EXCLUSIVE: Amazon MGM Studios is developing a series adaptation of The Courier, a new novel from bestselling thriller author Melinda Leigh, sources tell Deadline.
The Courier is based on a concept from Blindspot creator Martin Gero, who will showrun, write and executive produce under his Quinn’s House banner, which along with producing partner Premeditated Productions, is under an exclusive deal at Amazon.
A high-stakes international thriller, the series will follow a diplomatic courier named Daisy, who finds herself framed for a plane explosion meant to kill her and cover up a stolen package. Forced to go on the run across Europe to clear her name, Daisy must stay hidden, uncover what was taken and find out why it was worth her life.
Liz Pelletier and Sherryl Clark will exec produce via Premeditated, with their SVP Television Julie Jarmon serving as co-EP and pointing the project. The book, from Entangled Publishing‘s Sideways imprint, publishes next March.
Reps for Amazon declined to comment on the news.
Gero is best known as creator, showrunner, writer and executive producer of Blindspot, a popular NBC crime drama produced by Berlanti Productions, his Quinn’s House banner, and Warner Bros. Television, which ran for five seasons. He also created NBC’s Covid-era series Connecting; created and ran Canadian drama series The L.A. Complex; helped run all three seasons of HBO’s Bored to Death; and served as the showrunner of Stargate Atlantis. Additional TV credits include NBC’s Quantum Leap reboot and Netflix’s Keep Breathing. In film, he co-wrote and produced The Lovebirds starring Kumail Nanjiani and Issa Rae and wrote and directed the Canadian dramedy Young People Fucking. He is represented by TFC Management and Julian Zafjen at Ziffren Brittenham.
Leigh is the #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of over 40 thrillers. Her books have sold over 16 million copies, and she has garnered numerous publishing awards, including nominations for an International Thriller Award and two RITAs. She is repped by Jill Marsal at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency.
