EXCLUSIVE: NBC and Universal TV are developing Keats (w/t), a new drama series from Bassett Vance Productions, the production company of Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance.
Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance | Walt Disney World
The duo will executive produce the project, along with Bassett Vance Productions President Lynnette Ramirez and writer Pilar Golden (Beyond Black Beauty, Max's Gossip Girl).
Keats follows Alex Keats, a fourth-generation police officer who ran away from the badge and her family, as she returns to Philadelphia to bury her mother, a decorated officer who is believed to have committed suicide. The closer Alex gets to discovering the truth about her mother’s death, the closer she gets to reuniting with her family and getting back on the police force…where she belongs.
Bassett Vance Productions recently produced the Showtime film Heist 88, written by Dwayne Johnson-Cochran, Bassett and Vance’s producing partner. Ramirez joined the company in 2021 with a focus on developing and uplifting BIPOC projects and storytellers.
