They’re talking to him! Paramount+ in discussion with Robert De Niro to star in streaming series titled Bobby Meritorious
Robert De Niro is in negotiations with Paramount+ to star in and produce a crime drama for the streaming service titled Bobby Meritorious.
The series is set in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, with the two-time Oscar winner portraying the role of Avery ‘The Sage‘ Accomando.
Accomando is an informant in the office’s biggest case who is ‘poised to tear this storied institution apart,’ according to a studio synopsis.
‘Only one man can stop him, a fabled ex-cop-turned prosecutor affectionately known as Bobby Meritorious,’ the synopsis continued. ‘The battle between these two giants is a fight for justice itself.’
The 79-year-old actor, according to Deadline, would be working on the crime drama with Preet Bharara, the former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, who is also an executive producer on the show.
The latest: Robert De Niro, 79, is in negotiations with Paramount+ to star in and produce a crime drama for the streaming service titled Bobby Meritorious. Pictured last year in NYC
Paramount Television Studios committed to develop the series after securing a bid to the rights to Bharara’s book Doing Justice: A Prosecutor’s Thoughts on Crime, Punishment, and the Rule of Law.
Billy Ray, who penned and directed The Comey Rule for Showtime, is set to write and produce the forthcoming series.
De Niro will be an executive producer with his Tribeca Productions partner Jane Rosenthal and Berry Welsh.
It’s the second streaming project the legendary actor has been linked to as of late, as he is slated to appear in the Netflix series Zero Day.
The busy actor also has a number of upcoming projects slated to hit the silver screen, such as Killers of the Flower Moon, which will mark his 10th project with Martin Scorsese; and Wise Guys for venerated director Barry Levinson.
He also appears in the forthcoming comedy Inappropriate Behavior from Tony Goldwyn and featuring a cast including Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale, Vera Farmiga, Rainn Wilson and Whoopi Goldberg.
The forthcoming series for the streamer comes after its successful first season of the Sylvester Stallone crime drama Tulsa King, which it renewed in November weeks after its debut.
De Niro would be working on the crime drama with Preet Bharara (pictured), the former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, also an an executive producer on the show
Paramount Television Studios committed to develop the series after securing a bid to the rights to Bharara’s book Doing Justice: A Prosecutor’s Thoughts on Crime, Punishment, and the Rule of Law
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