FX motorcycle drama brings on HellBoy star
The Staff of Clutch and Chrome
May 27th 2008
The upcoming
motorcycle drama from FX has announced a cast change.
 Ron Perlman,
who most recently starred in the "Hellboy" movies has joined
the cast of FX's upcoming show "Sons of Anarchy," about an
outlaw motorcycle club and its efforts to save a small
California town.
Perlman will
play the club's president, replacing Scott Glenn, who played
the role in the pilot.
The series will also be part family drama, with lead Jax Teller forced to walk a thin line between the lawlessness of the club, led by his stepfather, with the respect he has for his fellow members. Katey Sagal will star as Teller's mother in the series.
The drama comes from Kurt Sutter, an executive producer for The Shield , which is about to enter its final season on the Fox-owned cable network.
"I feel like a full-patch member of Sons of Anarchy, being neck-deep in this project for a year-and-a-half now, so I'm thrilled to get the opportunity to not only explore the outlaw motorcycle world, but to do it with grit and authenticity," Sutter said in a statement. "I have an amazing cast and FX is a perfect fit for this show and my offbeat storytelling sensibility."
FX ordered 13 episodes of the series, which will premiere in September timed to the final season of The Shield.
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