Wisdom of the Crowd
‘s
Richard T. Jones
is set to co-star opposite Nathan Fillion in
ABC
’s straight-to-series light crime drama
The Rookie
, toplined and executive produced by the
Castle
alum.
Written by former
Castle
executive producer/co-showrunner Alexi Hawley,
The Rookie
stars Fillion as John Nolan, the oldest rookie in the LAPD. At an age where most are at the peak of their career, Nolan cast aside his comfortable, small town life and moved to L.A. to pursue his dream of being a cop. Now, surrounded by rookies twenty years his junior, Nolan must navigate the dangerous, humorous and unpredictable world of a “young” cop, determined to make his second shot at life count.
Jones will play Sergeant Wade Grey, the station’s Watch Commander, who becomes a nemesis to Fillion’s forty-year-old rookie.
While
Wisdom of the Crowd,
on which Jones was a series regular, has not been officially canceled by CBS, it did not get back order and is presumed dead.
The Rookie
is believed to have Jones in first position.
The Rookie
hails from Mark Gordon/Entertainment One and ABC Studios. Fillion also executive produces with Hawley, Mark Gordon and Nicholas Pepper, Michelle Chapman, Jon Steinberg and director Liz Friedlander.
Jones currently recurs on Netflix’s
Santa Clarita Diet
and also recurred on
Teachers
and
Criminal Minds.
He is repped by Don Buchwald & Associates and Luber Roklin Entertainment.