Amazon sets release dates for 'Criminal' adaptation

Prime Video viewers will gain access to a new crime series on January 13. The platform released a teaser and promotional images for the upcoming show, which adapts the graphic novels by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips.

The first installment, titled Criminal Part One: "Coward," features Charlie Hunnam as Leo Patterson. He is joined by Kadeem Hardison, who plays his friend Ricky Lawless. The story centers on two men dealing with a childhood murder and a failed heist that forces them to confront their past.

The second part of the series arrives on January 27. Titled Criminal Part Two: "Lawless," it continues the narrative established in the initial episodes. Prime Video first revealed its plan to adapt the novels in January 2024.

The cast includes Adria Arjona, Luke Evans, and Emilia Clarke. Richard Jenkins, John Hawkes, and Logan Browning also appear in the series. Brubaker and Phillips serve as executive producers on the project.

Brubaker co-showruns the adaptation with crime fiction author Jordan Harper. Nick Pepper, head of U.S. SVOD wholly owned development at Amazon MGM Studios, praised the source material in the original announcement.

Pepper stated that the graphic novel was created by a highly regarded team in comics history. He expressed confidence that global Prime Video customers would embrace the story immediately.