Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins, a character created by author Walter Mosley, is getting another shot on television after Amblin Television signed up to develop a series.
The production company has closed a deal to adapt Mosley’s stories – Rawlins has appeared in 15 novels and short stories – with The Americans and Amazing Stories director Sylvain White on board to direct the pilot episode and exec produce.
The series, based on the gritty detective novels, will center around Easy, a Black WWII Army veteran turned hard-boiled private eye. The show will be set in 1950’s Los Angeles and will honor the great traditions of storytelling in the detective genre, while also exploring the racial inequalities and social injustice experienced by Black people and other people of color.
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