Martin Gero's Next Amazon Project Is "The Courier," an International Thriller Series
Martin Gero — the former Stargate Atlantis showrunner whose planned Stargate series for Prime Video was scrapped by Amazon in June — has a new project at the studio. Deadline reports exclusively that Amazon MGM Studios is developing a series adaptation of The Courier, a new novel from bestselling thriller author Melinda Leigh, with Gero set to showrun, write and executive produce. GateWorld has also picked up the news.
According to Deadline, the series is based on a concept from Gero and is described as a high-stakes international thriller. It follows Daisy, a diplomatic courier who is framed for a plane explosion meant to kill her and cover up a stolen package. On the run across Europe, she has to stay hidden, find out what was taken and why it was worth her life.
Gero is producing through his Quinn's House banner, which, along with producing partner Premeditated Productions, has an exclusive deal at Amazon. Premeditated's Liz Pelletier and Sherryl Clark will executive produce. Deadline says the book will be published next March by Entangled Publishing's Sideways imprint. Amazon declined to comment. The project is in development; no series order has been reported.
The news follows Amazon's decision earlier this year not to go ahead with Gero's Stargate series, which had received a series order in November 2025. Amazon has since begun developing a different Stargate series with WandaVision creator Jac Schaeffer.