Tom Hardy to Lead FX Drama

FX has given a series order to a new drama ‘Taboo’ starring Tom Hardy (The Dark Knight Rises) as an adventurer in Africa. The project was created by Hardy and his father, Chips Hardy. Taboo is executive produced by Ridley Scott (Blade Runner), among others and written by Steven Knight (Dirty Pretty Things). “FX is the perfect partner to engage with this dark, fantastic world that Tom and Steven have created,” Scott said.

Hardy will star as James Keziah Delaney, a "rogue adventurer" in 1813 who returns from Africa with 14 "ill-gotten" diamonds to seek vengeance after his father's death, the network said in announcing the project. Refusing to sell the family business to the East India Company, he sets out to build his own trade and shipping empire and finds himself playing a very dangerous game. Taboo will have an eight episode first season that’s tentatively slated to premiere in 2016.