driven stories but found plotting unexpectedly rewarding after writing a book with both a plane crash and a conspiracy. He transitioned from novels to screenwriting and developed a signature approach of adapting beloved intellectual property into television that balances thoughtful storytelling with commercial appeal. Successes include adapting the Coen brothers' Fargo into a five-season, Emmy-winning FX anthology and creating Legion, a critically acclaimed three-season series touching the X-Men universe. Hawley is now taking on the Alien franchise with Alien: Earth on FX, aiming to honor the source while delivering original television.
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