Memphis filmmaker Craig Brewer is readjusting to his hometown after a long stay in Southern California working on the pilot to the FX network series Terriers. (Brewer on this Twitter feed this morning: “WAIT! Why wasn’t I told that a Chick-Fil-A was built on Union Ave since I’ve been away? Glory be to God!”) And good news has followed him home, as FX announced this week that Terriers has been picked up for a 13-episode season.
The show, a private-eye beach drama created by Ocean’s Eleven screenwriter Ted Griffin and produced by The Shield‘s Shawn Ryan, stars Donal Logue and Michael Raymond-James (who had a small role in Brewer’s Black Snake Moan). Descriptions of it suggest a promising shaggy quality reminiscent of ’70s series The Rockford Files.
Brewer says he hopes to continue his involvement in the series, but how many — if any — of the remaining first-season episodes he will direct is unclear.
