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Sylvester Stallone Adapting Popular Serial Killer Book Series
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Sylvester Stallone's next project will adapt a popular series of
books about a serial killer. He will partner with Channing Powell,
a producer on The Walking Dead franchise, to adapt the series for
television. The series will adapt New York Times bestselling
author J.D. Barker's 4MK novels.

What do we know about Sylvester Stallone's 4MK TV show?
The 4MK series comprises many books, but the TV show will draw
mostly from the first three books. The books, titled The Fourth
Monkey, The Fifth to Die, and The Sixth Wicked Child, follow
Detective Sam Porter on his hunts for the Four Monkey Killer.

"J.D. Barker has created a world with enormous scale, real danger,
a ruthless narrative engine, and the kind of mythology that is
tailor-made for premium television," said Stallone in a statement.
"Channing Powell is not only a powerhouse writer and producer, but
a true creator with a rare command of dark, character-driven
storytelling, and she is exactly the right force to bring 4MK to
the screen. This is the kind of property that audiences don't just
watch, but get pulled into, and it has all the makings of a series
that can hit hard, travel globally, and leave a real mark."

Besides the original trilogy, the series also includes a prequel
trilogy, with its first book, The First Scarlet Door, hitting
bookstores on September 22, 2026.

"What drew me to 4MK immediately was its intensity, its
intelligence, and the way it keeps tightening the screws until you
can barely breathe," said Powell. "Beneath the suspense is a story
about guilt, justice, corruption, and the emotional wreckage
people leave behind. J.D. Barker has created a world that is bold,
dangerous, and deeply addictive, and Sylvester Stallone and the
Balboa team provide the invaluable support needed to bring my
adaptation to the screen, driving this series toward real scale."

"From the start, 4MK was designed to be a relentless,
psychologically charged ride, one where every revelation cuts
deeper, every secret carries a cost, and every character is forced
to confront the darkest parts of themselves," said author Barker.

"Sylvester Stallone and the team at Balboa immediately saw the
power, danger, and franchise potential in that world, and Channing
brings exactly the kind of instinct for character, tension, and
longform storytelling that can make it land with real force on
screen. With this creative force, 4MK won't just be gripping
television, it will be the kind of series that gets under people's
skin and stays there. I couldn't be more excited to see it come to
life."

The upcoming 4MK TV series will see Powell serve as showrunner,
writer, and executive producer. Stallone and D. Matt Geller of
Balboa Productions will also executive produce. Christian Bersani
will oversee the series.

Stallone's other upcoming projects include a six-part series
reportedly set in the 1930s that he will co-direct with Quentin
Tarantino. Besides that, Stallone continues to star in Tulsa King.

There are no release dates attached to the upcoming 4MK adaptation.



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