The reaper’s bell tolls once more for Charming, California. After a 12-year hiatus, Sons of Anarchy roars back with Sons of Anarchy: Reborn, a 10-episode revival set to premiere on FX in fall 2026. Directed by series creator Kurt Sutter, the reboot shifts the spotlight to Jax Teller’s son Abel, now a 20-something heir wrestling with his father’s violent shadow. Starring Charlie Hunnam reprising his breakout role, alongside Ron Perlman, Katey Sagal, Kim Coates, and Tommy Flanagan, the trailer—unveiled at San Diego Comic-Con on July 25, 2025—drops viewers into a powder keg of legacy, loyalty, and lethal ambition.

The original Sons of Anarchy (2008-2014) was a cultural juggernaut, blending Shakespearean tragedy with outlaw grit across seven seasons. Sutter’s saga of the SAMCRO motorcycle club—full of brotherhood bonds, brutal betrayals, and Bob Dylan-infused ballads—drew 5.2 million viewers for its finale, earning 18 Emmy nods and a cult following. Jax Teller’s arc, from reluctant heir to self-sacrificing martyr, ended in a gut-wrenching highway crash, leaving Abel and Thomas as the club’s fragile future. Reborn picks up the threads 12 years later, with Abel (Hunnam, now 45, sporting scars and a steely gaze) thrust into Charming’s underbelly as SAMCRO fractures under a new drug cartel threat.

The trailer pulses with Sutter’s signature menace: A pounding rock soundtrack—echoing the original’s Rolling Stones swagger—underscores Abel’s tangle with a ruthless Mexican gang encroaching on the club’s territory. “The Sons are gone… but blood calls louder than silence,” a gravelly voiceover intones, cutting to Abel’s haunted eyes mirroring Jax’s final ride. Familiar faces return: Perlman’s Clay Morrow haunts flashbacks, Sagal’s Gemma Teller Morrow lurks as a spectral advisor, Coates’ Tig Trager cackles maniacally while plotting revenge, and Flanagan’s Chibs Telford watches Abel with paternal concern, his scarred face a map of old wars. Violence erupts in slow-motion montages—fists flying in dimly lit clubhouses, bikes roaring through redwood forests, and a secret handshake in the rain sealing a fragile alliance.

Sutter, returning after Mayans M.C.‘s 2018-2023 run, promises a “darker evolution.” “Abel’s not Jax—he’s the son who questions the crown,” he told Deadline. “This is legacy’s curse: What do you inherit when the throne’s stained with blood?” The genre mash—crime-action-drama-thriller—amps the stakes with cartel incursions, internal power struggles, and Abel’s moral crossroads, all scored by a brooding mix of Johnny Cash covers and original outlaw anthems.

Fans are feral: The trailer racked 25 million views in 48 hours, with #SOAReborn trending globally. “Hunnam’s Abel is Jax reborn—chills!” tweeted one, while another gushed, “Chibs and Tig? Take my money!” Critics previewing a pilot episode hail it as “Sutter’s savage sequel—a Sopranos for the motorcycle set.”

Reborn isn’t nostalgia—it’s reckoning, exploring how violence begets violence in a post-Jax world. As Abel grapples with his birthright, one truth revs clear: The Sons may fade, but the road to redemption is paved with ghosts. Saddle up, 2026—the reaper rides again.