Jason Patrick Lands Lead Role in the TV Series POWERS
Jason Patrick has landed the lead role in the new TV adaptation of the Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming graphic novel Powers. He will join Lucy Punch who was cast in lead female role in the series. The story is set in a world where superheroes are just a part of life. It centers on two detectives, Christian Walker (Patrick) and Deena Pilgrim (Punch), in a Homicide department that deals with cases involving superpowers. The pilot episode will be written by Charles H. Eglee, and directed by Michael Dinner.
Patrick is an awesome actor, and I think he will be great in this role. I think this is going to turn out to be a pretty awesome new TV series. What are your thoughts on Patrick taking on the lead role in this show?
Here is the synopsis from the graphic novel:
Powers is set in a world where superpowers are relatively common but not mundane. It follows the lives of two detectives, Christian Walker and Deena Pilgrim, police officers in a Homicide department devoted to cases that involve "powers" (people with superpowers). Walker himself used to be a costumed superhero named Diamond, but became a police officer after he lost his abilities. Though stripped of his powers, he still retains his contacts within the superhero community, even becoming engaged to an ex-colleague, who is later killed. In later issues, Walker is offered the chance to become the world's latest secret Guardian as part of The Millennium Guard, a secret group of intergalactic guardians, accepting the responsibility and the powers that come with it.
Deena Pilgrim, his partner, is also hiding at least one troubling secret. She contracted superpowers during a fight with an underworld thug named the Bug, an event which she kept under wraps. As a result of this, she unintentionally kills her abusive boyfriend in self-defense, and hides the evidence, although coming under investigation by Internal Affairs. However after a series of events involving Retro Girl going undercover, Triphammer cures Deena and she is no longer under the scrutiny of I.A