Earlier this year Tom Hardy and writer/director Steven Knight got together for the great, behind-the-wheel drama Locke. The film was not only a brilliant step up for Knight, but it showed just how captivating Hardy could be when he's doing nothing but driving and talking on the phone, and now we're going to see what the duo can do together on the small screen.
FX has ordered the eight-episode series, Taboo, which stars Hardy based on an original story by Hardy and his father, Chips (how cool of a name is that!?) Hardy. Hardy will star and develop the project with Knight, and also throwing his muscle into the mix is Ridley Scott as a producer. So what's it about? It's set in 1813 and follows “James Keziah Delaney,” a rogue adventurer who returns from Africa with 14 ill-gotten diamonds to seek vengeance after the death of his father. Refusing to sell the family business to the East India Company, he sets out to build his own trade and shipping empire and finds himself playing a very dangerous game.
Sounds pretty cool. Taboo is set to go into production next year with an air date tentatively set for mid-2016.
