Deadline reports that
Entertainment One and
Piller/Segan/Shepherd, partners on the Syfy series Haven, are re-teaming for another drama series project based on a well known literary properly. The two companies have acquired the TV rights to best-selling author
Karin Slaughter’s Grant County series of 6 books featuring the popular character Sara Linton. The project will go into development immediately, with
Slaughter co-writing the pilot script with Piller/Segan/Shepherd principal Scott Shepherd.
Set in the fictional Grant County in Georgia, the novels follows Sara Linton, town pediatrician and coroner, and her ex-husband, town police chief Jeffrey Tolliver. The Grant County series include
Blindsighted, Kisscut, A Faint Cold Fear, Indelible, Faithless and
Beyond Reach.
Hat Tip: ShelfAwareness
