Cop Drama In Works At Max From Eileen Myers, Liz Garbus & Tomorrow Studios As Part Of Streamer’s New Strategy
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Max has picked up for development a law enforcement drama from Tomorrow Studios (One Piece, Snowpiercer), Marty Adelstein’s joint venture with ITV Studios.
The project, loosely inspired by Geraldine Hart‘s experiences as an FBI agent and police commissioner, stems from Tomorrow Studios’ first-look deal with Story Syndicate, the media company founded by Oscar- and Emmy-winning documentary filmmakers Liz Garbus and Dan Cogan.
Eileen Myers (The Night Agent) is writing the pilot for the untitled series, which follows a legendary FBI agent who returns to her hometown on Long Island to clean up mob corruption and quickly finds that the rot is even deeper and darker than she thought.
Before long, she finds herself facing down nefarious entities from all sides. Garbus, who has branched out into drama series directing with episodic work on shows like The Handmaid’s Tale, which earned her an Emmy nomination, and Yellowjackets, will helm the potential pilot.
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