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FX Develops New Drama “A Really Bad Person” Starring K-Pop Demon Hunters Writers
8/7/2026, 6:41:29 AM
New Series Announcement
FX and Legendary Television are developing a drama titled A Really Bad Person. The premise follows a “very relatable American girl” who, while in London, pretends to be the missing daughter of a British family in a desperate bid to obtain citizenship, start anew, and escape a complicated past. The project marks the first television series co-written by Danya Jimenez and Hannah McMechan, who will also serve as executive producers alongside Brett Baer, Dave Finkel and Sharon Hall.
From Animated Hit to Live-Action Drama
Jimenez and McMechan rose to prominence as co-writers of K-Pop Demon Hunters, Netflix’s most-watched movie with 325 million views in its first 91 days and more than 650 million total views. The animated musical earned the Academy Award, Golden Globe and Critics Choice Award for Best Animated Feature. Their success on the big screen led to further assignments, including a screenplay for Tim Burton’s remake of *Attack of the 50-Foot Woman* and the horror-comedy *Youth Juice*.
Production Team and Partnerships
The series is a co-production between Legendary Entertainment and FX Productions. Executive producers include Jimenez, McMechan, Baer, Finkel and Hall, the latter known for work on *Sinatra: All or Nothing At All*. Directors Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans, who collaborated with the writers on *K-Pop Demon Hunters*, are attached to the project.
Placement Within FX’s Current Development Slate
“A Really Bad Person” joins a slate of FX development projects that also features the comedy *Hopeless* (Jeff Chan), a drama about National Park rescue volunteers (based on a *New Yorker* story), and upcoming series orders such as *The Marriage Plot* (starring Sadie Sink), *Seven Sisters* (Elizabeth Olsen), *Far Cry* (created by Noah Hawley and Rob Mac) and *Very Young Frankenstein* (based on the Mel Brooks film).
Anticipated Impact
The series represents Jimenez and McMechan’s transition from animated feature writing to live-action television, potentially expanding their creative range and reinforcing FX’s strategy of leveraging successful film talent for original series. If the show captures the “dramedy” tone described in its logline, it could add a fresh, character-driven narrative to FX’s increasingly diverse portfolio.
