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.
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.
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