Together with shepherding his ABC hit The Rookie starring Nathan Fillion, sequence creator/govt producer Alexi Hawley has been creating a brand new spinoff sequence for the community.
As Deadline reported solely in December, the challenge, written by Hawley, is about in Washington state and follows a male cop who’s getting into a brand new section of life in his second act.
Throughout an interview tied to the Season 7 finale of The Rookie, Hawley gave Deadline an replace on the potential spinoff.
“I’ve been going again and there’s a script, I’ve been doing a little drafts and getting some notes,” he stated. “You recognize me, I’m a hopeful individual, so I stay hopeful. I imply, it might be an incredible factor. So let’s see.”
Deadline additionally requested Craig Erwich, President, Disney Tv Group, who oversees ABC, in regards to the standing of the spinoff.
“I don’t have any information to share proper now,” he stated.
Along with The Rookie and spinoff The Rookie: Feds starring Niecy Nash, which ran on ABC for one season, Hawley additionally created and govt produced the Netflix spy thriller sequence The Recruit, starring Noah Centineo, which was not too long ago cancelled after two seasons.
Along with their creator, The Rookie and The Recruit had different connective tissue: Fillion had a recurring function on The Rookie because the CIA director, as did Felix Solis, who was a sequence common on The Rookie: Feds and has been recurring on The Rookie.
In the meantime, The Rookie has been dropping the phrase “chaos agent,” which is what Centoneo’s character Owen is called. Whereas addressing whether or not that was an accident or not, Hawley revealed what The Recruit might’ve been titled had the Netflix not additionally had The Night time Agent within the hopper.
“I don’t assume that was an accident,” Hawley stated. “I imply, it’s a phrase I take advantage of, and it was really one of many titles tat received kicked round for Recruit method again within the day, however that they had Night time Agent, and in order that received torpedoed. In order that wasn’t essentially a nod to Recruit.”
On the time of The Recruit‘s cancellation, Hawley floated the concept for a film to wrap up Owen’s story. Is that also within the playing cards?
“I don’t know. I feel it’s nonetheless early days on The Recruit aspect to be speaking a few film or something,” he stated. “I nonetheless am enthusiastic about that world and the story, and would like to revisit in some unspecified time in the future with them, however yeah, not at this second.”
