{"id":331516,"date":"2026-05-08T23:51:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T18:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=331516"},"modified":"2026-05-08T23:51:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T18:21:15","slug":"imogen-poots-john-reynolds-to-star-in-amazon-series-sex-criminals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/imogen-poots-john-reynolds-to-star-in-amazon-series-sex-criminals\/","title":{"rendered":"Imogen Poots, John Reynolds to Star in Amazon Series &#8216;Sex Criminals&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tImogen Poots and John Reynolds are set for the lead role within the upcoming Amazon Prime Video series \u201cSex Criminals.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe series, which relies on the comic book of the identical name, was originally announced in January with an eight-episode order. The official logline states, \u201cSuze (Poots) is a traditional girl with a unprecedented ability: when she has sex, she stops time. One night, she meets Jon (Reynolds)\u2026who has the identical gift. And so that they do what another sex having, time stopping couple would do: they rob banks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tPoots is understood for her roles in movies akin to \u201c28 Weeks Later,\u201d \u201cThe Chronology of Water,\u201d \u201cNeed for Speed,\u201d and \u201cAll of You.\u201d She has also been in TV shows including the Prime Video series \u201cOuter Range,\u201d \u201cI Know This Much Is True,\u201d and \u201cRoadies.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tShe is repped by WME, Entertainment 360, B-Side, and Sloane Offer. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tReynolds is understood for starring in shows like \u201cSearch Party\u201d and Hulu\u2019s \u201c4 Weddings and a Funeral,\u201d and for taking part in Officer Callahan within the hit Netflix series \u201cStranger Things.\u201d His other TV credits include \u201cYellowjackets,\u201d \u201cMaster of None,\u201d and \u201cAdults,\u201d while he has been in movies like \u201cOh, Hi!,\u201d \u201cSave Yourselves,\u201d and \u201cHorse Girl.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHe&#8217;s repped by CAA, Entertainment 360 and Felker McGinnis &#038; Ryan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tKumail Nanjiani, Emily V. Gordon, and Tze Chun are co-creators, showrunners, and executive producers, with Nanjiani also set to seem onscreen in an undisclosed role. Gordon and Nanjiani are executive producing via Winter Coat Movies together with Dani Melia. Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky \u2014 the creators of the comic book \u2014 are set to executive produce, as is Dani Gorin of LuckyChap. Louie Hayes of LuckyChap will produce. Amazon MGM Studios is behind the series, with LuckyChap under a first-look deal on the studio. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tDeadline first reported the castings. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imogen Poots and John Reynolds are set for the lead role within the upcoming Amazon Prime Video series \u201cSex Criminals.\u201d The series, which relies on the comic book of the identical name, was originally announced in January with an eight-episode order. The official logline states, \u201cSuze (Poots) is a traditional girl with a unprecedented ability: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":331517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20669],"tags":[38,33449,51497,3413,51498,10802,4216,4233,795],"class_list":["post-331516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hollywood","tag-amazon","tag-criminals","tag-imogen","tag-john","tag-poots","tag-reynolds","tag-series","tag-sex","tag-star"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331516"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":331519,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331516\/revisions\/331519"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}