News round-up: FX to end ‘Mayans MC’ with S5; Texas Crew & V1 partner

Mayans MC

FX to end ‘Mayans MC’ with S5

FX is to conclude biker gang drama series Mayans MC after its upcoming fifth season.

John Landgraf, FX Content and FX Productions chairman, announced the news at the Television Critics Association’s press tour this week.

Starring JD Pardo and Clayton Cardenas, the Sons Of Anarchy spin-off followed members of the Mayans Motorcycle Club on the California-Mexico border.

Produced by 20th Television and FX Productions, the series is is co-created and co-executive produced by Kurt Sutter and Elgin James.

Texas Crew & V1 partner

Texas Crew Productions, part of Asylum Entertainment Group, has struck a first-look co-production partnership with V1 Productions.

The factual outfit, which is behind 30 for 30 Brian and the Boz is teaming with V1 to amplify its slate of unscripted programming and leverage V1’s production framework.

V1 is behind titles such as the three-season aviation docuseries Straight and Level, currently on Amazon Prime Video.

The companies have already sold an unannounced project to a streaming platform that is currently in pre-production.