A Alex Cross TV series, based on James Patterson’s long-running book series, is coming to Prime Video, Deadline reports. Aldis Hodge will play the titular character, a detective and forensic psychologist whose also a doting father and family man. He is also purposefully obsessed with delving into the psychoses of the killers he hunts and their victims.
The series, which comes from Paramount Television Studios and Skydance Television, has been described as a “complex and twisted thriller” created by producer and writer Ben Watkins. Sam Ernst, Jim Dunn and Craig Siebels will executive produce. Patterson, Bill Robinson and Patrick Santa will executive produce for James Patterson Entertainment. David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Bill Bost will executive produce for Skydance Television.
“We are proud to partner with James and Ben alongside Paramount Television, Skydance and the extremely talented Aldis Hodgewho we know will do an exceptional job bringing Alex Cross to life,” said Vernon Sanders, head of global television at Amazon Studios.
The role Hodge is most known for is Alec Hardison, a computer hacker and all-round geek, in lever, which he reprises in the recent reboot, Leverage: Redemption. Unfortunately for some, his other commitments led to him gaining recurring status in the first season.
Recently you would have seen Hodges as Carter Hall/Hawkman in the recent Black Adam movie, opposite Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Pierce Brosnan. Some of Hodges’ other credits include appearing as Jim Brown in Regina King’s directorial debut, One night in Miami. He also appeared in the Blumhouse adaptation of The Invisible Man next to Elizabeth Moss.
Next, you’ll see him perform with his brother Edwin Hodge in the upcoming movie, Parallel, produced by Hodge Brothers Productions. He will also star in an upcoming romantic heist movie from director Keir O’Donnell, in which he will appear opposite Joe Keery and Camila Morrone.
About Alex Cross
“James Patterson is one of the best at captivating audiences with his undeniably captivating novels and we are confident that with Ben Watkins’ artistic vision, Crotch will do the same for our global customers.”
The first two books in the series, A spider passed by and kiss the girls, were adapted in 1997 and 2001, respectively, in reverse order of publication. In both, Morgan Freeman starred as Cross. Then, in 2012, the franchise was rebooted with Tyler Perry playing the detective in Alex Crossan adaptation of the twelfth novel in the series, simply titled Crotch.
A plot outline for the series has not been made available, but the show’s writers have plenty of material to choose from. The Alex Cross book series is currently at 30 episodes and counting. That is also without going into the novellas or the spin-off series around the latest issue of Cross, entitled Ali Cross.