Mike Grist Action Novels In The Works As Series With Mandalay Television
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Mandalay Television is continuing to ramp up its slate of book to series adaptations. The company, founded by former Sony Pictures boss and Rain Man and Flashdance producer Peter Guber, has optioned Mike Grist’s series of action thriller novels including Saint Justice for television.
The six-book series follows ex-CIA operative Christopher Wren, as he chases down the worst cult leader in history who is trying to destroy American democracy by dividing and pitting the US population against each other.
Only Wren can stop the anarchism when he discovers the leader of the cult is his father, who he escaped from as a young teenager.
Wren’s internal battlefield leads him to finding redemption and atoning for the dark events of his own past. The series is being overseen by Mandalay executives David Zelon, Vanessa Johnston and Zach Wanerman.
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