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AT&T's Audience Network is adding another high-profile scripted drama to its roster.
The home of originals including Kingdom has handed out a 10-episode straight-to-series order for David E. Kelley's adaptation of Stephen King's Mr. Mercedes, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
Brendan Gleeson and Anton Yelchin have been tapped to star in the project produced by Sonar Entertainment. Mr. Mercedes will premiere in 2018 on both DirecTV and AT&T Uverse.
Mr. Mercedes centers on a demented killer who taunts a retired police detective with a series of lurid letters and emails, forcing the ex-cop to undertake a private, and potentially felonious, crusade to bring the killer to justice before he can strike again. Gleeson will play Detective Bill Hodges, a retired cop who is driven out of retirement after an old nemesis reappears, while Yelchin will portray Brady Hartsfield, a mentally deranged ice cream truck driver and IT worker for Cyber Patrol (aka Geek Squad) who is secretly the Mercedes Killer.
The book was published in June 2014 and shot to the top of the New York Times best-seller list before going on to win the Edgar Award for best novel. It is the first of a trilogy from King, with the second novel, Finders Keepers, published in June 2015. The third, End of Watch, is due June 7.
Kelley (Boston Legal, Ally McBeal, The Practice) and Jack Bender (Lost, Under the Dome) will executive produce the series, with the former set to write the first episode and serve as showrunner. Bender, who previously teamed with King on CBS' adaptation of Under the Dome, also will direct. Temple Hill Entertainment's Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey also will exec produce alongside Audience Network's Christopher Long and Bart Peters, with Sonar's Jenna Glazier and Tom Patricia additionally attached.
Mr. Mercedes marks the latest scripted original in the works for the Audience Network. The joint venture of AT&T and DirecTV also is home to MMA drama Kingdom, anthology Full Circle and Rogue as well as Michael Dinner's Condor reboot from Jason Smilovic.
For Sonar, the series joins fellow scripted dramas including FX/BBC One's Taboo starring Tom Hardy, AMC's upcoming The Son and MTV's The Shannara Chronicles, which has already been renewed for a second season.
For Gleeson, an Emmy winner for HBO's Into the Storm, Mr. Mercedes marks his largest TV commitment to date. His credits include features Edge of Tomorrow, Troy and Gangs of New York as well as playing "MadEye" Moody in the Harry Potter series. Gleeson is repped by The Agency and Principal Entertainment.
Yelchin, repped by CAA and Sloane Offer, counts playing Chekov in the Star Trek reboot as well as Terminator Salvation among his credits.
For Kelley's part, the series marks his latest TV foray. The Emmy winner also is at work on HBO's Big Little Lies and Amazon's The Trial.
Per The Hollywood Reporter, Penny Dreadful star Harry Treadaway will take over the title Mr. Mercedes role of Brady Hartsfield, described as “a mentally deranged ice cream truck driver and IT worker who is secretly the Mercedes Killer.” So, spoiler alert, I guess.
The David E. Kelley series set to run on the AT&T Audience Network is adapted from Stephen King’s 2014 book of the same name, and also stars Brendan Gleeson as Detective Bill Hodges, “a retired cop driven out of retirement when an old nemesis reappears.” AT&T had given Mr. Mercedes a straight-to-series order in May, prior to the 27 year-old Yelchin’s tragic accident in June.
Kelley will act as showrunner, with LOST and Game of Thrones helmer Jack Bender set to direct. For the moment at least, Mr. Mercedes is on track for an unspecified 2018 debut on DirecTV and AT&T U-verse.
The drama follows a demented killer (Harry Treadaway) who taunts a retired police detective Hodges (Brendan Gleeson) with a series of lurid letters and emails.
This forces the ex-cop to undertake a private, and potentially felonious, crusade to bring the killer to justice before he is able to strike again.
Jerome will play Jerome Robinson, a good-natured wise guy and high school student who does yard work for Hodges.
Taylor has been tapped to replace Ann-Margret in the role of the prickly, outspoken, self-serving Ida Silver who is the next-door neighbor of Hodges. Kelly Lynch also stars.
The Golden Globe winner has joined Audience Network's Mr. Mercedes series in a recurring role, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
Based on Stephen King's book of the same name, Mr. Mercedes follows a demented killer (Penny Dreadful's Harry Treadaway) who taunts a retired police detective (Brendan Gleeson) with a series of lurid letters and emails, forcing the ex-cop to undertake a private, and potentially felonious, crusade to bring the killer to justice before he is able to strike again.
Parker will play Janey Patterson, the younger sister of the late Olivia Trelawney. Janey's no-nonsense but charming attitude radiates, as does her physical beauty. She's emotionally mature, strong-willed and totally winning.