The Fargo TV show moves nearer Joel and Ethan Coen will act as executive producers for the TV version of Fargo, a pilot for which is now being written by Noah Hawley, an American television producer and screenwriter. Hawley wrote and produced the TV series Bones and also created The Unusuals and My Generation. Hawley also wrote the screenplay for the film Lies and Alibis starring Steve Coogan. He is the author of three novels including A Conspiracy of Tall Men. The series will reportedly be "loosely based" on the original screenplay. In the Coens' original crime thriller, the lead character was the taciturn pregnant police officer Marge Gunderson (Frances McDormand, below, won the Oscar for Best Actress) who was charged with investigating a homicide in a sparse small town in frozen Minnesota. Gunderson is expected to once again be the main character in the TV series. The Coens won best original screenplay and the film - which also starred William H Macy, Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare - was nominated in a further five Oscar categories. The Fargo TV show, which will feature one-hour episodes, is part of Studio MGM's plan to adapt films it owns for the small screen through MGM Television. It will be shown on cable network FX and Warren Littlefield is the executive producer. An attempt in 1997 to produce a Fargo TV show - starring the The Sopranos' Edie Falco and directed by Kathy Bates - did not have the blessing of the Coens and failed to get beyond the pilot stage. The Coen's next movie, Inside Llewyn Davis will be out in February and their remake of Gambit, starring Colin Firth, Cameron Diaz and Alan Rickman, will be released later next year.