Netflix has given an eight-episode series order to
Grendel, a series based on the masked vigilante from Matt Wagner's popular, award-winning Dark Horse comic book series, with
Abubakr Ali (
Power Book II: Ghost, Katy Keene) set to star in the titular role. Ali will be the is the first Arab Muslim male actor to portray a series lead in a comic book adaptation. The series, written and executive produced by
Resident Eviland
Supernatural alum Andrew Dabb, comes out of Netflix's first look deal with Dark Horse Entertainment.
Grendel, which sees Dabb also serve as showrunner, follows Hunter Rose (Ali), a gifted fencer, writer and assassin, seeking to avenge the death of a lost love. He goes to war with New York's criminal underworld, only to realize…why beat them, when you can join them?