'Fargo' creator makes big shift in career

Noah Hawley, the creator of the Emmy-winning series Fargo, has signed up with WME.

According to Deadline, the 57-year-old's decision to join the new company came after John Campisi, his longtime agent, joined United Entertainment as a partner.

He has a career of over twenty years, during which time he has worked in several fields, including novelist, screenwriter, series creator, showrunner, and director.

He also won an Emmy, Writers Guild, PEN, Critics’ Choice, and Peabody Awards for his work.

His upcoming project is FX's show Alien: Earth, which stars Sydney Chandler, Timothy Olyphant, Alex Lawther, Essie Davis, David Ryshdahl, Samuel Blenkin, and Adarsh Gourav.

“It’s certainly bigger than anything I’ve ever done, and yet the same rules apply. I remember seeing Denis Villeneuve say that he couldn’t have made ‘Dune’ unless he’d made all of his other movies, and I feel similarly,” Noah said about the series last year. 

“All of it’s come together to prepare me to make a show that I’m hoping is going to blow your mind.”

Alien: Earth is expected to be out in mid-2025.