Jason Richman (Detroit 1-8-7, Lucky 7) will pen the pilot and executive produce The Departed TV series.
Variety reports that Amazon and Warner Bros. Television are co-developing a TV series adaptation of the Martin Scorsese film The Departed.
Released in 2006, The Departed starred Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone, Vera Farmiga, and Alec Baldwin.
The film won four Academy Awards including Best Editing, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Picture, and Best Director (Scorsese’s sixth nomination and first win).