{"id":439345,"date":"2026-05-08T22:13:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T22:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/439345\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T22:13:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T22:13:11","slug":"imogen-poots-john-reynolds-to-star-in-amazon-series-sex-criminals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/439345\/","title":{"rendered":"Imogen Poots, John Reynolds to Star in Amazon Series &#8216;Sex Criminals&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/imogen-poots\/\" id=\"auto-tag_imogen-poots\" data-tag=\"imogen-poots\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Imogen Poots<\/a> and John Reynolds are set for the lead role in the upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/amazon-prime-video\/\" id=\"auto-tag_amazon-prime-video\" data-tag=\"amazon-prime-video\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon Prime Video<\/a> series \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/sex-criminals\/\" id=\"auto-tag_sex-criminals\" data-tag=\"sex-criminals\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sex Criminals<\/a>.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe series, which is based on the comic book of the same name, was <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/tv\/news\/kumail-nanjiani-sex-criminals-amazon-emily-v-gordon-1236644656\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1236644656\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">originally announced in January<\/a> with an eight-episode order. The official logline states, \u201cSuze (Poots) is a normal girl with an extraordinary ability: when she has sex, she stops time. One night, she meets Jon (Reynolds)\u2026who has the same gift. And so they do what any other sex having, time stopping couple would do: they rob banks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tPoots is known for her roles in films such as \u201c28 Weeks Later,\u201d \u201cThe Chronology of Water,\u201d \u201cNeed for Speed,\u201d and \u201cAll of You.\u201d She has also been in TV shows including the Prime Video series \u201cOuter Range,\u201d \u201cI Know This Much Is True,\u201d and \u201cRoadies.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tShe is repped by WME, Entertainment 360, B-Side, and Sloane Offer. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tReynolds is known for starring in shows like \u201cSearch Party\u201d and Hulu\u2019s \u201cFour Weddings and a Funeral,\u201d and for playing Officer Callahan in the hit Netflix series \u201cStranger Things.\u201d His other TV credits include \u201cYellowjackets,\u201d \u201cMaster of None,\u201d and \u201cAdults,\u201d while he has been in films like \u201cOh, Hi!,\u201d \u201cSave Yourselves,\u201d and \u201cHorse Girl.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHe is repped by CAA, Entertainment 360 and Felker McGinnis &amp; Ryan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tKumail Nanjiani, Emily V. Gordon, and Tze Chun are co-creators, showrunners, and executive producers, with Nanjiani also set to appear onscreen in an undisclosed role. Gordon and Nanjiani are executive producing via Winter Coat Films along with Dani Melia. Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky \u2014 the creators of the comic book \u2014 are set to executive produce, as is Dani Gorin of LuckyChap. Louie Hayes of LuckyChap will produce. Amazon MGM Studios is behind the series, with LuckyChap under a first-look deal at the studio. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tDeadline first reported the castings. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Imogen Poots and John Reynolds are set for the lead role in the upcoming Amazon Prime Video series&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":439346,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[3281,321,93,61,89272,60,191404],"class_list":["post-439345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-amazon-prime-video","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-imogen-poots","tag-ireland","tag-sex-criminals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}