Draft:Criminal (TV series)

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.

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

Main

 * Charlie Hunnam as Leo, aka Coward, a criminal mastermind who plans his jobs to use no guns or violence, unlike his father Tommy
 * Richard Jenkins as Ivan, a former robber now suffering from dimentia, he is best friends with Leo's dad
 * Adria Arjona as Greta, a driver and car thief who can't get away from the criminal life even after being widowed on a job, she is the mother of Angie
 * Kadeem Hardison as Gnarly, a former boxer and a friend of Leo and Ivan
 * Logan Browning as Jenny, an Internal Affairs detective who was raised with Leo
 * Emilia Clarke as Mallory, an armed robber in a crew, and relationship, with Ricky Lawless

Recurring

 * Pat Healy as Seymour, a thief that worked with Leo's dad at one time
 * John Hawkes as Sebastian Hyde, a shark in the crime world recovering from a recent stroke
 * Taylor Selé as Royal, the manager of Sebastian Hyde's gambling club
 * Gus Halper as Ricky, an unstable drug-using criminal that grew up with Leo and is the son of feared criminal Teeg Lawless
 * Aliyah Camacho as Angie, Greta's daughter
 * Michael Mando as Jeff, a bad Vice cop who has lost hope in humanity
 * Marvin Jones III as Chester, the chief enforcer for Sebastian Hyde
 * Michael Xavier as Terry, an armed robber that is good friends with Leo, stepfather to Angie, and Greta's new love
 * Dominic Burgess as Delron, a criminal on trial at the mercy of his organization

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. Amazon oficially ordered the series in January 2024 and Jordan Harper was hired as co-showrunner with Brubaker. In April 2024, Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck were hired to direct the first four episodes. The latter four episodes are directed by Dee Rees.

In May 2024, Richard Jenkins, Adria Arjona, Kadeem Hardison, and Charlie Hunnam were the first cast members announced for the series,   In June, Emilia Clarke was announced as a leading role and Logan Browning as a series regular,  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.

Filming began in Portland, Oregon on June 10, 2024.