Wowow, Japan’s leading premium pay-tv broadcaster, has boarded the high profile international TV series “Tokyo Vice,” on which Michael Mann is set as the pilot episode director. Wowow has struck an all-rights distribution deal for Japan that will also see the company co-produce with Endeavor Content and HBO Max.
The series is loosely inspired by American journalist Jake Adelstein’s 2009 memoir, “Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan.” Adelstein was the first foreigner to work the crime beat for the paper and spent 12 years there. The book was first published in 2009 and has been translated into multiple languages. Lesher optioned the book eight years ago and has spearheaded development and production.
Four time Oscar-nominee, Mann also serves as executive producer with J.T. Rogers, Emmy-winner Emily Gerson Saines, Alan Poul, Jake Adelstein, Golden Globe-nominee Ansel Elgort, Destin Daniel Cretton, Ken Watanabe, Brad Caleb Kane, Kayo Washio,...
The series is loosely inspired by American journalist Jake Adelstein’s 2009 memoir, “Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan.” Adelstein was the first foreigner to work the crime beat for the paper and spent 12 years there. The book was first published in 2009 and has been translated into multiple languages. Lesher optioned the book eight years ago and has spearheaded development and production.
Four time Oscar-nominee, Mann also serves as executive producer with J.T. Rogers, Emmy-winner Emily Gerson Saines, Alan Poul, Jake Adelstein, Golden Globe-nominee Ansel Elgort, Destin Daniel Cretton, Ken Watanabe, Brad Caleb Kane, Kayo Washio,...
- 11/24/2020
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
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