Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Amazon has put in development Highfire, a TV series based on the adult thriller novel by bestselling Artemis Fowl author Eoin Colfer, with Nicolas Cage voicing the lead character and executive producing.Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series ordersThe book, described as True Detective by way of Pete’s Dragon, is being adapted for television by Davey Holmes, creator/executive producer of Epix’s Get Shorty TV series, based on the movie.The genre-bending, live-action Highfire is a gritty crime-thriller with doses of magical realism.
Its central character, Highfire (Cage) is a vodka-drinking, Flashdance-loving dragon who lives an isolated existence in the bayous of Louisiana.MGM/UA.
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