A Prime Video series adaptation is officially pending based on the multi-Eisner Award-winning graphic novel, Criminal. Creators/authors Ed Brubaker (Westworld, Batman: Caped Crusader) and Sean Phillips on board to exec produce.
More from Deadline via Brubaker in 2019 from Monday’s report:
“Criminal tells the interweaving saga of several generations of families tied together by the crimes and murders of the past,”
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“And one of the big events in many of these characters’ pasts, which has been referenced since the very first Criminal story, was the death of Teeg Lawless. Before we even met Teeg, we knew that he had died when his son was a teenager, but other than the identity of his killer, we have never told the rest of that story. It’s just been a ghost haunting the series, as Teeg Lawless has become one of the most popular characters in the comic.”
Deadline’s Nellie Andreeva reports that a writer’s room is up and running for the Amazon MGM Studios series. Brubaker also penned the pilot and is co-showrunning with acclaimed crime fiction author Jordan Harper (Hightown, Gotham, The Mentalist) who is also exec producing, as will Sarah Carbiener, and Phillip Barnett, and Legendary Television.
“Criminal is a beloved graphic novel created by the most iconic team in the history of comics,” said Nick Pepper, head of U.S. SVOD wholly owned development, Amazon MGM Studios. “I know our global Prime Video customers will immediately embrace this story, and I look forward to working with Ed, Jordan, and the team to bring it to the screen.”
“Sean and I have been building this world in our books for over a decade, and now to be able to bring it to life for Amazon is just incredible. And to have Amazon support the project the way they have, and show so much faith in my and Jordan’s vision for the show is even more incredible,” said Ed Brubaker.
