Alex Garland has proven his cinematic chops already, writing stuff like 28 Days Later, Sunshine, and Dredd, and last year he gained even more recognition when he landed an Academy Award nomination for Ex Machina—which he wrote and directed. Now, FX wants him to come and do cool stuff on TV, with Deadline reporting that the network’s production label has signed him to an exclusive overall deal to “develop, write, and produce television projects.”