Deadline is reporting that Keanu Reeves will play assassin John Rain in a television series based on the thrillers by Barry Eisler.
"We are extremely excited to be working on a beloved property with such a talented and hard-working actor as Keanu," said producer David Ellender. "This series will be the launch pad for the company and highlight our talent-focused, quality-based approach within the ever-changing and expanding television space."
A search is underway for a screenwriter to pen the script. Eight books in the series have been published, the first of which (originally published in 2002 and later adapted for the film Rain Fall) is A Clean Kill in Tokyo.
Previously published as Rain Fall.
More about this book, below …
Name: John Rain.
Vocation: Assassin.
Specialty: Natural Causes.
Base of operations: Tokyo.
Availability: Worldwide.
Half American, half Japanese, expert in both worlds but at home in neither, John Rain is the best killer money can buy. You tell him who. You tell him where. He doesn't care about why …
Until he gets involved with Midori Kawamura, a beautiful jazz pianist — and the daughter of his latest kill.
— A Clean Kill in Tokyo by Barry Eisler
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