FX has given Say Nothing a limited series order and announced Lola Petticrew, Hazel Doupe, Anthony Boyle, Josh Finan, and Maxine Peake in starring roles. The nine-episode drama is based on Patrick Radden Keefe’s book, with the author involved as an executive producer.
Josh Zetumer (RoboCop) will serve as showrunner and executive produce along with Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson of Color Force (American Crime Story, The Hunger Games). Additional executive producers include Edward McDonnell (Shōgun), Monica Levinson (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm), and Northern Ireland native director Michael Lennox (Derry Girls).
Produced by FX Productions, Say Nothing will air on Hulu in the US, Star+ in Latin America, and Disney+ in all other territories.
FX offered this description of the series:
“Spanning four decades, Say Nothing explores the tumultuous period in Northern Ireland known as The Troubles. The series launches with the shocking disappearance of Jean McConville, a single mother of ten who was abducted from her home in 1972 and never seen alive again. But McConville was only one of many others who became known collectively as The Disappeared.
Through the eyes of various IRA members, including sisters Dolours and Marian Price—young women who transformed into magnetic symbols of radical politics, Brendan Hughes—a tight-lipped but conflicted military strategist, and Gerry Adams — a savvy political operator who would go on to negotiate peace but ultimately deny his involvement with the IRA, Say Nothing unpacks the extremes some people will go to within a civil rights movement as they pursue their ideals, the mystery surrounding The Disappeared, the cost of silence, and the way society mends – or doesn’t – after a long and bloody conflict.”
- Lola Petticrew (Tuesday) will star as Dolours Price.
- Hazel Doupe (Sanctuary: A Witch’s Tale,) will star as Marian Price.
- Anthony Boyle (The Plot Against America) will star as Brendan Hughes.
- Josh Finan (The Gentlemen) will star as Gerry Adams.
- Maxine Peake (The Theory of Everything) will star as adult Dolours Price.
