Renegade Entertainment Developing Series Based On Candice Fox’s Bestseller ‘Gathering Dark’
13.06.2022 - 23:31
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EXCLUSIVE: Courtney Lauren Penn and Thomas Jane’s Renegade Entertainment has acquired bestselling author Candice Fox’s thriller, Gathering Dark, for development as a series. The project brings the trio back together on the heels of their success with the Amazon Freevee original series, Troppo.
Published in March of 2020, Gathering Dark centers on four women—a convicted killer, a gifted thief, a vicious ganglord and a disillusioned cop—who, together, are a missing girl’s only hope.
Dr. Blair Harbour, once a wealthy, respected pediatric surgeon, is now an ex-con down on her luck. She’s determined to keep her nose clean and win back custody of her son. But when her former cellmate begs for help to find her missing daughter, Blair is compelled to put her newfound freedom on the line. Detective Jessica Sanchez has always had a difficult relationship with the LAPD. And her inheritance of a multi-million dollar mansion as a reward for catching a killer has just made her police enemy number one. Her conviction of Blair comes back to haunt her in real time and a game of cat-and-mouse begins.
It’s been 10 years since Jessica arrested Blair for cold-blooded murder. So when Jessica opens the door to the disgraced doctor late one night she expects abuse, maybe even violence. What comes next is a plea for help…
Renegade and Fox’s other series Troppo, produced in partnership with AGC TV, is based on Fox’s novel, Crimson Lake. It centers on ex-cop Ted Conkaffey (Jane), who is falsely accused of a disturbing crime, then escaping to the tropics of Far North Queensland, where he becomes entangled with a newly formed private investigation agency. The show debuted in May as one of the first originals to launch on Amazon Freevee, following its