{"id":24532,"date":"2026-03-06T09:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T14:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/tvdrama\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T14:05:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T19:05:12","slug":"heated-rivalry-creator-to-helm-alexander-the-great-series-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/heated-rivalry-creator-to-helm-alexander-the-great-series-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Heated Rivalry Creator to Helm Alexander the Great Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jacob Tierney, creator and showrunner of Heated Rivalry, is set to write, direct and executive produce an Alexander the Great series, based on Annabel Lyon\u2019s novel <em>The Golden Mean<\/em>, for Netflix.<\/p>\n<p>The drama begins as the Athenian empire is crumbling and the world\u2019s greatest mind, Aristotle, arrives in Macedonia to tutor a volatile young prince, Alexander. Michael Costigan and Jason Bateman of Aggregate Films will executive produce the series, alongside Brendan Brady (Heated Rivalry) of Accent Aigu Entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI fell in love with Annabel Lyon\u2019s book The Golden Mean years ago and have been dreaming of telling this story ever since,\u201d said Tierney. \u201cBrendan and I couldn\u2019t be more excited to be partnering with Aggregate and Netflix to bring this insanely compelling world to life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJacob Tierney is one of the most exciting, in-demand creative voices working today, and we are thrilled to work with him on Alexander,\u201d said Jinny Howe, head of U.S. and Canada scripted series at Netflix. \u201cWe were immediately captivated by his vision for adapting Annabel Lyon\u2019s acclaimed novel. This series reimagines the classic power struggle between mentor and prot\u00e9g\u00e9 with a raw, modern energy that feels both epic and incredibly intimate. This high-stakes drama is poised to deeply resonate with our global audience, and we look forward to bringing it to life with the deftly talented Jason Bateman and the Aggregate Films team.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jacob Tierney, creator and showrunner of Heated Rivalry, is set to write, direct and executive produce an Alexander the Great series, based on Annabel Lyon\u2019s novel The Golden Mean, for Netflix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7389,"featured_media":24541,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[11751,10525,88],"class_list":["post-24532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-jacob-tierney","tag-jinny-howe","tag-netflix","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Heated Rivalry Creator to Helm Alexander the Great Series - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/heated-rivalry-creator-to-helm-alexander-the-great-series-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Heated Rivalry Creator to Helm Alexander the Great Series - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jacob Tierney, creator and showrunner of Heated Rivalry, is set to write, direct and executive produce an Alexander the Great series, based on Annabel Lyon\u2019s novel The Golden Mean, for Netflix.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/heated-rivalry-creator-to-helm-alexander-the-great-series-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-06T14:00:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-06T19:05:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/netflix.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"394\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kloudia Sakowski\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kloudia Sakowski\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/heated-rivalry-creator-to-helm-alexander-the-great-series-2\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/heated-rivalry-creator-to-helm-alexander-the-great-series-2\/\",\"name\":\"Heated Rivalry Creator to Helm Alexander the Great Series - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-06T14:00:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-06T19:05:12+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0c0fb596604e018568d0e01fe463109b\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/heated-rivalry-creator-to-helm-alexander-the-great-series-2\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/heated-rivalry-creator-to-helm-alexander-the-great-series-2\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/heated-rivalry-creator-to-helm-alexander-the-great-series-2\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Heated Rivalry Creator to Helm Alexander the Great Series\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\",\"name\":\"TVDRAMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0c0fb596604e018568d0e01fe463109b\",\"name\":\"Kloudia Sakowski\",\"description\":\"Kloudia Sakowski is the associate editor of World Screen. 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