Joe Barton & Michael Bay Bounty Hunter Drama In Works At Amazon From A+E Studios
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Prime Video is developing an action drama series from film and TV writer Joe Barton and director-producer Michael Bay.
The project hails from A+E Studios, in association with Range Studios, and Amazon Studios. Created and written by Barton and to be directed by Bay, the untiled project centers on an American bounty hunter working South of the border who finds himself in a desperate fight for survival when the man he’s been chasing down lands them both in trouble with the Mexican cartel. “I was inspired about 5 years ago hanging out down in Costa Rica, with a former US Federal Agent, who surfs every day, living the good life,” Bay said about the project’s origins. “He supports his fun, relaxed lifestyle in Costa Rica by tracking down ‘Bad Gringos’ hiding out down in South America.” Barton executive produces with Bay and Brad Fuller of Platinum Dunes, Range Media Partners and Wise Entertainment. “I couldn’t be more excited to be partnering with Michael Bay and Amazon to bring this thrilling and action-filled show to the screen,” Barton said.
This is one of two projects set in the world of “gringo hunters” to hit the streaming marketplace in the past couple of months and has been in the works at Amazon for awhile.
It has been moving on parallel tracks with a thriller drama Imagine Television is developing for Netflix based on The Washington Post story “A U.S.
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