Monday, July 12, 2021

Development News - FOX Orders Pilot for Drama 'The Last Police' Written by Kyle Killen; Plus 1 More Update!

Development News - July 12, 2021

FOX's The Last Police and NBC's Untitled Coburn/Wootton.






FOX NEW PILOT ORDER
  • THE LAST POLICE (Drama) - Written and directed by Kyle Killen (Lone Star, Awake). Executive produced by Killen, Scott Pennington and Ben Winters. Produced by Fox Entertainment, 20th Television, Anonymous Content and Chapter Eleven. Logline: As an asteroid races toward an apocalyptic collision with Earth, a small-town police detective believes she's been chosen to save humanity, while her cynical partner can't decide what he'll enjoy more: her delusional failure, or the end of the world itself. Based on the novel by Ben Winters.
NBC's UNTITLED JAKE COBURN & NICK WOOTTON PROJECT
  • Jordan Johnson-Hinds has been cast as a series regular on the drama pilot starring Morena Baccarin and Ryan Michelle Bathe. He currently stars in the Canadian drama Nurses, which is now airing its second season on Global while the first season was broadcast stateside on NBC last fall.
  • He will play FBI Agent Anthony Flowers, Val Turner's (Bathe) smart and ambitious partner and confidante. Inspired by Val's prior success at the Bureau, his determination to rise in the ranks is buffered only by his respect for her.