Amazon Orders Sex Criminals Series with Kumail Nanjiani

Amazon Prime Video has greenlit an eight-episode series adaptation of the Image Comics title "Sex Criminals," with actor and comedian Kumail Nanjiani set to star and co-create the project alongside writer Emily V. Gordon and showrunner Tze Chun.

The series, based on the acclaimed comic book by writer Matt Fraction and artist Chip Zdarsky, follows Suze, a young woman who discovers she can stop time during sexual activity. She later meets Jon, who possesses the same ability, and the pair embark on a spree of bank robberies during their frozen moments. Described by those involved as a romantic comedy blending humor, crime and heartfelt relationships, the adaptation aims to capture the original's blend of the absurd and the intimate.

Nanjiani and Gordon, who are married and previously collaborated on the 2017 film "The Big Sick" that earned an Academy Award nomination for best original screenplay, will executive produce through their banner Winter Coat Films, alongside producer Dani Melia. Chun, a veteran television writer known for episodes of "Gotham" and "Once Upon a Time" as well as developing the animated series "Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai," will also executive produce....