{"id":16270,"date":"2021-01-11T13:20:19","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T18:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=16270"},"modified":"2021-01-11T15:54:08","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T20:54:08","slug":"fx-orders-six-episode-limited-series-pistol-from-academy-awardr-winning-director-danny-boyle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/11\/fx-orders-six-episode-limited-series-pistol-from-academy-awardr-winning-director-danny-boyle\/","title":{"rendered":"FX Orders Six-Episode Limited Series, &#8220;Pistol&#8221; from Academy Award(R) Winning Director Danny Boyle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16272\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pistol.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pistol.jpg 720w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pistol-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pistol-560x268.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pistol-260x125.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pistol-160x77.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>Pistol<\/strong><\/em> Is Based on Sex Pistols&#8217; Guitarist Steve Jones&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3bsJKUH\">Memoir Lonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FX has ordered <em>Pistol<\/em>, a six-episode limited series about the legendary Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones, it was announced today by Nick Grad, President, Original Programming, FX Entertainment.<\/p><div id=\"morty-818183169\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Based on Jones&#8217; 2018 memoir <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3bsJKUH\">Lonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol<\/a>, the series from Academy Award(R)-winner Danny Boyle, who will also serve as Executive Producer and director, was created by Craig Pearce and written by Pearce and Frank Cottrell Boyce.<\/p>\n<p>Jones, Boyle and Pearce serve as Executive Producers alongside Gail Lyon, Anita Camarata, Tracey Seaward, Paul Lee, Hope Hartman and wiip. Boyle is represented by WME and Sue Rogers of Independent. The series is produced by FX Productions and is set to begin production on March 7.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s great to be back in business with Danny Boyle, an exceptional artist responsible for so many great feature films and TV series,&#8221; said Grad. &#8220;Steve Jones was at the center of the storm that shook the rock establishment and we&#8217;re thrilled to have Danny and the rest of the creative team tell his story as a member of one of music&#8217;s most notorious bands &#8211; the Sex Pistols.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\namzn_assoc_tracking_id = \"medfordtrails-20\";\namzn_assoc_ad_mode = \"manual\";\namzn_assoc_ad_type = \"smart\";\namzn_assoc_marketplace = \"amazon\";\namzn_assoc_region = \"US\";\namzn_assoc_design = \"enhanced_links\";\namzn_assoc_asins = \"0306824817\";\namzn_assoc_placement = \"adunit\";\namzn_assoc_linkid = \"8664fb773b814f2027d72edaa098d688\";\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"\/\/z-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/onejs?MarketPlace=US\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Imagine breaking into the world of <em>The Crown<\/em> and <em>Downton Abbey<\/em> with your mates and screaming your songs and your fury at all they represent,&#8221; said Boyle. &#8220;This is the moment that British society and culture changed forever. It is the detonation point for British street culture&#8230;where ordinary young people had the stage and vented their fury and their fashion&#8230; and everyone had to watch &amp; listen&#8230; and everyone feared them or followed them. The Sex Pistols. At its center was a young charming illiterate kleptomaniac &#8211; a hero for the times &#8211; Steve Jones, who became in his own words, the 94th greatest guitarist of all time. This is how he got there.&#8221;<\/p><div id=\"morty-4237582646\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;The Sex Pistols changed music forever and Danny Boyle is the perfect director to tell Steve Jones&#8217; story fueled by raw creativity and destruction,&#8221; said Paul Lee, CEO wiip. &#8220;We&#8217;re thrilled to be making this with our friends at FX.<\/p>\n<p>Anchored by Jones&#8217; memoir, which offers a fascinating new perspective on one of rock&#8217;s greatest ever stories, Pistol moves from West London&#8217;s council estates, to Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren&#8217;s notorious Kings Road SEX shop, to the international controversy that came with the release of Never Mind the Bollocks, which is frequently listed as one of the most influential albums of all time. Their single &#8220;God Save the Queen&#8221; was banned by the BBC and reached Number 1 on the UK&#8217;s NME chart, but appeared at Number 2 on the Official UK Singles chart, leading to accusations that the song was purposely kept off the top spot. For the only time in chart history, the track was listed as a blank, to avoid offence to the monarchy.<\/p>\n<p>Pistol stars Toby Wallace (Babyteeth, Acute Misfortune) as Steve Jones, Anson Boon (Crawl, 1917, Blackbird) as John Lydon, Louis Partridge (Enola Homes, Medici) as Sid Vicious, Jacob Slater as Paul Cook, Fabien Frankel (The Serpent, NYPD Blue) as Glen Matlock, Dylan Llewellyn (Derry Girls) as Wally Nightingale, Sydney Chandler (Don&#8217;t Worry Darling) as Chrissie Hynde, Emma Appleton (The Witcher, Traitors) as Nancy Spungen, and Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones) as punk icon Jordan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pistol Is Based on Sex Pistols&#8217; Guitarist Steve Jones&#8217; Memoir Lonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol FX has ordered Pistol, a six-episode limited series about the legendary Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones, it was announced today by Nick Grad, President, Original Programming, FX Entertainment. Based on Jones&#8217; 2018 memoir Lonely Boy: Tales from a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16272,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tv_news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FX Orders Six-Episode Limited Series, &quot;Pistol&quot; from Academy Award(R) Winning Director Danny Boyle - Morty&#039;s TV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/11\/fx-orders-six-episode-limited-series-pistol-from-academy-awardr-winning-director-danny-boyle\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FX Orders Six-Episode Limited Series, &quot;Pistol&quot; from Academy Award(R) Winning Director Danny Boyle\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pistol Is Based on Sex Pistols&#8217; Guitarist Steve Jones&#8217; Memoir Lonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol FX has ordered Pistol, a six-episode limited series about the legendary Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones, it was announced today by Nick Grad, President, Original Programming, FX Entertainment. Based on Jones&#8217; 2018 memoir Lonely Boy: Tales from a [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/11\/fx-orders-six-episode-limited-series-pistol-from-academy-awardr-winning-director-danny-boyle\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Morty&#039;s TV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mortystv\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mortystv\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-01-11T18:20:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-01-11T20:54:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pistol.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"345\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"morty\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/mortystv\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@mortystv\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"morty\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/11\/fx-orders-six-episode-limited-series-pistol-from-academy-awardr-winning-director-danny-boyle\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/11\/fx-orders-six-episode-limited-series-pistol-from-academy-awardr-winning-director-danny-boyle\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"morty\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ec63b069cf8528fdbe3b63a882c84e55\"},\"headline\":\"FX Orders Six-Episode Limited Series, &#8220;Pistol&#8221; from Academy Award(R) Winning Director Danny Boyle\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-01-11T18:20:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-01-11T20:54:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/11\/fx-orders-six-episode-limited-series-pistol-from-academy-awardr-winning-director-danny-boyle\/\"},\"wordCount\":577,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/11\/fx-orders-six-episode-limited-series-pistol-from-academy-awardr-winning-director-danny-boyle\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pistol.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"TV News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/11\/fx-orders-six-episode-limited-series-pistol-from-academy-awardr-winning-director-danny-boyle\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/11\/fx-orders-six-episode-limited-series-pistol-from-academy-awardr-winning-director-danny-boyle\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/11\/fx-orders-six-episode-limited-series-pistol-from-academy-awardr-winning-director-danny-boyle\/\",\"name\":\"FX Orders Six-Episode Limited Series, \\\"Pistol\\\" from Academy Award(R) Winning Director Danny Boyle - Morty&#039;s TV\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/11\/fx-orders-six-episode-limited-series-pistol-from-academy-awardr-winning-director-danny-boyle\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/11\/fx-orders-six-episode-limited-series-pistol-from-academy-awardr-winning-director-danny-boyle\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pistol.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-01-11T18:20:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-01-11T20:54:08+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/11\/fx-orders-six-episode-limited-series-pistol-from-academy-awardr-winning-director-danny-boyle\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/11\/fx-orders-six-episode-limited-series-pistol-from-academy-awardr-winning-director-danny-boyle\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/11\/fx-orders-six-episode-limited-series-pistol-from-academy-awardr-winning-director-danny-boyle\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pistol.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pistol.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":345},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/11\/fx-orders-six-episode-limited-series-pistol-from-academy-awardr-winning-director-danny-boyle\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"FX Orders Six-Episode Limited Series, &#8220;Pistol&#8221; from Academy Award(R) Winning Director Danny Boyle\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Morty's TV\",\"description\":\"TV  News, Big Brother Fan Pages with Daily Updates, and Obits\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Morty's TV\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/seo-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/seo-logo.jpg\",\"width\":1226,\"height\":375,\"caption\":\"Morty's TV\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mortystv\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/mortystv\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mortystv\/\",\"https:\/\/mortystv.bsky.social\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ec63b069cf8528fdbe3b63a882c84e55\",\"name\":\"morty\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d9771bc18cd2dc9f943285b8991604b9daa4e9c946c102fe5588c3c25ac52295?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d9771bc18cd2dc9f943285b8991604b9daa4e9c946c102fe5588c3c25ac52295?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"morty\"},\"description\":\"TV historian and Big Brother fan. Former contributor to The Philadelphia Inquirer TV section.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mortystv\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/mortystv\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/author\/morty\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"FX Orders Six-Episode Limited Series, \"Pistol\" from Academy Award(R) Winning Director Danny Boyle - Morty&#039;s TV","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/11\/fx-orders-six-episode-limited-series-pistol-from-academy-awardr-winning-director-danny-boyle\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"FX Orders Six-Episode Limited Series, \"Pistol\" from Academy Award(R) Winning Director Danny Boyle","og_description":"Pistol Is Based on Sex Pistols&#8217; Guitarist Steve Jones&#8217; Memoir Lonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol FX has ordered Pistol, a six-episode limited series about the legendary Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones, it was announced today by Nick Grad, President, Original Programming, FX Entertainment. Based on Jones&#8217; 2018 memoir Lonely Boy: Tales from a [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/11\/fx-orders-six-episode-limited-series-pistol-from-academy-awardr-winning-director-danny-boyle\/","og_site_name":"Morty&#039;s TV","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mortystv","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mortystv","article_published_time":"2021-01-11T18:20:19+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-01-11T20:54:08+00:00","og_image":[{"width":720,"height":345,"url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pistol.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"morty","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/mortystv","twitter_site":"@mortystv","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"morty","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/11\/fx-orders-six-episode-limited-series-pistol-from-academy-awardr-winning-director-danny-boyle\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/11\/fx-orders-six-episode-limited-series-pistol-from-academy-awardr-winning-director-danny-boyle\/"},"author":{"name":"morty","@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ec63b069cf8528fdbe3b63a882c84e55"},"headline":"FX Orders Six-Episode Limited Series, &#8220;Pistol&#8221; from Academy Award(R) Winning Director Danny Boyle","datePublished":"2021-01-11T18:20:19+00:00","dateModified":"2021-01-11T20:54:08+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/11\/fx-orders-six-episode-limited-series-pistol-from-academy-awardr-winning-director-danny-boyle\/"},"wordCount":577,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/11\/fx-orders-six-episode-limited-series-pistol-from-academy-awardr-winning-director-danny-boyle\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pistol.jpg","articleSection":["TV News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/11\/fx-orders-six-episode-limited-series-pistol-from-academy-awardr-winning-director-danny-boyle\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/11\/fx-orders-six-episode-limited-series-pistol-from-academy-awardr-winning-director-danny-boyle\/","url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/11\/fx-orders-six-episode-limited-series-pistol-from-academy-awardr-winning-director-danny-boyle\/","name":"FX Orders Six-Episode Limited Series, \"Pistol\" from Academy Award(R) Winning Director Danny Boyle - Morty&#039;s TV","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/11\/fx-orders-six-episode-limited-series-pistol-from-academy-awardr-winning-director-danny-boyle\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/11\/fx-orders-six-episode-limited-series-pistol-from-academy-awardr-winning-director-danny-boyle\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pistol.jpg","datePublished":"2021-01-11T18:20:19+00:00","dateModified":"2021-01-11T20:54:08+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/11\/fx-orders-six-episode-limited-series-pistol-from-academy-awardr-winning-director-danny-boyle\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/11\/fx-orders-six-episode-limited-series-pistol-from-academy-awardr-winning-director-danny-boyle\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/11\/fx-orders-six-episode-limited-series-pistol-from-academy-awardr-winning-director-danny-boyle\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pistol.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pistol.jpg","width":720,"height":345},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/11\/fx-orders-six-episode-limited-series-pistol-from-academy-awardr-winning-director-danny-boyle\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"FX Orders Six-Episode Limited Series, &#8220;Pistol&#8221; from Academy Award(R) Winning Director Danny Boyle"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/","name":"Morty's TV","description":"TV  News, Big Brother Fan Pages with Daily Updates, and Obits","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Morty's TV","url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/seo-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/seo-logo.jpg","width":1226,"height":375,"caption":"Morty's TV"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mortystv","https:\/\/x.com\/mortystv","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mortystv\/","https:\/\/mortystv.bsky.social\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ec63b069cf8528fdbe3b63a882c84e55","name":"morty","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d9771bc18cd2dc9f943285b8991604b9daa4e9c946c102fe5588c3c25ac52295?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d9771bc18cd2dc9f943285b8991604b9daa4e9c946c102fe5588c3c25ac52295?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"morty"},"description":"TV historian and Big Brother fan. Former contributor to The Philadelphia Inquirer TV section.","sameAs":["http:\/\/mortystv.com","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mortystv","https:\/\/x.com\/http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/mortystv"],"url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/author\/morty\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pistol.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35069,"url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/29\/fxs-pistol-premieres-tuesday-may-31st\/","url_meta":{"origin":16270,"position":0},"title":"FX&#8217;s &#8220;Pistol&#8221; Premieres Tuesday, May 31st","author":"morty","date":"March 29, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"FX's Pistol, the limited series about the legendary Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones, directed by Academy Award\u00ae-winner Danny Boyle, will premiere Tuesday, May 31 exclusively on Hulu in the U.S. and on Disney+ in UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. The premiere will feature all six episodes. Pistol\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;TV News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"TV News","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/category\/tv_news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/FXs-Pistol-image2-feat.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":35299,"url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/04\/official-fx-trailer-for-the-miniseries-pistol-destroy-video\/","url_meta":{"origin":16270,"position":1},"title":"Official FX Trailer for the MiniSeries &#8220;Pistol&#8221; &#8211; Destroy [VIDEO]","author":"morty","date":"April 4, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"One word: DESTROY. Stream all episodes of FX's Pistol on May 31. Only on Hulu. Based on the memoir of Steve Jones, the legendary Sex Pistols guitarist who helped usher in a punk revolution in Britain.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;TV News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"TV News","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/category\/tv_news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/FXs-Pistol-image2.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/FXs-Pistol-image2.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/FXs-Pistol-image2.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":27549,"url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/08\/fx-orders-limited-series-starring-academy-award-and-emmy-nominated-steve-carell-the-patient\/","url_meta":{"origin":16270,"position":2},"title":"FX Orders Limited Series Starring Academy Award and Emmy Nominated Steve Carell &#8211; &#8220;The Patient&#8221;","author":"morty","date":"October 8, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg, the creative duo behind FX's acclaimed drama The Americans, are back with their next project for FX, the half-hour limited series The Patient, starring Steve Carell, it was announced today by Eric Schrier, President, FX Entertainment. Fields and Weisberg are Executive Producers and will write\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;TV News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"TV News","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/category\/tv_news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Steve-Carell-10-8-2021-05008.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Steve-Carell-10-8-2021-05008.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Steve-Carell-10-8-2021-05008.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":37277,"url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/16\/hulu-originals-summer-2022-programming-slate\/","url_meta":{"origin":16270,"position":3},"title":"Hulu Originals Summer 2022 Programming Slate","author":"morty","date":"May 16, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Summer 2022 Programming Slate FILMS \/ DOCS The Valet Premiere Date: May 20, 2022 Genre: Film Rating: PG-13 Synopsis: In \"The Valet,\" world-famous movie star, Olivia (Samara Weaving) faces a PR disaster when a paparazzi snaps a photo of her with her married lover, Vincent (Max Greenfield). The hard-working valet\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;TV News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"TV News","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/category\/tv_news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hulu-logo.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1881,"url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/14\/fx-network-sets-premiere-date-for-feud-bette-and-joan\/","url_meta":{"origin":16270,"position":4},"title":"FX Network Sets Premiere Date for &#8216;FEUD: Bette and Joan&#8217;","author":"morty","date":"January 14, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"FX Networks has set the premiere dates for Ryan Murphy's highly anticipated, star-studded limited series FEUD: Bette and Joan from Emmy(R) and Golden Globe(R) award-winning Executive Producer Ryan Murphy, will premiere on Sunday, March 5 at 10 PM ET\/PT on FX. [countdown id=\"1484421310\" format=\"dHMS\" serverSync=\"false\" alwaysExpire=\"false\" compact=\"false\" tickInterval=\"1\" counter=\"until\" template=\"calendar\"\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;TV News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"TV News","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/category\/tv_news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Susan Sarandon and Jessica Lange as Bette Davis and Joan Crawford","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/feuds_8col.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/feuds_8col.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/feuds_8col.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":72412,"url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/26\/new-teaser-trailer-photos-for-the-hulu-original-docuseries-rivals-video\/","url_meta":{"origin":16270,"position":5},"title":"New Teaser Trailer &#038; Photos for the Hulu Original Docuseries &#8220;Rivals&#8221; [VIDEO]","author":"morty","date":"June 26, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"The original eight-part blockbuster is based on the iconic novel by Dame Jilly Cooper, which is part of her Rutshire Chronicles series packed full of romantic entanglements, dastardly deals, sex, and wit. Hulu has revealed a first-look teaser trailer, and further character stills, for the hugely anticipated eight-part series, \"Rivals\",\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;TV News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"TV News","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/category\/tv_news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Rivals-20240626a.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Rivals-20240626a.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Rivals-20240626a.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}