![]() ![]() ![]() Subplots follow characters living in a decaying American dream, from a doomed Supreme Court nominee whose daughter goes missing in Austin to a young man raised off the grid by a “sovereign citizen” father. They bust out of a mental health facility with a divine mission to find the Wizard, a man of unspeakable wealth and evil.Īlong the way, they meet ancient archetypes reinterpreted for modern times. The unsettlingly plausible Anthem now finds him exploring an unfamiliar new world through the trappings of a literary fantasy.Īt the heart of the story, an unlikely trio of teens sets out on a quest: Simon, a poor little rich boy reeling from his sister’s death Louise, a sarcastic, compulsive girl from the margins who’s reckoning with trauma and the Prophet, a placid figure who seems to speak in riddles straight from God. Coming up, he’ll helm an untitled heist film for Netflix starring Bridgerton actor Rege-Jean Page, and he’s also bringing sci-fi franchise Alien to TV, again for FX.Īll that’s to say, the world of genre fiction has been good to Hawley. Hawley made his feature film directorial debut in 2019, with the astronaut flick Lucy In the Sky, starring Natalie Portman. For television network FX, he created, wrote, directed and produced the series Fargo and Legion. His onscreen work garnered acclaim and popularity. ![]() Since then, he’s written Other People’s Weddings, The Punch, The Good Father and Before the Fall. His first book, A Conspiracy of Tall Men, was published in 1998. ![]()
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