MGM+ is moving forward with its series adaptation of suspense thriller Emperor of Ocean Park. The network has handed the adaptation of Stephen L.
Carter’s best-selling novel a ten-part series order. It comes from Shameless writer Sherman Payne, John Wells Productions and Warner Bros.
Television. It comes after the project was unveiled in development at the start of the year as the Amazon-owned company rebranded from Epix to MGM+.
Damian Marcano (Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty) is set to direct multiple episodes. Set in the worlds of politics, Ivy League academia, and the beaches of Martha’s Vineyard, the series centers on Talcott Garland, an Ivy League law professor whose quiet life is shattered when his father, Judge Oliver Garland, dies of an apparent heart attack.
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