Just months after the show came to a close,This Is UsstarMilo Ventimigliahas secured his next role. ABC has officially picked upThe Company You Keepto series, which will see Ventimiglia playing a con man named Charlie who falls in love with a CIA Agent. A writers' room for the series has reportedly begun with it expected to premiere on ABC in 2023.
Ventimiglia is an Emmy-nominated actor best known in recent years for his starring role in the critically acclaimed and award-winning NBC dramaThis Is Us. Many fans may also recognize the actor for his earlier roles in hit series likeGilmore GirlsandHeroes. Other roles for Ventimiglia includeThe Art of Racing in the Rain, a guest star role onThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and playing Rocky Balboa’s son inRocky BalboaandCreed II.
The Company You Keepis an American adaptation of a 2019 Korean series,My Fellow Citizen. The series begins with Ventimiglia’s Charlie having “a night of passion” with Emma (Catherine Haena Kim), who is secretly a CIA agent, and the pair fall in love. However, their respective lines of work lead the two on a collision course as Charlie works to get himself out of the “family business” and Emma is working to catch a criminal to which Charlie’s family owes a lot of money.
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Kim has previously starred in such series asBallers,FBI, andGood Trouble. Ventimiglia and Kim will be joined in the series byWilliam Fichtner, who is best known for movies likeArmeggedon,andSarah Wayne Callies, who previously starred in the hit showsThe Walking DeadandPrison Break. The rest of the cast is filled out byTim Chiou,Freda Foh Shen,James Saito,Felisha Terrell, andPolly Draper.
The Company You Keepwill seeJulia CohenandPhil Klemmerserving together as co-showrunners. Cohen has previously worked on shows likeQuanticoandA Million Little Things. Klemmer created and served as showrunner on the fan-beloved seriesDC’s Legends of Tomorrow. The pair will also executive produce the series alongside Ventimiglia,Russ Cundiff,Jon M. Chu,Caitlin Foito,Todd Harthan, andLindsay Goffman.Deanna Harriswill be serving as a producer.The Company You Keep’s pilot episode was written by Cohen and directed byBleed For ThisdirectorBen Younger.
Stay tuned to Collider for any future updates on this upcoming series.
