Los Angeles, (UNI) Actress Jordana Brewster has joined the cast of the upcoming thriller drama “Bishop”.
She will appear alongside Joel Kinnaman, John Malkovich and Jennifer Jason Leigh, reports DEADLINE.
The series, created by Little Marvin and Tony Saltzman, is being produced by Vertigo Entertainment in association with Amazon MGM Studios,
In “Bishop”, homicide detective Bishop Graves (Kinnaman) – brilliant, battle-scarred – will put all of his skills to the test in the hunt for an elusive killer targeting San Francisco’s moneyed class. As this increasingly audacious killer develops a devoted following among the city’s powerless, Bishop becomes convinced these murders connect back to SF’s most powerful man, his own father, Lincoln Graves (Malkovich).
Brewster will play Kat Claiborne, a seasoned inspector at the San Francisco Police Department. Leigh plays Lincoln Graves’ sister, and aunt to Bishop.
Little Marvin will serve as showrunner and executive producer, alongside Saltzman, producer Roy Lee and Vertigo’s Miri Yoon. The project stems from Little Marvin’s overall deal at Amazon MGM Studios. Felicia Fasano is casting director.
Best known for her lead role as Mia Toretto in the “Fast & Furious” franchise, Brewster was most recently seen in Sony’s horror rom-com “Heart Eyes” and in Lionsgate thriller “Cellar Door”, with Scott Speedman and Laurence Fishburne. On television, she appeared in Ryan Murphy’s “American Crime Story”, as well as Fox’s “Lethal Weapon”, among others.
