Adult Swim has ordered Get Jiro, a half-hour animated TV project based on the late Anthony Bourdain's graphic novel series. IndieWire reported that the bestselling books, from DC/Vertigo comics, were co-written by Bourdain and Joel Rose, with artwork by Langdon Foss and Alé Garza. The first title in the franchise was published in 2012.
This Get Jiro TV series will be "set in a not-too-distant future L.A. where master chefs rule the city and people will murder each other to get a reservation at the best restaurant," Indiewire noted. The show centers on a mysterious, revenge-focused sushi chef named Jiro. Screenwriters Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka (Sharper) serve as co-creators and showrunners.