EntertainmentPosted at: Nov 14 2025 6:33PM


Patrick Macmanus to adopt 'The Boys From Biloxi' for a webseries

Los Angeles, Nov 14 (UNI) John Grisham's 2022 bestseller "The Boys From Biloxi" is being transformed into a prestige drama series, with celebrated writer-producer Patrick Macmanus steering the adaptation.
Macmanus will adopt the novel, serve as showrunner and executive produce through his Littleton Road Productions banner, with UCP overseeing the production.
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 Prime Video series 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, reports DEADLINE.
Additionally, Universal's film adaptation of "The Partner" is gearing up under director Jason Bateman. His banner Aggregate Films will produce the adaptation with partner Michal Costigan, while Tom Holland is attached both as producer and prospective star. UNI NST SSP
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