After a long journey to officially getting a Hollywood adaptation, Brian K. Vaughn and Pia Guerra's Y the Last Man is finally making its way to the small screen. But when FX announced its pilot order for a Y: The Last Man series back in April, the network surprised audiences when it announced the show would be simply called "Y."

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FX CEO John Landgraf explained to members of the TV Critics' Association that the idea to simplify the title had multiple benefits to the show."I guess you tend to see one or two word titles," he said, acknowledging that there are some exceptions to the "Breaking Bad"s of the world. He added of the appeal of the one-letter title, "'Y' seems like a provocative shape. We can do a lot with it graphically. It's a little mysterious."Y will be an adaptation of Vaughn and Guerra's 60-issue comic run, which debuted in 2002. Set in a post-apocalyptic world where one man and his pet monkey appear to be the only two remaining living male mammals alive, the comic received three Eisner Awards, and Volume 10 won the first Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story.Though Landgraf was mum on plot details, he did confirm, "Yes, the monkey will be a character."In July, FX announced that Y had cast Barry Keoghan as Yorrick Brown, Diane Lane as Yorrick's mother Senator Jennifer Brown, Imogen Poots as Yorrick's sister Hero Brown and Lashana Lynch as Agent 355, as well as Juliana Canfield and Marin Ireland.Y will be executive produced by Melina Matsoukas (Master of None), Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson (American Crime Story), Brian K. Vaughan (Marvel’s Runaways), Michael Green (Blade Runner 2049, Logan), and Aida Mashaka Croal (Luke Cage). Green and Croal will serve as co-showrunners, and Matsoukas will direct the pilot.

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