《Criminal》(Criminal) will be released in two parts in January next year

Leo Patterson wants to leave the criminal world he has lived in since childhood, but his friend Ricky Lawless is eager to follow his father and become an equally famous outlaw.The first trailer for Prime Video's new drama, Criminal, brings these two opposite paths together; when Ricky's brother Tracy returns home from the army, the tragedy of the family's past comes back to haunt him.

The play is adapted from the multi-Eisner Award-winning best-selling graphic novel of the same name, co-written by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips.The story spans several generations of a crime family, whose pasts are connected by interlocking murders.The eight episodes of the drama will be released in two parts: four episodes of Coward will be released on January 13, 2027, and four episodes of Lawless will be released on January 27.

Charlie Hunnam plays Leo, Gus Halper plays Ricky, and Luke Evans plays Tracy who returns home.Also involved in their lives is Greta, a female car thief whom Leo knew in the past, played by Adria Arjona, who has a sharp personality and speaks mercilessly; Emilia Clarke plays Ricky's girlfriend Mallory, who is worried about what he will do to make a living.

Someone in the trailer said: “Aim, breathe, and pull the trigger.”The gunfights, robberies and tragic romances in the play intertwined the experiences of these people.Richard Jenkins, Khadim Hardison, John Hawkes and Logan Browning are also in the main cast.

The recurring and guest cast also includes Michael Mando, Garrett Hedlund, Patrick J. Adams, Pat Healy, as well as Taylor Selé, Aliyah Camacho, Marvin Jones III, Michael Xavier, Dominic Burgess, Chris Diamantopoulos, Lawrence Kao, Katie Stevens, John Pyper-Ferguson, Robert Lee Hart, Aina Brei’yon and Kyle Davis.

The original author Brubaker co-created, wrote, and co-showrunners with Jordan Harper.He previously co-wrote Too Old to Die Young and Batman: Caped Crusader.The writing team this time includes Sarah Kabina, Minhal Berg, John Covarrubias and Cortney Norris, and Harper also participated in writing.

Episodes are directed by Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck and Dee Rees.Executive producers include original writing partners Brubaker and Phillips, Philipp A. Barnett, Burton and Fleck, Harper, Kabina, Reese and Halley Gross.The series will be broadcast on Prime Video.