After COVID-19 delay, ‘Fargo’ season set in Kansas City finally has a premiere date
At last, the world will get to see Kansas City crime boss Chris Rock in action.
Rock, the comedian turned dramatic actor, stars in Season 4 of “Fargo,” which is set in 1950 KC and was scheduled to premiere in April.
But the coronavirus shut down production in March, and the debut was postponed indefinitely. Finally on Monday, FX announced that production would resume later this month, and the season will premiere Sunday, Sept. 27. FX will air two episodes that night, followed by weekly installments for a total of 11.
The series had only two episodes left to film, according to The Hollywood Reporter. They aren’t filming in Kansas City, however. Chicago has to pretend to be Kansas City.
In this season, Rock stars as the head of a fictional KC Black crime family who has struck an uneasy and unusual truce with the rival Italian mob. There’s some kernel of truth to that last bit, since the Italian Mafia was in its heyday in Kansas City in the 1950s.
Disappointed fans were already waiting three years for more from the anthology series, which was inspired by the 1996 comedy thriller from the Coen brothers, set in their native Minnesota.
Here’s FX’s description:
“In 1950 Kansas City, the fourth installment of Fargo centers on two criminal syndicates who are fighting for a piece of the American dream and have struck an uneasy peace. Together, they control an alternate economy of exploitation, graft and drugs. To cement their truce, Loy Cannon (Chris Rock), the head of the African American crime family, trades his youngest son Satchel (Rodney Jones), to his enemy Donatello Fadda (Tomasso Ragno), the head of the Italian mafia. In return, Donatello surrenders his youngest son Zero (Jameson Braccioforte) to Loy.
“Intertwined with this tale of immigration, assimilation, and power, are the stories of Josto Fadda (Jason Schwartzman), the impulsive and self-indulgent heir apparent to the Fadda Crime Family; Donatello’s adopted son Rabbi Milligan (Ben Whishaw); Detective Odis Weff (Jack Huston); Oraetta Mayflower (Jessie Buckley); Ethelrida Pearl Smutny (E’myri Crutchfield), the precocious 16-year-old daughter of Thurman (Andrew Bird) and Dibrell Smutny (Anji White) and U.S. Marshal Dick “Deafy” Wickware (Timothy Olyphant).”
This story was originally published August 11, 2020 at 11:11 AM with the headline "After COVID-19 delay, ‘Fargo’ season set in Kansas City finally has a premiere date."
