By Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TV Andy Garcia has finalized a deal to play the male lead opposite Katey Sagal in Rebel, ABC’s drama pilot inspired by the life of activist Erin Brockovich.
Executive produced by Brockovich, Rebel hails from Grey’s Anatomy and Station 19 executive producer/showrunner Krista Vernoff, Davis Entertainment, Sony Pictures TV and ABC Studios.
Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series orders Written by Vernoff and directed by Tara Nicole Weyr, Rebel centers on Annie “Rebel” Bello (Sagal), a blue-collar legal advocate without a law degree.
A funny, messy, brilliant and fearless woman who cares desperately about the causes she fights for and the people she loves.
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