‘Game of Thrones’ alumni, Emilia Clarke, has been set to star in the Amazon crime drama series ‘Criminal.’
The adaptation of the graphic novels by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips follows an interlocking universe of crime stories. Clarke has been set to take the lead in the role of Mallory, who is a slick and daring armed robber, as quick with a gun as she is with her wits. Part of a heist crew with Ricky Lawless (Halper), who she’s in a passionate Bonnie-and-Clyde-like affair with. Mallory is a woman on the edge, living on the wrong side of the law and hiding secrets that will bring her and her entire crew into the danger zone.
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Clarke joins a previously announced cast of Charlie Hunnam, Richard Jenkins, John Hawkes, Adria Arjona, Logan Browning, Kadeem Hardison, Pat Healy, Taylor Sele, Gus Halper, Aliyah Camacho, Michael Mando, Marvin Jones III, Michael Xavier, Dominic Burgess.
Brubaker will serve as co-showrunner and executive producer on the series along with Jordan Harper. Phillips also executive produces, as does Sarah Carbiener and Philipp Barnett. Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden will direct the first four episodes. Legendary Television will also serve as an executive producer. The series is produced by Amazon MGM Studios.
