Jensen Ackles To Star In MGM+'s 'Rules Of Prey' — SkimNews
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- Jensen Ackles is set to headline and executive produce Rules of Prey, an original drama series greenlit by MGM+ and based on the first novel in John Sandford's long-running Prey book series.
- Bruce Terris, the showrunner behind Emmy-winning DTF St. Louis, created the series, in which Lucas Davenport — a brilliant but unconventional former Minneapolis Police Department detective — is lured out of seclusion to hunt a serial killer sending him personal messages.
- Daniel Sackheim (Game of Thrones, Ozark, Better Call Saul) will direct the first two of eight episodes, with filming beginning this month in Toronto and John Sandford credited as co-producer.
- MGM+ has lined up the series for premiere across 11 markets including the U.S., U.K., Germany, Brazil, and Mexico, with Michael Wright calling Ackles' casting and Sandford's source material an 'excellent fit.'
- Ackles is simultaneously starring in and producing Amazon MGM Studios' The Boys prequel Vought Rising (set for 2027) and returning to CBS' Tracker Season 4 as Russell Shaw.
Why it matters: The order deepens Ackles' value to Amazon MGM Studios, giving the streamer a third active series with him while it adapts a 35-plus-novel crime franchise that already has a built-in audience. MGM+ gets a prestige procedural anchored by a star with a loyal genre following, plus international distribution across 11 territories.
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