Scandal alum Jeff Perry is set as the male lead opposite Hilary Swank in ABC’s Alaska-set drama pilot from Spotlight and Stillwater director Tom McCarthy and 20th Television.Written, executive produced and directed by McCarthy, the Untitled Alaska Project features Swank as Eileen, a star journalist who moves to Alaska for a fresh start after a career-killing misstep, and finds redemption personally and professionally joining a daily metro newspaper in Anchorage.Perry plays Stanley, a solid leader but not without his own quirks.
A journeyman journalist, raised in Alaska. He’s had a long career as an editor working in various metro dailies in the lower 48.
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