Eight-part series based on Sex Criminals greenlit by Amazon’s Peter Friedlander
Amazon Prime Video has greenlit an adaptation of comic book series Sex Criminals, with the co-creators of The Big Sick and Margot Robbie’s Lucky Chap attached.
The show will star Kumail Nanjiani, who is also co-creator of the project with partner Emily V Gordon and comic book writer Tze Chun (Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai).
The comic’s creators, Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky, are exec producers, along with Gordon and Nanjiani, who were behind The Big Sick and are attached via their Winter Coat Films label.
Sex Criminals follows a couple who stop time whenever they have sex, and decide to use this power to rob banks.
The eight-part show falls under Lucky Chap’s first-look pact with Amazon MGM Studios and joins the company’s expanding slate, which includes a remake of video game Life Is Strange.
“Sex Criminals is bold, hilarious, and wildly original, with a love story at its core that feels both deeply human and completely unexpected,” said Peter Friedlander, global head of TV for Amazon MGM Studios.
“Emily, Kumail, and Tze have brought a fresh, and emotionally grounded take to this incredible property. With our collaborators at LuckyChap, Winter Coat Films, and comic book creators Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky, we’re thrilled to bring this unforgettable world and its characters to our global Prime Video audience.”
“Sex Criminals is the exact kind of thing Winter Coat aims to bring to life: love stories in weird places,” said Gordon and Nanjiani.
“From the moment LuckyChap brought us Matt and Chip’s comic book, we knew we wanted to bring these characters to screen and are so excited to do that alongside Tze Chun and Prime Video.”
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