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Criminal is coming to Prime Video. The streaming service has ordered the crime drama collection impressed by the graphic novel of the identical identify from Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips. Brubaker can even act as co-showrunner of the collection alongside Jordan Harper.
The crime drama will take viewers right into a world filled with interlocking crime tales. Prime Video revealed extra in regards to the collection in a press launch.
“Today, Prime Video introduced it has ordered Criminal to collection. Criminal is an interlocking universe of crime tales based mostly on the multi-Eisner Award-winning graphic novel collection created by Ed Brubaker (Westworld, Batman: Caped Crusader) and Sean Phillips, who’re each set as government producers for the collection. Brubaker, who wrote the graphic novel and the pilot script, will co-showrun with acclaimed crime fiction writer Jordan Harper (Hightown, Gotham, The Mentalist). Criminal will premiere completely on Prime Video in additional than 240 nations and territories worldwide.
Brubaker and Phillips are essentially the most acclaimed workforce within the historical past of comics, having spent over 20 years creating such hits as Criminal, The Fade Out, Kill or be Killed, Reckless, Pulp, and lots of others. Considered the grand masters of crime comics, their best-selling library of graphic novels has been translated world wide in over a dozen languages with Criminal because the best-selling, internationally printed, graphic novel collection. Separately, Brubaker has written key arcs for Marvel and DC Comics together with Batman, Catwoman, The Immortal Iron Fist, and Captain America, together with creating the character the Winter Soldier.
Harper, who alongside his tv work is the award-winning writer of She Rides Shotgun (which received the Edgar Award for Best First Novel and is at present being tailored as a function movie with Taron Egerton connected to star) and Everybody Knows (named as a finest Crime Novel of the Year by the New York Times for 2023).
“Criminal is a beloved graphic novel created by the most iconic team in the history of comics,” stated Nick Pepper, head of U.S. SVOD wholly owned improvement, 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,” stated Ed Brubaker.
The collection is government produced by Ed Brubaker and Jordan Harper, alongside Sean Phillips, Sarah Carbiener, and Phillip Barnett. Legendary Television can even function an government producer. The collection is produced by Amazon MGM Studios.”
The premiere date and extra particulars for this collection will likely be introduced later.
What do you think? Are you a fan of this graphic novel? Will you watch the brand new Prime Video collection?
