Amber Tamblyn Joins Diane Lane In New FX Drama, Y

According to Variety, writer/actress Amber Tamblyn has joined the cast of the upcoming drama Y on FX. Read more about the news from Variety here!

Diane Lane has signed on to star in the drama series pilot Y, headlining an ensemble cast also starring Barry Keoghan, Imogen Poots, Lashana Lynch, Juliana Canfield and Marin Ireland, it was announced today by Eric Schrier and Nick Grad, Presidents of Original Programming for FXNetworks and FX Productions.

Based on DC Comics' acclaimed series Y: The Last Man by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra, Y traverses a post-apocalyptic world in which a cataclysmic event has decimated every male mammal save for one lone human. The new world order of women will explore gender, race, class and survival.

Michael Green (American Gods, Blade Runner 2049, Logan) and Aïda Mashaka Croal (Luke Cage, Turn) serve as Showrunners and Executive Producers. Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson of Color Force (American Crime Story, Pose, The Hunger Games) and Brian K. Vaughan are Executive Producers and developed the series. Melina Matsoukas (Insecure, Master of None, Beyonce: Formation) is Director of the pilot episode and also serves as Executive Producer. Y is produced by FX Productions.

Amber Tamblyn is a writer, director and actress originally from Los Angeles. She has received Emmy, Golden Globe and Independent Spirit Award nominations for her work in television and film. In television, Tamblyn starred in the cult classic drama, "Joan of Arcadia" as well as "House M.D." Her feature film work includes THE SISTERHOOD of the Traveling Pants, 127 Hours, Django Unchained and the critically lauded Stephanie Daley, opposite Tilda Swinton. Tamblyn is the author of three books of poetry and prose: "Free Stallion" (Simon & Schuster), "Bang Ditto" (Manic D. Press) and most recent the acclaimed best seller "Dark Sparkler" (Harper Perennial), which explores the lives and deaths of child star actresses and features artwork from such luminaries as Marilyn Manson and David Lynch, among others. She is currently writing her 4th collection of poetry and a debut novel, due out on Harper Perennial in 2018. In theater, Tamblyn starred in Neil LaBute's REASONS TO BE PRETTY at the Geffen Theater and played Daisy Domergue in Quentin Tarantino's live reading of THE HATEFUL EIGHT at The Ace Theater, which he also directed. Tamblyn writes for The Poetry Foundation and has a poetry book review column in Bust magazine. In 2014, she co-wrote and directed her first feature film, an adaptation of the Janet Fitch novel by the same name, Paint It Black, starring two-time Oscar nominee Janet McTeer, Alia Shawkat and Alfred Molina which comes out in theaters in May 2017. Tamblyn lives in Brooklyn.

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