Alex Cross TV Series in the Works at Amazon

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James Patterson’s Alex Cross could soon be coming to the small screen.

Variety has learned exclusively that Amazon is currently developing an Alex Cross TV series, based on the novels starring the character written by Patterson. Throughout the book series, Cross works as a detective, FBI agent, and psychologist in Washington D.C. There is no word yet on which specific novel or novels the show would focus on, but there are currently 29 books total from which to choose.

Patterson and Bill Robinson of James Patterson Entertainment will executive produce along with David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, and Marcy Ross for Skydance Television. The series hails from Amazon Studios, Paramount Television Studios, and Skydance.

Should the project go forward, it would not be the first time Cross has appeared onscreen. Morgan Freeman played the character in two films — “Kiss the Girls” in 1997 and “Along Came a Spider” in 2001. Tyler Perry then played him in the film “Alex Cross,” which was released in 2012.

This also marks the latest collaboration between Amazon, Skydance, and Paramount on a series based on a book character. The three companies are currently collaborating on the action series “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan,” which is preparing to air its third season on the streamer. It was announced last week that Amazon had greenlit a series based on Lee Childs’ Jack Reacher novels with Skydance and Paramount also producing that show with Amazon. Season 1 of that series will be based Childs’ first Jack Reacher novel, “The Killing Floor.”
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Alex Cross TV Series in the Works at Amazon (EXCLUSIVE)
 
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Never was a big Patterson fan...he just churns stuff out without much substance to anything.....but I'm a big fan of streaming networks taking on some these writers serialized novels like Amazon is doing with Child, Clancy, Patterson, and Connelly with Bosch. Hope it paves the way for more....would be interested to see some of Sandford, Lehane, Coben, Crais, Lippman on screen. Really want something from George Pelecanos books though. His shyt is ripe for adaptation.
 
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Funny because I watch both Kiss The Girls and Along Came A Spider just over the past few days as they’re featured in my Netflix suggestions.

would be interested to see this worked out
 
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Fan of the books for sure...

But Cross on screen is a boring character on screen imo.

Gonna take some good casting and an even better bad guy to really catch on.


What needs to be picked up is the Joe Ledger Series. Joe Ledger Series - Wikipedia
 
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Casting for the Alex Cross movies were terrible. Alex Cross was supposed to be this charismatic young Muhammad Ali type and you cast Morgan Freeman and Tyler Perry for the role. lol
Hopefully they do better for the show. I used to love those books.
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They should cast dude from The Originals who played Marcel.
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