American actor Kevin Bacon will star in Jason Bloom’s action-horror series The Bondsman, developed by Blumhouse Television for the Amazon Prime Video streaming service. writes about it deadline.
Bacon is set to play Hub Halloran, a bounty hunter who has risen from the dead and gets an unexpected second chance at life, love, and a neglected music career. But now there is a certain demonic element in his life that is connected with the protagonist’s ancient artifact.
Eric Oleson, who directed the second season of the Amazon fantasy series Carnival Row starring Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne, will be the showrunner of The Slave.
The project reportedly immediately received the “green light” to produce an entire season of eight half-hour episodes. However, it will not begin production until the pay issues are resolved (i.e. the Writers Guild of America strike and possible Screen Actors Guild strike is over).
Kevin Bacon is best known for his roles in Clint Eastwood’s Mystic River, Paul Verhoeven’s Invisible Man, Barry Levinson’s Sleepers, Ron Underwood’s Tremors and Sean Cunningham’s Friday the 13th. His series credits include the thriller The Followers, the comedy I Love Dick, and the police drama City on a Hill.
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