Amazon Prime Video has ordered the Image comic book Sex Criminals to be adapted into a series from The Big Sick‘s Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon.
Created by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdardsky, Sex Criminals is centered around Suze, a normal girl with an extraordinary ability: when she has sex, she stops time. One night, she meets Jon, who has the same gift. And so they do what any other sex having, time stopping couple would do: they rob banks.
Nanjiani and Gordon, who are married and wrote their semi-biographical The Big Sick together, will write the series with Tze Chun (Gotham). Nanjiani also set to star, though in what role has not been revealed. Nanjiani and Gordon will also produce through their company Winter Coat Films alongside Dani Gorin and Louie Hayes from Margot Robbie’s LuckyChaop. Fraction, Zdarsky and Chun will also executive produce.
“Sex Criminals is the exact kind of thing Winter Coat aims to bring to life: love stories in weird places,” said Gordon and Nanjiani. “From the moment LuckyChap brought us Matt and Chip’s comic book, we knew we wanted to bring these characters to screen and are so excited to do that alongside Tze Chun and Prime Video.”
“We’re overjoyed to have such talented people bring our dumb comic to life,” Fraction and Zdarsky said.
“Sex Criminals is bold, hilarious, and wildly original, with a love story at its core that feels both deeply human and completely unexpected,” said Peter Friedlander, Global Head of Television, Amazon MGM Studios. “Emily, Kumail, and Tze have brought a fresh, and emotionally grounded take to this incredible property. With our collaborators at LuckyChap, Winter Coat Films, and comic book creators Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky, we’re thrilled to bring this unforgettable world and its characters to our global Prime Video audience.”
Sex Criminals was first published in 2013 and ran for over six volumes which ended in 2020. The series was nominated for Eisner Awards and has received much acclaim during and after its publication.
