Robert De Niro To Star In Crime Drama Series ‘Bobby Meritorious’ In The Works At Paramount+ From Billy Ray
04.04.2023 - 16:35
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EXCLUSIVE: Robert De Niro is attached to star in a Billy Ray-penned crime drama series that is in the works at Paramount+.
The Raging Bull and Taxi Driver star is to lead Bobby Meritorious, an original series that comes from Paramount Television Studios. Paramount made the commitment to develop the project after winning out a competitive situation.
It marks De Niro’s second TV project to emerge in a matter of weeks after conspiracy thriller Zero Day, from Eric Newman, landed a limited series order at Netflix.
The series is set amongst the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, which is a sovereign kingdom with seemingly unlimited power and scope. But now an informant in SDNY’s biggest case, Avery “The Sage” Accomando is poised to tear this storied institution apart. Only one man can stop him, a fabled ex-cop-turned prosecutor affectionately known as Bobby Meritorious, played by De Niro. The battle between these two giants is a fight for justice itself.
Ray will write and exec produce. In television, Billy Ray is best known for writing and directing Showtime’s Jeff Daniels-fronted The Comey Rule, which was based on James Comey’s A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership. He also wrote and directed The Last Tycoon. On the film side, Ray is the writer behind Richard Jewell, Captain Phillips and 2012’s The Hunger Games.
De Niro will also exec produce alongside his producing partner Jane Rosenthal and Berry Welsh, who works at the pair’s Tribeca Productions. Peter Gethers will also exec produce alongside Preet Bahara, who was the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York between 2009 and 2017.
Earlier this month, Netflix ordered Zero Day, which was De Niro’s first series regular