The Swedish production outfit Yellow Bird, owned by Zodiak Media, has just signed a deal with the American best-selling crime author Karin Slaughter for the rights to her Will Trent book series. The Will Trent series takes place in Atlanta, USA, and features special Agent Will Trent and his partner Faith Mitchell. Yellow Bird will first produce three TV films based on the collection, starting with the first opus Triptych. Yellow Bird producers Berna Levin and Marianne Gray will work closely with Slaughter who will write the first script and act as executive producer with Yellow Bird's Ole Sondberg and Anni Faurbye Fernandez. Financing is being arranged out of Europe, and the films will shoot on location in Atlanta, Georgia. Specialised in best-selling book adaptations, Yellow Bird produced the blockbuster Millennium trilogy, the Swedish and British Wallander series and Norwegian hit Headhunters. Yellow Bird also recently announced that Mikael Wallen who has worked for the company as CEO for the last five years will be replaced as of January 1st 2013 by Anni Faurbye Fernandez.