Netflix Is Developing a Police Procedural Series Called CRIMINAL Which Is Set in an Interrogation Room

Netflix is producing an interesting new police procedural series called Criminal that will be set in four different countries.

What makes this series unique is the fact that it will take place “exclusively within the confines of a police interview suite.” It is described as “a stripped-down, cat-and-mouse drama that will focus on the intense mental conflict between the police officer and the suspect in question.”

I really like the minimalist concept of a series that completely focuses on what goes on in an interrogation room. Netflix has ordered 12 episodes, and the episodes will be set in France, Spain, Germany, and the U.K.

The series was co-created by George Kay and Jim Field Smith, and they will serve as showrunners and executive producers. It’s also explained that the episodes will be in the local language of whichever country they are set in. Those episodes will also be written and directed by talent from their respective countries.

The U.K. episodes will be written by Kay with Field Smith directing. The France episodes will be written by Frederic Mermoud, Antonin Martin-Hilbert, and Mathieu Missoffe. Mermoud is also going to direct and co-executive produce those episodes.

The Germany episodes will be directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel with Bernd Lange writing and Sebastian Heeg co-writing. Then there’s the Spain episodes, which will see Alejandro Hernández and Manuel Martín Cuenca write and Mariano Barroso direct.

What do you think about the concept of this series? Do you think it will work and people will tune in to watch?

Source: Variety