13 New TV Characters We Can't Wait To Meet In 2018

2. Buster Scruggs - The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs

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In 2018 the Coens will be, in their own words, "streaming motherf**kers!" The Fargo directors are taking their talents to Netflix for The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, a Western anthology series.

While each episode will bring different characters, it's believed the one constant will be the titular Buster, played by Tim Blake Nelson. He's already proved he can handle the Coens' material in O! Brother, Where Art Thou?, and should be a good fit for the singing cowboy.

Furthermore, it's easy to imagine that character being brilliant under the Coens. They can do Westerns, they can do singers, they can blend comedy and drama in their own idiosyncratic way, and Buster Scruggs - just the name alone is wonderful - should be the latest great creation of theirs.

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