Kansas City's finest. Fargo Installment 4 premieres 4/19 on FX Networks, streaming the next day on FX on Hulu.
Season 4 will be based out of Kansas City starring Chris Rock and takes place in 1950, where it chronicles the rivalry between two gangs: one Italian, one African-American. To cement their peace, the two gangs trade their youngest sons. read more
Joining Rock in the ensemble are Jack Huston, Jason Schwartzman, Ben Whishaw, and Chernobyl and Wild Rose breakout Jessie Buckley.
One of my very favorite TV series is Fargo. Crime mixed with dark comedy is right up my alley. Also expect the unexpected in this series created, written, directed and produced by Noah Hawley.
Season 4. The fourth season stars Chris Rock, who plays the head of a crime syndicate made up of black migrants fleeing the Jim Crow South who have a contentious relationship with the Kansas City Italian mafia. It is set in 1950 Kansas City, Missouri.
The cast is led by Chris Rock, Jason Schwartzman, Jessie Buckley, Ben Whishaw, and Timothy Olyphant.
Fargo 4 is the first season to not take place primarily in Minnesota or the Dakotas. The season is scheduled to premiere on April 19, 2020.
Kansas City serves as the crossroads and collisions of two migrations — Southern Europeans from countries like Italy, who came to the US at the turn of the last century and settled in northern cities like New York, Chicago — and African Americans who left the south in great numbers to escape Jim Crow and moved to those same cities, both fighting for a piece of the American dream. read more
The comedian will star in season four of FX’s hit limited series “Fargo,” the network announced Friday at the Television Critics Assn. press tour. The critically acclaimed series will begin production next year, for a targeted air date next year as well.
Described as a story of “immigration and assimilation and the things we do for money,” season 4 of “Fargo” is set in 1950 in Kansas City, Missouri, where two criminal syndicates — one Italian, one African-American — have struck an uneasy peace.
To cement their peace, the heads of both families have traded their eldest sons. Rock will play the head of one of the syndicates, who has surrendered his son to his enemy, and who must raise his son’s enemy as his own. But then the head of the Kansas City mafia goes into the hospital for routine surgery and dies — and everything changes.
Noah Hawley, who created the award-winning series, will again return as showrunner, writer and director. Joel & Ethan Coen, Warren Littlefield and John Cameron have also served as executive producers. “Fargo” is produced by MGM Television and FX Productions.
“I’m a fan of Fargo and I can’t wait to work with Noah,” said Rock.
The first season of “Fargo,” which starred Billy Bob Thornton and Martin Freeman and was set in 2006, won three Emmy Awards, including best miniseries. Season two, set in 1979, featured an ensemble cast including Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons and Jean Smart, and earned two Emmys. The third installment, set in 2010, starred Ewan McGregor (in dual roles), Carrie Coon and Mary Beth Winstead, landed six Emmy noms.
