Prime Video's upcoming adaptation of Ed Brubaker’s acclaimed comic series, Criminal, has added another big name to its already very impressive cast, with Emilia Clarke (Secret Invasion, Game of Thrones) set to play the lead role of Mallory.
Per Variety's description, this take on the character is said to be as "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 (Gus 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."
The cast of the show, which is being developed as an "interlocking universe of crime stories,” also includes Charlie Hunnam, Richard Jenkins, John Hawkes, Adria Arjona, Logan Browning, Kadeem Hardison, Pat Healy, Taylor Sele, Aliyah Camacho, Michael Mando, Marvin Jones III, Michael Xavier and Dominic Burgess.
Clarke will be best known for playing Daenerys Targaryen in HBO's Game of Thrones, but she has also appeared in the Star Wars and MCU franchises as Qi'ra and G’iah, respectively.
The Skrull freedom fighter gained incredible powers in the Secret Invasion finale, and despite the show's frosty reception, will likely return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe down the line.
Brubaker is on board as co-showrunner and executive producer of Criminal along with Jordan Harper. Phillips also executive produces, as does Sarah Carbiener, and Phillip Barnett. Captain Marvel directors Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden will helm the first four episodes.
"Criminal is a beloved graphic novel created by the most iconic team in the history of comics. I know our global Prime Video customers will immediately embrace this story, and I look forward to working with Ed, Jordan, and the team to bring it to the screen," said Nick Pepper, head Amazon MGM Studios, when the show was first announced.
Brubaker added, "Sean and I have been building this world in our books for over a decade, and now to be able to bring it to life for Amazon is just incredible. And to have Amazon support the project the way they have, and show so much faith in my and Jordan’s vision for the show is even more incredible."
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