Amazon Studios has acquired the global rights to adapt Consider Phlebas for television to air exclusively on Amazon Prime Video.
Dennis Kelly (Utopia) will be writing the TV adaptation with Plan B Entertainment (World War Z, Moonlight) taking on production duties.
Consider Phlebas is the first novel in the acclaimed sci-fi Culture book series by celebrated Scottish writer Iain M. Banks.
“We are honored that we have been chosen, along with Dennis Kelly and Plan B Entertainment, to make Consider Phlebas into a television series we think will be loved by fans for years to come.”