Criminal (TV series)

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Criminal
Genre Crime drama
Created by
Based on
Criminal
by
Showrunners
  • Ed Brubaker
  • Jordan Harper
Starring
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
Production company Amazon MGM Studios
Original release
Network Amazon Prime Video

Criminal is an upcoming American crime drama television series created by co-showrunners Ed Brubaker and Jordan Harper. The series is based on the comic book of the same name by Brubaker and Sean Phillips. The series is to be released on Amazon Prime Video.

Contents

Premise

The series follows multiple generations of criminal families and explores the murders that connect their pasts.

Cast

Main

Recurring

Production

A television adaptation of the comic book series Criminal by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips was in initial development at Legendary Television development in 2019 with Brubaker adapting his own work for the screen. In February 2023, Amazon Studios requested further development with Brubaker executive producing with additional writers. [12] Amazon oficially ordered the series in January 2024 and Jordan Harper was hired as co-showrunner with Brubaker. [13] In April 2024, Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck were hired to direct the first four episodes. [14] The latter four episodes are directed by Dee Rees. [15]

In May 2024, Richard Jenkins, Adria Arjona, Kadeem Hardison, and Charlie Hunnam were the first cast members announced for the series, [2] [3] [4] [1] In June, Logan Browning was also announced as a series regular, [5] with recurring roles added for Pat Healy, Taylor Selé, John Hawkes, Gus Halper, Aliyah Camacho, Michael Mando, Marvin Jones III, Michael Xavier, and Dominic Burgess. [8] [9] [16] [11] The following month, additional lead roles for Emilia Clarke and Luke Evans were announced. [6] [7]

Filming began in Portland, Oregon on June 10, 2024, [10] [16] with plans to continue through October. [17]

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