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FX’s Far Cry Adds Five Noted Actors to First Season

The series will follow the video games’ standalone, season-by-season anthology model, which allows a new cast and setting each year.

Overview

  • Multiple outlets reported on Sept. 17–18 that Brendan Gleeson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Hamish Linklater, Sam Spruell and Jamie Demetriou have joined the first season cast.
  • Rob Mac is credited as co-creator with Noah Hawley and will also star in season one alongside previously announced cast members Lizzy Caplan and Steve Buscemi.
  • FX has confirmed the show will keep Far Cry’s signature anthology format so each season will tell a self-contained story with a different cast and setting.
  • Producers have not released individual role details, plot specifics, or a premiere date, leaving character assignments and timing unannounced.
  • The project builds on the Far Cry games’ pattern of standalone stories in varied locales and on Hawley’s track record with anthology TV, and it reflects a wider industry push for auteur-led game adaptations.