The Brothers Sun star Justin Chien has spoken out following Netflix‘s decision not to proceed with a second season of the action comedy-drama.
12.02.2024 - 04:37 / deadline.com
SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from the series premiere of Tracker.
Justin Hartley is making his return to network TV with another post-Super Bowl premiere.
After Super Bowl LVIII, viewers will be introduced to Colter Shaw in CBS‘ Tracker. Colter is a lone-wolf survivalist who roams the country as a reward seeker, using his expert tracking skills to help private citizens and law enforcement solve all manner of mysteries while contending with his own fractured family.
Based on the book The Never Game by Jeffery Deaver, Hartley teased to Deadline that the series will largely depart from the source material but maintain the “sensibilities” of the character.
Beyond that, the series will operate as a procedural, with Colter taking on new missing persons cases each week as he also struggles with the trauma of his past…which is now coming back to haunt him.
Below, Hartley spoke with Deadline more about pitching the series to CBS, weathering through a tough past few years to get it on the small screen, and where he sees it going from here.
DEADLINE: I heard you were involved with the pitch of the show. How did you get involved with that?
JUSTIN HARTLEY: [Ken] Olin and I worked together This Is Us. We had been talking about doing something together. We wanted to keep working together when the show was over. So the year before we shot the last season, or right before we shot the last season, of This Is Us, we ended up getting this book and loving this character and bringing it to 20th, which is my studio where my production company is. We pitched them the idea of me playing Colter Shaw and Ken directing and producing with me, and they loved the idea. So they said, ‘Okay, let’s go forward with it.’ We brought it to
The Brothers Sun star Justin Chien has spoken out following Netflix‘s decision not to proceed with a second season of the action comedy-drama.
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SPOILER ALERT: The following reveals major plot points from tonight’s Season 5 premiere of CBS’ FBI: Most Wanted.
SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from the series finale of NBC‘s La Brea.
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A BBC Radio 2 travel presenter was forced to halt her broadcast as she was left in tears live on air. Bobbie Pryor was courageously trying to deliver her travel report on Sara Cox's teatime show on Tuesday, 13 February, having just found out the tragic news about the death of her former colleague and friend, Steve Wright's.The radio legend passed away at 69, his family confirmed today in a heartbreaking statement.
Justin Bieber turned down the offer to join Usher during his Super Bowl performance.The set took place over the weekend (February 11), when the R&B star became the latest artist to perform at the iconic Halftime show during the 58th instalment of the Super Bowl. Held at Allegiant Stadium, the event saw the San Francisco 49ers face off against defending champions the Kansas City Chiefs, with the latter ultimately taking the victory.On the night, Usher was joined by an array of surprise guests, including Alicia Keys, H.E.R and will.i.am, however, some fans were quick to notice that the musician’s longtime friend Justin Bieber did not take part.According to new reports, Bieber was offered the opportunity to join the singer on stage, but turned it down because he “wasn’t feeling it”.The explanations were shared to Page Six by anonymous sources in the music industry, and stated that the ‘Sorry’ singer preferred to watch the show with his wife, Hailey, from a $2.5million suite at the stadium.“There’s no bad blood between Usher and Justin.
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