EXCLUSIVE: TheRolling Stonescant get no satisfaction atFX.

It did take a tumble out because of the cutbacks at Disney.

It was just too expensive and too ambitious for the immediate agenda.

The Rolling Stones

From left: Keith Richards, Ron Wood and Mick Jagger of The Rolling StonesGetty

Im having live-ish conversations, he said.

It really needs a writer with a specific vision for it.

It needs a showrunner attached whos got the time and the energy and is totally absorbed by it.

Rolling Stones

Deadline reported in 2020that the series was in development with FX, withHigh Fidelityauthor Nick Hornby attached.

The show was set to focus on the Stones glory years, from the bands formation through 1972.

FX is no stranger to docuseries on iconic UK bands.

Danny Boyles Sex Pistols seriesPistolpremiered last year, but has since been removed from Hulu and Disney+ internationally.