Prime Video orders Life Is Strange live-action series

Amazon Prime Video has given a series order to a live action adaptation of the video game Life Is Strange, the streamer and production partners announced Wednesday, tapping Charlie Covell as creator, showrunner and executive producer. The series will be produced by Amazon MGM Studios in partnership with game publisher Square Enix, Story Kitchen and LuckyChap, and will stream exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories.

The drama will follow Max, a photography student who discovers she can rewind time while saving the life of her childhood friend Chloe, according to an official logline. As Max learns to control her power, the pair investigate the disappearance of a fellow student and uncover a darker side to their coastal town that forces them into an impossible life or death choice. Covell, who adapted the graphic novel-based Netflix series The End of the F***ing World and created Kaos, said they are a longtime fan of the game and called it an honor to adapt the story for Amazon MGM Studios.

Dmitri M. Johnson, Mike Goldberg and Timothy I. Stevenson will executive produce under the Story Kitchen banner. Story Kitchen said it has long believed Life Is...