Sotiris Nikias, also known as Ray Celestin, is a crime novelist who is now developing a new Prime Video series. Filming for the project, named “Haven,” is scheduled to start in May in London, England. The show’s director, Sam Miller, collaborates with writer Celestin.
The show will play out like a drama that takes place in London’s financial district. Celestin’s first book, “The Axeman’s Jazz,” was well-received. It was listed on several Books of the Year lists and won the CWA New Blood Award for best debut crime fiction of the year.
“Haven,” a Financial Drama Series, is under development at Prime Video
In addition to winning the Historia Historical Thriller of the Year Award, his follow-up novel “Dead Man’s Blues” was nominated for numerous other important honors. The City Blues Quartet is a series of novels that deftly traverses the interwoven histories of jazz and the mafia in the mid-1900s.
These works are essential components of the series. Additionally, he co-wrote and co-directed the short film “Another Day,” which centers on Brendan, a teenage science fiction aficionado who misses school to take care of his gravely ill mother.
Miller, a three-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee and winner of the BAFTA Award, recently directed the TV miniseries “The Playboy Bunny Murder,” in which Marcel Theroux looks into unsolved young woman murders from the 1970s and discovers a violent and sinister underworld beneath the opulence of London’s elite nightlife.
In addition, he directed four episodes of the television show “Surface” and one episode of the most recent season of “Black Mirror.” The TV film “Danny Boy,” which explores Brian Wood’s alleged war crimes in Iraq, was directed by Miller in 2021.
The director won the BAFTA Award for Best Director after receiving great acclaim for his work on the 12-episode series “I May Destroy You,” which examined the complexity of sexual consent in contemporary dating and relationships.
A few of his other noteworthy credits are from TV episodes, including “Snowpiercer,” “Daredevil,” and “Flesh and Bone.”
The series’ primary locale, London, has already played host to the productions of the Matthew Vaughn comedy Argylle and the Jason Statham film The Beekeeper.
