Creator of 'Fargo' and 'Legion, Noah Hawley to make feature film debut, directing Reese Witherspoon in 'Pale Blue Dot'

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By Darian Scalamoni

            It’s not uncommon with all the amazing television around today that most minds in the TV business are headed to feature filmmaking. Noah Hawley, the creator of FX series’ Fargo and Legion has joined the ranks as The Playlist reports that Hawley will direct Reese Witherspoon in the sci-fi film, Pale Blue Dot. Witherspoon will also produce the film under her Type A Films production company.

            Hawley has risen to become one of the hottest minds in all of TV after breaking out with Fargo, the spinoff series based in the same vein and style as the Coen brothers classic film from 1995 of the same name. Since then, Hawley has released the new FX series, Legion which is based on an X-Men comic following the mutant named David Haller. Pale Blue Dot will tell the story of an astronaut who returns home and then quickly loses grip of reality when dealing with the after-effects.

            Hawley is currently filming Season 3 of Fargo that will star Ewan McGregor, Carrie Coon, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Michael Stuhlbarg. Witherspoon stars in the upcoming HBO mini-series, Big Little Lies along with Nicole Kidman and Shailene Woodley. She’ll also star in the drama, Home Again which is in post-production with Michael Sheen and Lake Bell before portraying Mrs. Whatsit in Ava DuVernay’s A Wrinkle in Time for Disney.