Military thriller ‘Tier One’ series is in progress
Exclusive: one layer, A military thriller novel series, may be titled on the small screen.
The book series follows the adventures of an elite Navy SEAL written by Brian Andrews and Jeff Wilson and has been optioned by Cross Brothers for a series adaptation.
It’s the latest book option from Blackstone Publishing, the Oregon-based company that hired former Miramax executive Brendan Dennin to oversee its TV and film arm.
one levelIn which six published books, one new, Dempsey, will be released on February 21 and will be the eighth in 2024, following John Dempsey. Trained to fight as a Navy SEAL, trained to think as a spy, Dempsey is more than a door-kicker. More than a trickster. More than a killer. He is the leader of America’s most elite task force of special operators. one level This is his story, and the story of the brave men and women he serves outside the wire where every mission is denied and only the best of the best can persevere.
Scott Cross and Shawn Cross are co-founders of the Los Cabos International Film Festival, Vail Film Festival and Cross Pictures, an independent film and television company. They have projects with Sony Pictures Television, Chad Stahelski’s 8711 Entertainment, BET Studios, Gerard McMurray’s Buppy Productions, and Miramax Television.
The duo will write with Brendan Dennin and Josh Stanton of Blackstone Publishing executive producing.
It comes as the book’s authors, Andrews and Wilson, have just lined up to write the sequel jack Ryan Novels for the Tom Clancy Estate.
Brian Andrews and Jeffrey Wilson are a Navy veteran writing team who also wrote the Sons of Valor book series. Andrews is a nuclear engineer and Park Leadership Fellow who served as an officer on a fast-attack submarine. Wilson is a vascular surgeon and jet pilot who conducted combat operations with an East Coast-based SEAL team. They have film and television projects at Sony, Skydance, Imagine, and Picturestart.
Cross Brothers is repped by CAA and Linda Lichter. Paul Chinn argued for Andrews and Wilson and Blackstone.
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