'To Live and Die in LA' being adapted for TV

The 1985 MGM cult movie "To Live and Die in LA" is being adapted into a television series.

Original director William Friedkin has created the adaptation for WGN America alongside Oscar-winning writer Robert Moresco, reported Deadline.

The adaptation is based on the novel by Gerald Petievich and tells the story of a former US Secret Service agent who will do whatever it takes to bring down the counterfeiter who killed his partner.

Friedkin will direct the series, which is reportedly expected to go straight-to-series pending script approval, while Moresco will write, with both men serving as the series' executive producers.
 

The series is described as "an immersion into the inner workings of the Secret Service," as well as a cat-and-mouse chase through the dark underbelly of Los Angeles.

The adaptation of "To Live And Die In LA" will be a re-imagining of Friedkin's original film, which is also based on Petievich's books and helped to launch the careers of its main stars, including Willem Dafoe, William Peterson and John Pankow.