After “The Night Agent”, another novel by author Matthew Quirk is in development, “The 500”, for Prime Video.
While The Night Agent with Gabriel Basso was the most watched series on Netflix in 2023, Prime Video intends to find its new hit with The 500, currently in development.
We learn via Deadline that Amazon MGM Studios has launched development of the series adapted from the novel The 500a New York Times bestseller by Matthew Quirk – already behind The Night Agent – for which Andrew Sodroski (Manhunt) will be showrunner, screenwriter and executive producer.
A classic thriller
The series will follow the journey of a former crook, plucked from Harvard Law School to become a partner in the most powerful consulting firm in Washington. Quickly drawn into a seductive and dangerous web of power and corruption, he struggles to find a way out.
Published in 2014, The 500 is the debut novel by Matthew Quirk, as well as the first in his Mike Ford series. David Weil (creator of Hunters) and Natalie Williams will also produce the series as part of their overall deal with Amazon MGM Studios.
Philips/LG/Samsung Gabriel Basso in The Night Agent
A popular author
Known for his thrillers exploring themes of espionage, government corruption and covert operations, Matthew Quirk broke through with The Night Agent published in 2019, and was adapted into a series on Netflix by Shawn Ryan to thunderous success. While its second season has just finished filming, the spy thriller starring Gabriel Basso has become the sixth most-watched series in the streamer’s history less than a month after its debut.
Having begun his career as a journalist at The Atlantic, Matthew Quirk published The Directive in 2014 after The 500. He is also known for his John Hayes series, as well as standalone novels such as Hour of the Assassin, Red Warning And Inside Threat.
A seasoned screenwriter behind the camera
In high demand these days, Andrew Sodroski recently sold a script to Netflix for an untitled thriller set in the world of law school. Previously, he was responsible for writing Mimi Cave’s thriller Holland, Michigan, starring Nicole Kidman, Gael García Bernal and Matthew Macfadyen, for Amazon MGM Studios, for which a release date is awaiting.
Before that, Andrew Sodroski wrote and produced two seasons of the true-life anthology series, Manhunt. The first season, Unabomber, earned a WGA Award nomination, and the second, Deadly Games, was the most-watched series on Netflix for several weeks, with nearly a billion minutes watched.
