FX has picked as much as collection Reservation Canine, a half-hour comedy collection from Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi.
It was introduced by Nick Grad, President, Unique Programming, FX Leisure.
Reservation Canine follows 4 Native youngsters in rural Oklahoma who spend their days committing crime… and preventing it.
The collection opener, penned by Harjo (11/8/16, Barking Water, 4 Sheets to the Wind) and Waititi (What We Do within the Shadows, Jojo Rabbit, Thor: Ragnarok), was directed by Harjo and shot in Okmulgee, Okla.
The eight-episode collection will likely be government produced by Harjo, Waititi and Garrett Basch (What We Do within the Shadows, The Evening Of). Reservation Canine is produced by FX Productions.
“Sterlin Harjo attracts deeply on his experiences as a Native Oklahoman to make Reservation Canine a true-to-life and extremely joke of youth, braveness and misadventures,” mentioned Grad.
“Taika Waititi lends his appreciable abilities to the collection, serving to Sterlin and their artistic associate Garrett Basch produce a singular and authentic collection we will’t await audiences to see.”
“As longtime buddies, it was solely pure that Taika and I discovered a venture collectively, and what higher than a present that celebrates the complementary storytelling kinds of our indigenous communities––mine in Oklahoma and Taika’s in Aotearoa,” mentioned Harjo.
“We’re thrilled by the chance to inform the Reservation Canine’ story with our superb solid and crew, Garrett Basch, and the entire crew at FX.”
Casting for the collection led by Casting Director Angelique Midthunder and options:
D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai (Creeped Out) as BEAR
Devery Jacobs (American Gods) as ELORA DANAN
Paulina Alexis (Beans) as WILLIE JACK
Lane Issue (newcomer) as CHEESE
The pilot episode additionally options visitor stars Tamara Podemski, Zahn McClarnon, Macon Blair, Kirk Fox, Matty Cardarople, Dallas Goldtooth, Lil Mike and Humorous Bone.
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