American actor Kevin Bacon is set to star in the new Blumhouse Television series that has been ordered straight-to-series at Amazon’s Prime Video.
The action series is titled “The Bondsman” and centers on Hub Halloran (Bacon) a backwoods bounty hunter who comes back from the dead with an unexpected second chance at life, love, and a nearly-forgotten musical career — only to find that his old job now has a demonic new twist.
Amazon has ordered eight half-hour episodes.
Production on the series will not begin until all guild negotiations have been resolved.
The series stems from an original idea and script by Grainger David, who will also executive produce. Erik Oleson will serve as showrunner and executive producer via CrimeThink.
Jason Blum, Chris McCumber, Jeremy Gold, and Chris Dickie for Blumhouse TV also executive produce, as does Paul Shapiro from CrimeThink.
Bacon will executive produce in addition to starring. Oleson and CrimeThink are currently under an overall deal at Amazon Studios.
This will now be the second Prime Video series in which Bacon has starred. He previously played the title role in the comedy series “I Love Dick”, which aired for one season and earned Bacon a Golden Globe nomination.
His other television roles include the Showtime series “City on a Hill” and “The Following” at Fox.
The acclaimed actor is best known for his film roles, such as his iconic performance in the film “Footloose,” as well as “Hollow Man”, “Mystic River”, “Apollo 13”, “Tremors”, “A Few Good Men”, and many more.
Bacon has also previously worked with Blumhouse on the movies “They/Them” and “You Should Have Left”.
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