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Sex Criminals EP Welcomes Directors Zetna Fuentes & Andrew Ahn
Prime Video's Sex Criminals has tapped Zetna Fuentes (Pluribus) and Andrew Ahn (Bridgerton) as directors, joining director/EP Nia DaCosta.
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- Prime Video’s Sex Criminals adds Zetna Fuentes and Andrew Ahn as directors, joining Nia DaCosta on the series.
- Tze Chun shared the directing team news, marking a major production update for the long-awaited Sex Criminals adaptation.
- Sex Criminals follows Suze and Jon, two people who stop time during sex and turn their shared secret into bank robberies.
- The Image Comics hit by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky is finally moving forward after a decade-long road to TV.
When we last checked in on how things were looking with Prime Video's adaptation of Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky's comic book series Sex Criminals, from EPs Emily V. Gordon, Kumail Nanjiani, and Tze Chun, Chun offered some new behind-the-scenes looks at the Imogen Poots and John Reynolds-starring series. On Monday, Chun is dropping some big production news, introducing the show's directors. Previously, we learned that Nia DaCosta (Hedda, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple) was set to direct the pilot and second episode, as well as executive produce.
We can now add Zetna Fuentes (Shameless, Pluribus) and Andrew Ahn (Bridgerton, Deli Boys) to that list, with Chun posting some looks at the directors in his latest post. In the eight-episode streaming series adaptation, Suze (Poots) is a normal girl with an extraordinary ability: when she has sex, she stops time. One night, she meets Jon (Reynolds)… who has the same gift. And so they do what any other sex having, time-stopping couple would do: they rob banks.
Along with Poots and Reynolds, the series adaptation also stars Nanjiani, Pamela Adlon (Better Things), BD Wong (Law & Order: SVU), Ayden Mayeri (Mr. Throwback), Ashleigh Cummings (Citadel), Joseph Lee (Beef), and Sunita Mani (His & Hers). Nanjiani is on board as a character named Dane. Adlon is set as Bev, Suze's mom, with Wong playing Oliver, a bank manager with a connection to Bev and Suze. Mayeri has been tapped as Rachel, Suze's best friend since middle school. Cummings will play Charlene, Jon's younger sister. Lee has reportedly been tapped for the role of Detective Franklin, with Mani on board as Lucy.
Filmmaker Nia DaCosta (Hedda, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple) is set to direct the pilot and second episode. In addition, Zetna Fuentes (Shameless, Pluribus) and Andrew Ahn (Bridgerton, Deli Boys) are also set to direct. Stemming from LuckyChap, and Gordon and Nanjiani's Winter Coat Films, the series will see Gordon, Nanjiani, and Dani Melia executive-producing via Winter Coat Films alongside Chun, Dani Gorin for LuckyChap, and Fraction, Zdarsky, and DaCosta. Louie Hayes is set to produce.
Written by Fraction and illustrated by Zdarsky, the Image Comics comic book series debuted on September 25, 2013, and would go on to run for 31 issues and one special over six volumes ("One Weird Trick," "Two Worlds One Cop," "Three the Hard Way," "Fourgy!," "Five-Fingered Discount," and "Six Criminals"). The series would go on to be nominated for two Eisner Awards in 2014, including Best Continuing Series, and won Best New Series. A year later, Fraction would sign a deal with Universal Television to turn Sex Criminals into a television show, and that's where the 10+ years journey to the small screen would get underway.
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