As with other productive show runners, Robert and Michelle King start building a King verse and bringing actors from a series as new characters.
After the end of the supernatural drama of the kings DevilishOne of his hints, Mike Colter – who also repeated himself on the duo The good woman And away The good fight – will appear in Kings' latest project, CupertinoUntil a series order from CBS.
The legal drama, which was originally set up at CBS for Development last summer, took a big step forward in May when the King network commissioned a full network of authors to produce 12 more scripts. The room will open this autumn after Robert King has directed an episode of the CBS Crime Drama Series des Duos Elsbeththat returns for a third season.
Bringing colter on board admits another thrust Cupertino -We described as David against Goliath Legal Drama, which is aimed at the Silicon Valley playing the 2026-27 season.
Colter will play a lawyer who is released by a Silicon Valley start-up that intends to cheat him from his stock options. He refused to withdraw and merges with another recently fired lawyer to represent the people used by the tech elite and to help them fight in a fight with high commitment against the Goliaths who control the Silicon Valley.
Cupertino is produced by CBS studios. Robert and Michelle King will write and serve as executing producers under their banner King Size Productions. Liz Glotzer also serves as an executive producer.
Colter, who played the Breakout -Restling character of Drug Lord Lemond Bishop on the Kings' CBS legal drama The good womanrepeated his role at Paramount+'s The good fight. He played as a Catholic priest David Acosta Devilishwho included his four -year run for CBS and Paramount+ last year. The role brought him two nominations for the lead actor in a drama series.
His relationship with the kings is similar to that between Amy Sherman Palladino and Kelly Bishop as well as between Ryan Murphy and Evan Peters, each of which has taken over several characters over several series.
Colter is also known for playing Luke Cage in the Marvel TV series for Netflix. He recently played next to Halle Berry and Mark Wahlberg in the action comedy film The union For Netflix and opposite Gerard Butler in the Lionsgate film Airplane. Colter is resumed by Caa, Beach Entertainment and McKuin Frankel Whitehead.