The series is based on the Marvel/Image comic book of the same name by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips. It is to be released on Amazon Prime Video. Charlie Hunnam as Leo, aka Coward, a criminal mastermind who plans his jobs to use no guns or violence, unlike his father Tommy. The series follows multiple generations of criminal families and explores the murders that connect their pasts. In January 2025, Image Comics announced they would reissue trade paperbacks of all previously produced Criminal material.