Fresh from his role in the third season of True Detective, actor Stephen Dorff has signed on to star in Fox and eOne’s upcoming police drama pilot Deputy, which is being directed by David Ayer (Suicide Squad) from a script by Will Beall (Aquaman).
The pilot will see Dorff playing Deputy Bill Hollister, “a career lawman who’s very comfortable kicking down doors and utterly lost in a staff meeting. But when the LA County Sheriff drops dead, Bill becomes acting sheriff of Los Angeles County, in charge of 10,000 sworn deputies policing a modern Wild West.”
As part of the deal, Dorff has also signed a feature script development deal with eOne for an as-yet-untitled project, which will be produced by Ayer and Chris Long of Cedar Park Entertainment.
Via Deadline
