FX is adapting Don Winslow’s acclaimed Cartel trilogy, namely 2005’s The Power of the Dog, 2015’s The Cartel and the recently published The Border, into a series, according to Deadline.
The trade also notes that Winslow and Salerno will help guide and shape the series, but not serve as day-to-day show showrunners.
CEO of FX Networks and FX Productions John Landgraf made the deal to purchase the series, which some critics have likened to “a hybrid of The Godfather and War and Peace.”
Per the report, the book series follows DEA agent Art Keller and his 45-year battle with Mexican drug kingpin Adan Berrera.