Shawn Ashmore

The Rookie, the police procedural, has been renewed for yet another season. Currently in its sixth season, the Nathan Fillion-led show follows John Nolan, once the oldest rookie in the LAPD, has used his life experience, determination and sense of humor to keep up with rookies 20 years his junior.

Productivity Media, Inc. (PMI), the film finance and production company has partnered with Chad Archibald and Cody Calahan and their Black Fawn Films (BF) for a slate of ten genre titles to be co-produced and financed by PMI. Currently in production is IT FEEDS starring Ashley Greene (THE TWILIGHT SAGA) and Shawn Ashmore (X-MEN SERIES).

In part one of the two-part event, titled “Simone,” Officer John Nolan (Nathan Fillion) and the LA division of the FBI enlist the help of FBI trainee Simone Clark (Niecy Nash) when one of her former students is suspected of terrorism following an explosion at a local power station. “The Rookie” two-part event begins Sunday, April 24 (10:01-11:00 p.m. EDT), on ABC.

Niecy Nash (“Reno 9-1-1,” “Claws”) is set to guest star as Simone Clark in two embedded pilot episodes of the ABC police drama “The Rookie” from eOne and ABC Signature. Her episodes set the stage for a potential untitled spinoff next season allowing the franchise to expand beyond the Los Angeles Police Department.

On Monday, November 8, 2021 at 4 pm PST/7 pm EST, DGA director Dastan Khalili and actors Eli Jane, Joan Wong (niece of Kung-Fu Master Wong Jack Man), Lorenzo Antonucci (Paradise City) will participate in an intimate fireside chat, in advance of the November 12 world theatrical premiere of the action thriller film The Way.