John Grisham’s ‘Boys From Biloxi’ In The Works As Prime Video Series From Patrick Macmanus & UCP
EXCLUSIVE: In the wake of John Grisham’s USA Network series The Rainmaker, and the upcoming Universal feature The Partner directed by Jason Bateman, Prime Video is developing another adaptation from the Mississippi lawyer-turned author, this time a series based on his 2022 bestseller, The Boys From Biloxi.
Patrick Macmanus, the co-creator of Hulu’s The Girl From Plainville, is executive producing, adapting, and showrunning The Boys From Biloxi under his Littleton Road Productions label. UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group, is the studio behind the series.
The Boys From Biloxi is a high-stakes family crime drama centered on two childhood best friends – one a prosecutor, the other a mob heir – who are forced onto a violent collision course by the sins of their fathers and for the soul of their city.
Non-writing EPs include Jenna Bush Hager and Ben Spector for Thousand Voices, as well as Grisham and David Gernert. Thousand Voices has a first-look deal with UCP. Bush Hager brought The Boys From Biloxi to UCP.
Macmanus created Peacock’s Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy. He was also the creator and EP on Peacock’s Dr. Death, an EP on Netflix’s Marco Polo, and an EP on the Christopher Meloni series, Happy!
Grisham’s The Rainmaker, was recently renewed for a second season to premiere in 2026. The series from Lionsgate Television and Blumhouse Television has averaged 1.3M total viewers. The season finale was the most-viewed episode of the season on USA Network. In total cross-platform viewership of the season to date, The Rainmaker is USA’s most-viewed freshman series in seven years, according to the network.
Separately at Universal Motion Picture Group, Bateman is readying his third feature directing gig with Grisham’s The Partner. Bateman is executive producing under his Aggregate Films, with partner Michael Costigan producing. Tom Holland will produce The Partner and is planning to star.
Grisham is repped by The Gernert Company. Macmanus is repped by UTA and Game Plan Media. Jenna Bush Hager and her company, Thousand Voices, are repped by UTA.
