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EXCLUSIVE: Pamela Adlon (Better Things) has been tapped arsenic a bid regular other leads Imogen Poots and John Reynolds in Sex Criminals, Prime Video‘s bid adjustment of Image Comics’ title that hails from Emily V. Gordon, Kumail Nanjiani, Tze Chun, LuckyChap and Amazon MGM Studios. BD Wong (Law & Order: SVU) is group to recur, pinch Nanjiani besides confirmed arsenic recurring successful nan eight-episode series.
In Sex Criminals, co-created by Gordon, Nanjiani and Chun, Suze (Poots), is simply a normal woman pinch an bonzer ability: erstwhile she has sex, she stops time. One night, she meets Jon (Reynolds)… who has nan aforesaid gift. And truthful they do what immoderate different activity having, clip stopping mates would do: they rob banks.
Adlon will play Bev, Suze’s mom. Wong will play Oliver, a slope head pinch a relationship to Bev and Suze. Nanjiani will play a characteristic named Dane.
Chun serves arsenic showrunner for nan bid based connected nan comic, written by Matt Fraction and illustrated by Chip Zdarsky, which was primitively published successful 2013.
Gordon, Nanjiani and Dani Melia exec nutrient via Winter Coat Films alongside Chun, Dani Gorin for LuckyChap, Fraction and Zdarsky. Nia DaCosta directs episodes 1, 2, 7, and 8 and executive produces. Louie Hayes from LuckyChap is simply a producer.
Adlon is known for champion known for co-creating, writing, directing, executive producing and starred successful nan Peabody Award-winning FX drama bid Better Things. This year, Adlon tin beryllium seen and heard successful nan Netflix animated bid Mating Season; which conscionable launched connected Netflix, nan animated characteristic Tangles; which premiered astatine nan Cannes Film Festival, and Circles, from head Ariel Heller. She is repped by UTA, and attorneys J.R. McGinnis and Patti Felker.
Wong is known for his roles connected NBC’s Law & Order: SVU and USA Network’s Mr. Robot, nan second earning him an Emmy nomination. He besides precocious voiced 1 of nan main characters successful nan animated bid Gremlins: Secrets of nan Mogwai. Wong is repped by Paradigm Talent Agency, Viking Entertainment and Peikoff Mahan.
Nanjiani has a engaged 2026. He has been filming nan Judd Apatow and Glen Powell movie The Comeback King and nan 4th play of Mike White’s The White Lotus. He is successful 3 features and 1 bid released this year, The Breadwinner, See You When I See You, The Wrong Girls and Season 2 of Deli Boys. Nanjiani is repped by: UTA, Mosaic, Schreck Rose Dapello Adams Berlin & Dunham.
