The series is based on the 2009 memoir by Jake Adelstein and will be adapted by Tony-winning playwright J.T. Roger, producer John Lesher and Endeavor Content.
Roger will pen the scripts, which are based on Adelstein’s non-fiction first-hand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat.
Destin Daniel Cretton will direct the series, with Elgort pulling double duty as executive producer alongside John Lesher and Emily Gerson Saines.
Variety has brought word that the upcoming HBO Max police drama Tokyo Vice has found an A-list performer to star alongside Baby Driver‘s Ansel Elgort in the form of Godzilla: King of the Monsters star Ken Watanabe.