A former JAG star is closing in on a return to the small display.
David James Elliot is ready to star on Heels, the forthcoming Starz drama toplined by Stephen Amell.
Heels is a narrative in regards to the women and men who chase their desires on the planet of small city professional wrestling. Set in a close-knit Georgia group, it follows a family-owned wrestling promotion as two brothers and rivals conflict over their late father’s legacy.
Within the ring, any person should play the great man and any person should play their nemesis, the heel.
However in the actual world, these characters could be laborious to stay as much as — or laborious to depart behind.
Deadline is reporting that Elliot is on board as Tom Spade, a former wrestler who’s Jack (Alexander Ludwig) and Ace’s (Amell) father, and husband to Mary McCormack’s Carol.
Tom constructed a enterprise that has supplied alternatives for aspiring wrestlers from everywhere in the nation.
Elliot is finest recognized for enjoying Hurt on JAG, a task he reprised on NCIS: Los Angeles earlier this yr.
He has additionally starred on Impulse, Secrets and techniques and Lies, and GCB, amongst different exhibits.
Starz positioned a sequence order for Heels in the summertime of 2019, however the manufacturing has confronted quite a few delays.
COVID-19 shuttered manufacturing for a number of months, and Amell introduced he had been identified with the virus in October.
Manufacturing is nicely underway now, with a 2021 premiere possible.
Heels joins a scripted roster at Starz that features numerous Energy spinoffs, Outlander, P-Valley, American Gods, The Girlfriend Expertise, and Hightown.
The forged is definitely one to look out for, with a number of huge attracts, and the plot sounds intriguing, so the premium cabler could be on to a different winner.
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Paul Dailly is the Affiliate Editor for TV Fanatic. Observe him on Twitter.