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\n\tAction star Iko Uwais<\/a> is set to lead \u201cJakarta,\u201d a multi-generational family crime series in development at Alcon Entertainment<\/a>, with Albert Hughes<\/a> attached to direct the pilot and serve as producing director.<\/p>\n \n\tThe project comes from writers Kirk Ward and Joshua W. Wagner, with Ward also locked in as showrunner. Hughes and Ward previously worked together on \u201cThe Continental,\u201d the \u201cJohn Wick<\/a>\u201d prequel event series that aired on Peacock. \u201cJakarta\u201d marks their second collaboration, this time pairing Ward\u2019s drama-writing background with Hughes\u2019 feature filmmaking credentials to create what the producers are positioning as a grounded, visceral crime epic.<\/p>\n \n\tUwais will executive produce through his Uwais Pictures banner alongside Ryan Santoso. Hughes, Ward, and Wagner round out the executive producing team.<\/p>\n \n\tThe series is set in Indonesia\u2019s capital as the city navigates rapid globalization, drawing on Uwais\u2019 reputation for physically demanding action work, built across films including \u201cThe Raid\u201d and \u201cWu Assassins,\u201d as well as \u201cRoad House 2.\u201d Hughes is best known for directing \u201cMenace II Society\u201d and \u201cThe Book of Eli.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tAlcon Entertainment, whose credits include \u201cBlade Runner 2049\u201d and \u201cThe Expanse,\u201d is producing.<\/p>\n \n\tUwais is represented by Gersh and Vault Entertainment. Hughes is repped by Range Media Partners. Ward is represented by Gersh, and Wagner by Gersh and Lit Entertainment.<\/p>\n \n\tThe action star is also set to lead John Radel\u2019s \u201cWarrior,\u201d <\/a>an Indonesian action thriller that brings him back to the Silat-based fighting style that launched his career, and hospital siege thriller \u201cMRI,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0with Liam O\u2019Donnell (\u201cAlphas\u201d) directing. O\u2019Donnell reunites with Uwais for their third feature together after helming 2017\u2019s \u201cBeyond Skyline\u201d and the anticipated \u201cSkyline: Warpath.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source variety.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Action star Iko Uwais is set to lead \u201cJakarta,\u201d a multi-generational family crime series in development at Alcon Entertainment, with Albert Hughes attached to direct the pilot and serve as producing director. The project comes from writers Kirk Ward and Joshua W. Wagner, with Ward also locked in as showrunner. Hughes and Ward previously worked […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2506339,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[494056,424672,474095,325227],"class_list":["post-2506338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-albert-hughes","tag-alcon-entertainment","tag-iko-uwais","tag-john-wick"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Iko-Uwais-Albert-Hughes-Team-for-Crime-Series-Jakarta-at.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2506338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2506338"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2506338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2506340,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2506338\/revisions\/2506340"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2506339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2506338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2506338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2506338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}