Dermot Mulroney‘s fancy self is set to star in NBC’s untitled drama pilot from Life‘s Rand Ravich, our sister site Deadline reports.
The project follows Marcus Finley (played by Lance Gross), a Secret Service agent pulled into an international crisis on his first day of work after the President’s son and countless classmates are kidnapped.
Mulroney — who’s slated to reprise his fan fave role on New Girl later this season — joins as Bill Gibson, a meek-looking father chaperoning the ill-fated field trip who is eager to reunite with his estranged daughter.
Revenge alum Max Martini has also come aboard the prospective series as the mercenary behind the abduction.
Both actors join the previously cast Gillian Anderson (The X-Files), Rachael Taylor (666 Park Avenue) and Halston Sage (How to Rock)
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