Dear All,
I am thrilled to share that the TV adaptation of THE OLD MAN by Thomas Perry is airing in the US on FX on June 16th ! The show will premiere with the first two episodes of its seven-episode season, with streaming available the next day on Hulu. The series will soon be available on Star+ in Latin America and Disney+ under the Star banner in all other territories. The official trailer dropped recently and you can view it here.
Bridges is versatile actor known for roles in films like The Big Lebowski and Hell or High Water. While he has a plethora of movie credits under his belt, THE OLD MAN will mark his first role as the star of a television series. The show faced repeated delays over the course of its production, firstly due to Covid19, and then by Bridges’ illness, but happily wrapped up earlier this year. You can read more from Deadline here.
Czech and Japanese rights have been sold but all other translation rights remain available for this title. Please download the manuscript here: THE OLD MAN. As mentioned before, Thomas Perry is the author of an extensive and bestselling backlist of thrillers – both standalones and series – therefore we have lots of opportunity both in the UK and in translation territories.
This whip-smart standalone novel was a finalist for the Barry Award for Best Thriller. Armed mercenaries, spectacularly crashed cars, a precarious love interest, and an unforgettable chase scene through the snow — this is lethal plotting from one of the best in crime fiction!
Mysterious Press published THE OLD MAN in the US in 2017 and all translation rights remain available for this title, so this is a fantastic opportunity! Please download the manuscript here: THE OLD MAN (Access code: 77B4B02885759).Thomas Perry is the author of an extensive and bestselling backlist of thrillers, with lots of opportunity both in the UK and in translation territories. His forthcoming novel, A SMALL TOWN, will be published in the US by Mysterious Press in January 2020.
To all appearances, Dan Chase is a harmless retiree in Vermont with two big mutts and a grown daughter he keeps in touch with by phone. But most sixty-year-old widowers don’t have multiple driver’s licenses, savings stockpiled in banks across the country, and a bugout kit with two Beretta Nanos stashed in the spare bedroom closet. Most have not spent decades on the run. Thirty-five years ago, as a young hotshot in army intelligence, Chase was sent to Libya to covertly assist a rebel army. When the plan turned sour, Chase reacted according to his own ideas of right and wrong, triggering consequences he could never have anticipated. And someone still wants him dead because of them. Just as he had begun to think himself finally safe, Chase must reawaken his survival instincts to contend with the history he has spent his adult life trying to escape.