Brian Greenberg is joining the Suits universe.
Deadline reported Thursday that Hill of a tree It is How to be successful in America former student was cast as a series regular Suits dubbed spin-off Suits: LA The casting news comes just in time, as the production company said production is scheduled to begin at the end of March in Vancouver, the location where Suits filmed the majority of episodes during its 9-season run on the USA network.
In addition to the shows mentioned above, Greenberg is also known for his roles in the Hulu film The Mindy Project and the 2011 romantic comedy Friends with benefits. He will star alongside Forest Whitaker in the upcoming MGM+ series Ocean Park Emperor.
At the Suits spinoff, Greenberg will play Rick Dodsen, Ted Black (Image: Disclosure)Stephen Amell) protected in the entertainment division of Black Lane Law. Greenberg’s casting comes a month after it was announced that Amel had joined the cast to play the role of a former New York prosecutor who reinvents himself to represent New York’s most powerful clients. Los Angeles.
The news comes after ET confirmed that NBC has ordered a pilot for the spinoff of the wildly popular series starring Gabriel Machado, Patrick J. Adams, Meghan Markle, Sarah Rafferty It is Gina Torres.
Suits: LA. will also star Josh McDermitt as Stuart Lane, Lex Scott Davis as ERica Rollins, Troy Winbush as Kevin and Alice Lee as Leah.
The series’ logline reads: “(Ted’s) company is at a point of crisis, and to survive, he must embrace a role he has played with contempt his entire career. Ted is surrounded by a stellar group of characters who test their loyalty to both Ted and each other, while they can’t help but blend their personal and professional lives. All this happens as events from years ago slowly unfold, which led to Ted leaving behind everyone and everything he loved.
Suits creator Aaron Korsh, along with David Bartis, Doug Liman and Gene Klein, will executive produce the series. Victoria Mahoney will direct its pilot episode.
The news arrives months later Deadline reported that Korsh was working on developing a new legal drama that would not be a reboot of the original show, but rather in the same vein as the CSI It is NCIS franchises.
Suits: LA is the second spinoff of the original series, which aired from 2011 to 2019 and experienced a resurgence in recent years thanks to its arrival on Netflix. Pearsonwhich followed Torres’ Jessica Pearson as she navigated law and politics in Chicago, was canceled in 2019 after one season.
The original Suits cast recently gathered at the 2024 Golden Globes, without Markle.
“It’s so good to see old friends again,” Rafferty told ET before the ceremony, with Macht agreeing, “It’s exciting. I’ll see some of my cast members from the show. I’ll see some friends from some movies I did years ago. It’s nice to be included in the night.”
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