Prime Video has released the first teaser trailer for Criminal , the upcoming crime series based on the comic book anthology from Ed Brubaker ( Captain America: The Winter Soldier ) and Sean Phillips ( Incognito ).
The series, based on the long-running, award-winning series of comics, has plenty of dark characters and stories of crime and betrayal to fall back on if it goes beyond the first season. To start with, though, Criminal stars Charlie Hunnam, Adria Arjona, Emilia Clarke, Luke Evans, Michael Mando, Richard Jenkins, and more.
The project has been in development since 2019, but got much more active in 2023, when a writers’ room started to take shape that was more than just Brubaker.
Prime Video’s logline for the series is simply “All you have to do is aim, breathe, and squeeze.”
You can see the teaser below.
Brubaker is among the executive producers for the series, taking on a showrunner role not too dissimilar to what fellow comics scribe Tom King has on Lanterns . Production took place in Oregon starting in June. Ahead of the first teaser, the show was embroiled in controversy when a former production assistant sued Brubaker and the studio for alleged workplace violations. ...