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EXCLUSIVE: Prime Video has rounded retired nan formed for its upcoming series Sex Criminals, an adjustment of Image Comics’ title, adding Emmy-nominated Joseph Lee (Beef) and Sunita Mani (His & Hers) successful important recurring roles.
They subordinate leads Imogen Poots and John Reynolds, and antecedently formed Pamela Adlon, BD Wong, Ayden Mayeri and Ashleigh Cummings successful nan series, which hails from Emily V. Gordon, Kumail Nanjiani, who besides recurs, Tze Chun, LuckyChap and Amazon MGM Studios.
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.
Lee will play Detective Franklin and Mani will represent Lucy.
Chun serves arsenic showrunner for nan bid based connected nan comic, written by Matt Fraction and illustrated by Chip Zdarsky, which was initially published successful 2013.
Gordon, Nanjiani and Dani Melia executive nutrient nan eight-episode bid 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.
Lee earned his first Emmy information for his breakout capacity other Ali Wong and Steven Yeun successful Netflix’s critically acclaimed series Beef. He adjacent stars successful Apple TV+’s sci-fi thriller Neuromancer opposite Callum Turner. Recent tv credits include Law & Order: Organized Crime, Star Trek: Picard, and nan KBS drama The Miracle That We Met, and his movie activity includes Sony’s Searching and A24’s Materialists. Lee is repped by Gersh, Anonymous Content, and Sloane, Offer, Weber and Dern.
Known for her breakout domiciled arsenic Arthie connected GLOW, Mani was astir precocious seen successful nan domiciled of Priya successful nan Netflix constricted bid His & Hers, other Tessa Thompson and Jon Bernthal. Additional TV credits see Apple TV’s Government Cheese, HBO’s Scenes From A Marriage and M. Night Shyamalan’s Apple bid Servant. Recent characteristic credits see a co-starring domiciled other Olivia Coleman and Benedict Cumberbatch successful The Roses, arsenic good arsenic Death of a Unicorn, A Nice Indian Boy and Apple TV’s Spirited. Mani is repped by Mosaic, UTA, Jackoway Austen Tyerman.
