Exclusive: Social Distance creator Hilary Weisman Graham has been brought in as executive producer and co-showrunner of new CBS drama series The Never Game, starring and executive produced by Justin Hartley. Graham will share showrunning duties with executive producer Ben H. Winters, who wrote the pilot based on the bestselling novel by Jeffery Deaver.
The Never Game, slated for launch during the 2023-24 season, features Hartley as lone-wolf survivalist Colter Shaw, who roams the country as a “reward seeker,” using his expert tracking skills to help private citizens and law enforcement solve all manner of mysteries while contending with his own fractured family.
In addition to Hartley, the cast also includes Robin Weigert, Abby McEnany, Eric Graise and Fiona Rene.
The Never Game is produced by 20th Television. In addition to Hartley, Ken Olin, who directed the pilot, Winters and Graham are executive producing. Julianna Larosa and Roxy Olin serve as co-executive producers.
The Never Game, slated for launch during the 2023-24 season, features Hartley as lone-wolf survivalist Colter Shaw, who roams the country as a “reward seeker,” using his expert tracking skills to help private citizens and law enforcement solve all manner of mysteries while contending with his own fractured family.
In addition to Hartley, the cast also includes Robin Weigert, Abby McEnany, Eric Graise and Fiona Rene.
The Never Game is produced by 20th Television. In addition to Hartley, Ken Olin, who directed the pilot, Winters and Graham are executive producing. Julianna Larosa and Roxy Olin serve as co-executive producers.
- 2/16/2023
- by Denise Petski and Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Robin Weigert (Deadwood), Abby McEnany (Work in Progress) and Eric Graise (Step Up: High Water) are set as leads opposite Justin Hartley in CBS drama pilot The Never Game, an adaptation of Jeffery Deaver’s novel. The quartet, as well as recently announced Mary McDonnell, comprise the core cast of the project from director Ken Olin and 20th Television.
Written by Ben Winters based on Deaver’s novel, The Never Game follows the adventures of Colter Shaw (Hartley), who was raised by his paranoid survivalist father to be an expert tracker and now makes his living as a “rewardist,” traveling America in his Airstream trailer, helping families recover their lost loved ones and their other most precious things — all while staying one step ahead of the memories that haunt him, and the unanswered questions from his past.
Weigert plays Teddi Bruin, a former touring manager for rock musicians who...
Written by Ben Winters based on Deaver’s novel, The Never Game follows the adventures of Colter Shaw (Hartley), who was raised by his paranoid survivalist father to be an expert tracker and now makes his living as a “rewardist,” traveling America in his Airstream trailer, helping families recover their lost loved ones and their other most precious things — all while staying one step ahead of the memories that haunt him, and the unanswered questions from his past.
Weigert plays Teddi Bruin, a former touring manager for rock musicians who...
- 9/30/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Mary McDonnell, a two-time Oscar and two-time Emmy nominee, has been tapped as a lead opposite Justin Hartley in CBS drama pilot The Never Game, an adaptation of Jeffery Deaver’s novel, from director Ken Olin and 20th Television.
Written by Ben Winters, based on Deaver’s novel, The Never Game follows the adventures of Colter Shaw (Hartley), who was raised by his paranoid survivalist father to be an expert tracker, and who now makes his living as “rewardist,” traveling America in his Airstream trailer, helping families recover their lost loved ones and their other most precious things—all while staying one step ahead of the memories that haunt him, and the unanswered questions from his past.
McDonnell will play Mary Dove Shaw, Colter’s (Hartley) solid, strong, and uncompromising mother, who raised her three children on the remote California compound where her husband took them before his mysterious death.
Written by Ben Winters, based on Deaver’s novel, The Never Game follows the adventures of Colter Shaw (Hartley), who was raised by his paranoid survivalist father to be an expert tracker, and who now makes his living as “rewardist,” traveling America in his Airstream trailer, helping families recover their lost loved ones and their other most precious things—all while staying one step ahead of the memories that haunt him, and the unanswered questions from his past.
McDonnell will play Mary Dove Shaw, Colter’s (Hartley) solid, strong, and uncompromising mother, who raised her three children on the remote California compound where her husband took them before his mysterious death.
- 9/29/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: CBS has given a pilot order to The Never Game, a drama series adaptation of Jeffery Deaver’s novel, starring and executive produced by Justin Hartley. The project, which received a pilot production commitment in September 2021, comes from director Ken Olin and 20th Television.
Because of Hartley commitment to the final season of This Is Us, The Never Game had been targeted for the off-season. As Deadline reported yesterday, the project quietly underwent a writer change in the spring, with Ben Winters replacing Michael Cooney who had been attached when the pitch was sold last fall. Winters’ script was delivered to CBS last week and was very well received by the network brass, putting the project on a fast track for a pilot pickup.
Written by Winters, based on Deaver’s novel, and to be directed bu Olin, The Never Game features Hartley as lone-wolf survivalist Colter Shaw, who...
Because of Hartley commitment to the final season of This Is Us, The Never Game had been targeted for the off-season. As Deadline reported yesterday, the project quietly underwent a writer change in the spring, with Ben Winters replacing Michael Cooney who had been attached when the pitch was sold last fall. Winters’ script was delivered to CBS last week and was very well received by the network brass, putting the project on a fast track for a pilot pickup.
Written by Winters, based on Deaver’s novel, and to be directed bu Olin, The Never Game features Hartley as lone-wolf survivalist Colter Shaw, who...
- 7/21/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
ABC has put the drama “No Good Deed” into development, Variety has learned.
The project has received a script commitment with a penalty attached at the network. Jeannine Renshaw will write and executive produce. Nzingha Stewart will direct and executive produce. “This Is Us” star Justin Hartley will also executive produce under his ChangeUp Productions banner along with ChangeUp’s Julianna Larosa, the company’s head of development. 20th Television, where Hartley is under an overall deal, will produce.
“No Good Deed” follows a warm-hearted botany professor with a dark secret who welcomes a troubled student into her home. But then the seeming victim turns out to be a deadly parasite who uses her wiles and charms on vulnerable friends and family, unearthing secrets in this small mountain town, and destroying lives in order to cement her own twisted bond with her professor.
Renshaw most recently worked as a writer...
The project has received a script commitment with a penalty attached at the network. Jeannine Renshaw will write and executive produce. Nzingha Stewart will direct and executive produce. “This Is Us” star Justin Hartley will also executive produce under his ChangeUp Productions banner along with ChangeUp’s Julianna Larosa, the company’s head of development. 20th Television, where Hartley is under an overall deal, will produce.
“No Good Deed” follows a warm-hearted botany professor with a dark secret who welcomes a troubled student into her home. But then the seeming victim turns out to be a deadly parasite who uses her wiles and charms on vulnerable friends and family, unearthing secrets in this small mountain town, and destroying lives in order to cement her own twisted bond with her professor.
Renshaw most recently worked as a writer...
- 11/3/2021
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
ABC has given a script commitment with penalty to No Good Deed, a drama from writer Jeannine Renshaw, Nzingha Stewart (From Scratch), Justin Hartley (This Is Us) and his ChangeUp Productions and 20th Television, where Hartley is under a pod deal.
Written by Renshaw and directed by Stewart, No Good Deed follows a warm-hearted botany professor with a dark secret who welcomes a troubled student into her home, only the seeming victim turns out to be a deadly parasite who uses her wiles and charms on vulnerable friends and family, unearthing secrets in this small mountain town, and destroying lives in order to cement her own twisted bond with her professor.
Renshaw and Stewart executive produce with Hartley via his ChangeUp Productions. ChangeUp Head of Development Julianna Larosa serves as producer. 20th Television is the studio.
Renshaw most recently served as co-executive producer on Manifest,...
Written by Renshaw and directed by Stewart, No Good Deed follows a warm-hearted botany professor with a dark secret who welcomes a troubled student into her home, only the seeming victim turns out to be a deadly parasite who uses her wiles and charms on vulnerable friends and family, unearthing secrets in this small mountain town, and destroying lives in order to cement her own twisted bond with her professor.
Renshaw and Stewart executive produce with Hartley via his ChangeUp Productions. ChangeUp Head of Development Julianna Larosa serves as producer. 20th Television is the studio.
Renshaw most recently served as co-executive producer on Manifest,...
- 11/3/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: This Is Us star Justin Hartley has teamed with the series’ director/executive producer Ken Olin to option the rights to Jeffery Deaver’s 2019 thriller novel, The Never Game.
Hartley is attached to star in the potential first season and Olin is set to direct the project, which Hartley’s ChangeUp Productions and Olin’s Afterportsmouth Productions will develop and produce under the companies’ deals at 20th Television.
Michael Cooney (Identity) will pen the drama adaptation and will executive produce with Hartley and Olin. Additional producers include Roxy Olin, Head of Afterportsmouth Productions, and Julianna Larosa, Head of ChangeUp Productions.
Written by Cooney based on the New York Times Book Review Top 10 crime novel of the year, The Never Game follows Colter Shaw (Hartley), who travels the country in his old-school Rv to help police and private citizens solve crimes and locate missing persons, until his latest case changes everything.
Hartley is attached to star in the potential first season and Olin is set to direct the project, which Hartley’s ChangeUp Productions and Olin’s Afterportsmouth Productions will develop and produce under the companies’ deals at 20th Television.
Michael Cooney (Identity) will pen the drama adaptation and will executive produce with Hartley and Olin. Additional producers include Roxy Olin, Head of Afterportsmouth Productions, and Julianna Larosa, Head of ChangeUp Productions.
Written by Cooney based on the New York Times Book Review Top 10 crime novel of the year, The Never Game follows Colter Shaw (Hartley), who travels the country in his old-school Rv to help police and private citizens solve crimes and locate missing persons, until his latest case changes everything.
- 1/16/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Justin Hartley is branching out into TV producing. The popular This Is Us star has signed a pod deal with 20th Century Fox TV, the studio behind the acclaimed NBC family drama.
Under the pact, Hartley will develop and produce new projects for broadcast, cable and streaming through his newly launched company, ChangeUp Productions. Hartley will work with Julianna Larosa, whom he has hired as VP, Head of Development and Production.
Most recently, Larosa served as Manager of Development at Greg Garcia’s CBS TV Studios-based Amigos de Garcia Productions since 2013. There, she worked on such series as The Guest Book for TBS and The Millers for CBS. Additionally, Larosa produced a 10-episode scripted comedy web series, The MacMillan Genius Grant.
Hartley is the latest This Is Us star to land a pod deal with 20th TV, joining Milo Ventimiglia, Mandy Moore and Sterling K. Brown.
Hartley plays one of The Big Three,...
Under the pact, Hartley will develop and produce new projects for broadcast, cable and streaming through his newly launched company, ChangeUp Productions. Hartley will work with Julianna Larosa, whom he has hired as VP, Head of Development and Production.
Most recently, Larosa served as Manager of Development at Greg Garcia’s CBS TV Studios-based Amigos de Garcia Productions since 2013. There, she worked on such series as The Guest Book for TBS and The Millers for CBS. Additionally, Larosa produced a 10-episode scripted comedy web series, The MacMillan Genius Grant.
Hartley is the latest This Is Us star to land a pod deal with 20th TV, joining Milo Ventimiglia, Mandy Moore and Sterling K. Brown.
Hartley plays one of The Big Three,...
- 4/10/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
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