Prime Video releases first look at new crime drama Criminal
The series, based on a graphic novel, premieres in January with a cast including Charlie Hunnam and Adria Arjona.
By Ariana Flores ·
Amazon Prime Video released the first teaser and promotional photos for its upcoming crime series Criminal on Wednesday. The visual materials give viewers a preview of the show before its first part begins streaming on Jan. 13.
The series adapts the graphic novel series by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips. Charlie Hunnam, known for Monster: The Ed Gein Story, leads the cast as Leo Patterson. He is joined by Adria Arjona from Andor and Luke Evans from Nine Perfect Strangers. Other actors in the main cast include Emilia Clarke, Richard Jenkins, Kadeem Hardison, Gus Halper, John Hawkes, and Logan Browning.
The first installment is titled Criminal Part One: Coward. The plot follows Patterson and his best friend, Ricky Lawless, as they are haunted by a childhood murder. A failed heist forces the two men to confront a past they have long buried.
The second part of the series, Criminal Part Two: Lawless, will stream on Jan. 27. Prime Video originally announced the project in January 2024, making it a multi-year development effort.
Brubaker and Phillips serve as executive producers on the adaptation. Brubaker also co-showruns the series with crime fiction author Jordan Harper. Nick Pepper, head of U.S. SVOD wholly owned development at Amazon MGM Studios, called the graphic novel a beloved work by an iconic comics team.
Pepper stated in a Jan. 8, 2024, press release that global Prime Video customers would immediately embrace the story. The streamer positions the new series as a continuation of its strategy to adapt popular printed fiction into television content.
