Jacob Tierney is heading from the hockey rink to ancient history. 🏛️ The creator of Crave's 'Heated Rivalry' has landed a straight-to-series order at Netflix for 'Alexander,' a new drama about the teenage years of Alexander the Great and his complicated mentorship with philosopher Aristotle. Tierney will write and direct the series, which adapts 'The Golden Mean' by Annabel Lyon. The project is also being produced by Brendan Brady, Jason Bateman, and Michael Costigan through Aggregate Films. According to the official description, the series follows Aristotle arriving in Macedonia to tutor a volatile young prince as the Athenian empire begins to crumble — with "palace intrigue, forbidden love, brutal war, and ruthless ambition" shaping the future ruler and the empire he will one day build. Tierney said the project has been a long time coming: “I fell in love with Annabel Lyon’s book The Golden Mean years ago and have been dreaming of telling this story ever since.” Are you just as...