This Is Us star Justin Hartley has landed a challenge at ABC — as an govt producer.
Hartley is teaming with Manifest co-executive producer Jeannine Renshaw and director Nzingha Stewart (Maid, Little Fires In every single place) for No Good Deed, a thriller from Disney’s twentieth Tv. ABC has given a script dedication with penalty to the challenge.
No Good Deed facilities on a warm-hearted botany professor with a darkish secret who welcomes a troubled pupil into her house. The seeming sufferer seems to be a lethal parasite who makes use of her wiles and charms on weak family and friends, unearthing secrets and techniques on this small mountain city and destroying lives with a purpose to cement her personal twisted bond along with her professor.
The challenge is the second broadcast sale this fall for Hartley and his ChangeUp Productions, which has an total deal at twentieth TV. He’s additionally connected to star in and exec produce The By no means Sport, primarily based on a novel by Jeffrey Deaver.
No Good Deed joins an ABC improvement slate that additionally contains an L.A. Regulation sequel, a Hilary Swank-led drama set in Alaska, and comedies from Eva Longoria, Black-ish showrunner Courtney Lilly and Carmichael Present alum Ajay Saghal, amongst others.
Renshaw, whose credit additionally embody Gray’s Anatomy and NBC’s Good Women, is writing No Good Deed and can govt produce with Stewart, Hartley. ChangeUp Productions’ head of improvement Julianna LaRosa is a producer.
Renshaw is repped by UTA and Myman Greenspan; Stewart by A3 Artists Company, Administration 360 and legal professional Ryan Nord; and Hartley by CAA, Jackoway Austen and Persona PR.
