FX has placed a series order for Far Cry streaming show to air on Hulu in the U.S. and Disney+ internationally.
The Ubisoft/Vantage Studios game series will become the latest to be converted to a video series in a deal with FX, a division of Disney.
The limited series from Executive Producers Noah Hawley and Rob “Mac” MacElhenney, with Rob Mac set in the starring role. It’s based on Ubisoft’s global hit video game franchise of the same title and the series will retain Far Cry’s signature standalone storytelling format, with each season set in a new setting following a new cast of characters.
The gaming intellectual property often features some of the craziest scenes in video game history, often because there is a drug-induced dreamstate that the main character is often unwillingly plunged into. Since 2004, Far Cry has had more than 100 million unique players and is one of Ubisoft’s most popular game franchises.
The project comes from longstanding FX producers Rob Mac, Creator of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Executive Producer of the Emmy®-winning Welcome to Wrexham, who is producing through his production banner More Better Productions, and Noah Hawley, who recently signed a new overall deal with FX and Disney Entertainment Television.
Hawley, producing through his 26 Keys production banner, created FX’s Emmy-winning anthology series Fargo and Alien: Earth for television, which was recently renewed for another season and achieved a 92% Fresh Rotten Tomatoes score.
“FX has had magnificent partnerships with Rob Mac and Noah Hawley for a combined six series and 32 seasons of television, and we couldn’t be more excited that they are teaming up for Far Cry,” said Nick Grad, President, FX Entertainment, in a statement. “I have no doubt that they will tell this story in a way that is original, gripping and wildly entertaining. We also want to thank our partners at Ubisoft for entrusting us with this beloved property.”
“Getting to work alongside Noah Hawley is a dream realized,” said Rob Mac, in a statement. “Ubisoft has been remarkably generous, entrusting us with one of the most iconic video-game worlds ever created. And through it all, my FX family continues to lift me up with their constant belief and support.”
“What I love about the Far Cry game franchise is it’s an anthology. Each game is a variation of a theme, the same way each season of Fargo is a variation on a theme,” said Hawley, in a statement. “To create a big action show that can change from year to year, while always exploring the nature of humanity through this complex and chaotic lens is a dream come true. I’m excited to partner with Rob and bring our shared irreverent, ambitious sensibility to the screen.”
FX’s Far Cry will be executive produced by Rob Mac, Noah Hawley, Emilia Serrano for 26 Keys, Nick Frenkel for 3 Arts, Jackie Cohn for More Better Productions, John Campisi, and Gerard Guillemot, Margaret Boykin and Austin Dill for Ubisoft Film & Television. The series will be produced by FX Productions.
The award-winning Far Cry franchise is known for the exhilaration of the first-person shootouts, organic open world playgrounds, unique stories and memorable antagonists. The latest opus, Far Cry 6, which featured Giancarlo Esposito as the antagonist, Antón, was released on October 6, 2021.
Ubisoft is represented by WME and Greenberg Glusker.
Emmy-winner Rob Mac is the creative force behind It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, the acclaimed FXX comedy he stars in, writes, and executive produces. Shattering records as the longest-running live-action sitcom in TV history, Sunny remains a global cultural juggernaut for its unapologetic satire of human nature, most recently returning with a two-part Abbott Elementary crossover spanning Abbott’s fourth season and Sunny’s seventeenth. The show’s eighteenth season is currently in production.
Mac is also the co-creator and star of FX’s Emmy-winning docuseries Welcome to Wrexham, chronicling his and Ryan Reynolds’ stewardship of Wrexham AFC. The duo have led the club to a historic rise, including an unprecedented three consecutive promotions culminating in the EFL Championship. The series has earned multiple Emmys and Critics Choice honors, with its fourth season recently released and a fifth set for Spring 2026.
Additionally, Mac executive produced and appears in FX and Disney+ Latin America’s bilingual docuseries Necaxa, following his, Reynolds’, and Eva Longoria’s latest football venture with Mexico’s Club Necaxa during a turbulent and transformative chapter. The series debuted in August 2025.
Rob Mac, Nick Frenkel and Ubisoft Film & Television previously worked together on the series Mythic Quest – one of my favorite video game shows, centered around a fictional team behind the biggest multiplayer video game of all time – for four seasons, and the spin-off anthology series Side Quest for Apple TV+.
Mac is represented by WME; 3 Arts Entertainment; Narrative; and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern.