EXCLUSIVE: In his return to CBS, former CSI: Vegas star Matt Lauria has been tapped as what’s believed to be the male lead reverse Morena Baccarin on the community’s upcoming drama collection Sheriff Nation, a derivative from hit Fireplace Nation.
Sheriff Nation, which can premiere within the fall, stars Baccarin as straight-shooting sheriff Mickey Fox, the stepsister of Cal Fireplace’s division chief Sharon Leone (Fireplace Nation‘s Diane Farr), who investigates felony exercise as she patrols the streets of small-town Edgewater whereas contending along with her ex-con father (W. Earl Brown) and a mysterious incident involving her wayward daughter.
Lauria will play Boone, Sheriff Mickey Fox’s good, robust and succesful deputy and longtime accomplice. Initially from Oakland, he’s used to a unique form of policing. Their contrasting regulation enforcement kinds makes their partnership each advanced and infrequently tense.
Along with Baccarin and Brown, whose characters have been launched on Fireplace Nation, Lauria joins fellow Sheriff Nation new collection regulars Christopher Gorham and Michele Weaver who play Mickey’s ex-husband and a Sheriff deputy, respectively.
The Sheriff Nation planted spinoff episode was written by Tony Phelan and Joan Rater with story by Phelan, Rater and Max Thieriot, the trio behind Fireplace Nation. Government producing the collection are Matt Lopez, who serves as showrunner, Thieriot, Phelan, Rater, and Jerry Bruckheimer and KristieAnne Reed for JBTV. CBS Studios is the studio behind the Fireplace Nation franchise.
Lauria will subsequent be seen recurring in JJ Abrams’ interval thriller drama collection Duster for Max as Izzy’s (Camille Guaty) oncologist boyfriend. He just lately wrapped indie movie Drowning and recurred on the second season of Prime Video’s sci-fi Western Outer Vary. His collection credit additionally embody main roles on DirecTV’s Kingdom, Apple TV+’s Dickinson, CBS All Entry’ Inform Me A Story, Channel 4’s Traitors, Sky Atlantic’s Little Birds, NBC’s Parenthood and his breakout activate Friday Night time Lights. In options, he was most just lately seen in Paramount’s 80 for Brady. Lauria is repped by Gersh, Principal Leisure LA and Johnson, Shapiro, Slewett, & Kole.
