The last time I saw Fight Club, The Losers and Blackhat co-star, actor Holt McCallany on television was back in 2000 during the short-lived run as an exiled former solider-turned-freedom fighter among three other co-stars for one of the best shows on television. The show was called Freedom, and the network at the time, UPN, cancelled its run and leftme nothing to do with my evenings.
At any rate, that was well over a decade ago and now McCallany is about to move onto his next venture back on the small screen as the principle villain in NBC’s forthcoming pilot, Warrior. McCallany will play international crime lord Andriv Vorobin, head of his own gym and the local YOMI, and a former prize fighter who is still a mixed martial arts force to be reckoned with. McCallany stars opposite lead actress Natalie Martinez (Death Race) in the role of Kai Forrester, a damaged heroine who works undercover with mysterious forces between physical and mystical realms to take on Vorobin with the help of Agent Golden, played by actor Lance Gross. Also starring are actor Will Yun Lee in the villainous role of Susano with actress Andy Allo starring as Vorobin’s daughter.
Crossbones series co-executive producer David DiGilio is scripting the pilot and is executive producing with Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald for director Phillip Noyce to helm. The show is just one in a slate of action packed shows in development between networks with NBC already making a huge killing with other projects like Blindspot and Endgame in the works. It’s a real milestone achievement, especially for martial arts fans who wish to see some more televized live-action martial arts action, and a show like Warrior seems fitting for that agenda.
Stay tuned.
H/T: Deadline
