Thomas Jane Set to Star in a New Crime Drama Series Titled TROPPO
Thomas Jane (The Expanse, Punisher, The Mist) is set to star in and executive produce a new crime drama series titled Troppo. The project is an adaptation of a Candice Fox’s Crimson Lake novel, and the show will be written by Yolanda Ramke (Netflix’s Cargo).
The story is set in Queensland, Australia, and Jane will take on the role of an ex-cop who is “falsely accused of a disturbing crime who escapes to the tropics of Far North Queensland where he becomes entangled in a newly-formed private investigations agency.”
It great to see Jane find and develop a new project to star in. The guy is a talented actor who has been a part of some fantastic projects over the years, and this next one is going to be a wonderful project for him to take on.
Here’s the description from the book:
12:46: Claire Bingleystands alone at a bus stop
12:47: Ted Conkaffey parks his car beside her
12:52: The girl is missing . . .Six minutes in the wrong place at the wrong time―that’s all it took to ruin Sydney detective Ted Conkaffey’s life. Accused but not convicted of a brutal abduction, Ted is now a free man―and public enemy number one. Maintaining his innocence, he flees north to keep a low profile amidst the steamy, croc-infested wetlands of Crimson Lake.
There, Ted’s lawyer introduces him to eccentric private investigator Amanda Pharrell, herself a convicted murderer. Not entirely convinced Amanda is a cold-blooded killer, Ted agrees to help with her investigation, a case full of deception and obsession, while secretly digging into her troubled past. The residents of Crimson Lake are watching the pair's every move . . . and the town offers no place to hide.
The series is slated to go into production later this year in Australia.