Don’t depend out that comics IP simply but! Criminal by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips has simply been picked up as a series by Amazon Prime. Mystery author Jordan Harper (She Rides Shotgun, Gotham) will function co-showrunner alongside Brubaker, with Phillips becoming a member of as exec producer, together with Sarah Carbiener and Phillip Barnett.
The series has been in improvement for greater than a 12 months.
Criminal began life at Icon Publishing, Marvel’s temporary creator owned line, however is presently revealed at Image Comics, together with the remainder of the fertile Brubaker/Phillips collaborations. The series kicked off their acclaimed series of “noir” comics collaborations – which incorporates mini series and now standalone graphic novels – and options an interconnected series of crime shops.
In streaming kind, Criminal was a particular mission for Prime SVOD authentic content material Nick Pepper, in accordance to THR, who says he’s attempting to make his mark there. Pepper was previously at Legendary Television and signed Brubaker to an general deal whereas there.
“Criminal is a beloved graphic novel created by the most iconic team in the history of comics,” mentioned Pepper, whose full title is 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,” Brubaker mentioned in a assertion.
This is way from Brubaker’s first go at streaming/TV. He’s been a author for Westworld and Batman: Caped Crusader, and co-created the enigmatic series of shorts Too Old to Die Young with Nicolas Winding Refn. Brubaker additionally co-created the character of the Winter Soldier and had a cameo in Civil War.
The Brubaker-Phillips collaboration is one fo the should fruitful in fashionable comics historical past, and if Criminal is a success, there’s a lot extra the place that got here from.
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