Excited to finally be able to announce something that has been cooking for a little while: the great team behind the gangster epic PEAKY BLINDERS is now charged with bringing the adventures of Sal Cupertine & the Rabbi David Cohen to television. From Publishers Marketplace:

Tod Goldberg’s GANGSTERLAND, the story of Sal Cupertine, hit man for the Chicago mob, whose assassination of three undercover FBI agents lands him in Las Vegas under the identity of Rabbi David Cohen, optioned by Caryn Mandabach Productions with Michael Besman to executive produce, by Judi Farkas Management on behalf of Jennie Dunham at Dunham Literary and by Susan Waddell of behalf of Caryn Mandabach Productions.

The sequel to Gangsterland — Gangster Nation — is out on September 12th.Â