Tubi Buys South African Thriller ‘Devil’s Peak’ For U.S. & Canada
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Tubi has landed U.S. and Canadian rights to South African limited series Devil’s Peak about a Detective tracking down a vigilante killer in Cape Town.
Penned by Moon Knight scribe Matthew Orton, the big-budget five-episode thriller is based on a hit 2004 novel by Deon Meyer and is produced by Happy Valley maker Lookout Point and Expanded Media Productions in association with MultiChoice Studios and BBC Studios.
It launched last year locally on South Africa’s M-Net and BBC Studios sells around the world. Starring Hilton Pelser, the series follows Detective Benny Griessel, who is tasked with tracking down a vigilante killer whose crimes are capturing the imagination of the city.
As he gets closer to his mark, Griessel finds himself drawn into a dark and dangerous world where nothing is what it seems. Fox-owned Tubi has landed U.S.
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