Jensen Ackles Leads MGM+'s 'Rules of Prey' Thriller — SkimNews
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- MGM+ has greenlit "Rules of Prey," an eight-episode thriller casting Jensen Ackles as former Minneapolis detective Lucas Davenport, who is lured out of seclusion to hunt a serial killer targeting him personally.
- The series adapts John Sandford's 1989 novel, the first in his 36-book "Prey" franchise, with Bruce Terris writing, showrunning, and executive producing.
- Production begins this month in Toronto, and Daniel Sackheim is set to direct the pilot and episode two while also executive producing.
- Ackles extends his existing relationship with Amazon MGM Studios, where he previously starred in "The Boys" and "Countdown" and will reprise Soldier Boy in the 2027 prequel "Vought Rising."
- Michael Wright, global head of MGM+, called Ackles' "classic leading man charisma" combined with Terris' adaptation "an excellent fit" and framed the series as continuing MGM+'s "classic Hollywood storytelling" mandate.
- The show will premiere on MGM+ in the US, UK, Ireland, Germany, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, and Chile.
Why it matters: The order gives MGM+ a prestige crime franchise built on Ackles' genre-TV profile and Sandford's 36-book back catalog — a pipeline most streaming adaptations of the Prey series have not yet tapped. For Ackles, the role deepens his post-Supernatural pivot toward darker, character-driven leads inside the Amazon MGM ecosystem, where he is already locked in for the 2027 "Vought Rising" prequel.
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