‘Training Day’: Katrina Law Joins Cast Of CBS Drama Pilot

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‘Training Day’: Katrina Law Joins Cast Of CBS Drama Pilot http://deadline.com/2016/03/training-day-katrina-law-cast-cbs-drama-pilot-bill-paxton-1201713417/

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Katrina Law (Arrow) has been cast opposite Bill Paxton in CBS’ drama pilot Training Day, a present-day reimagining of Antoine Fuqua’s acclaimed 2001 feature.Set 15 years after the film left off, the TV show, written by Will Beall, centers on an idealistic young African-American police officer, Kyle Craig, is appointed to an elite squad of the LAPD where he is partnered with seasoned, morally ambiguous detective Frank Rourke (Paxton).Law will play Detective Rebecca Lee, an LAPD officer with the LAPD’s Special Investigation Section (S.I.S.). She was rescued from human traffickers by Frank (Paxton) when she was 4 years old and looks up to him as the father she never had. Cast also includes Drew van Acker as LAPD officer Tommy Campbell.Law recurs as Nyssa al Ghul the daughter of the notorious leader of the League of Assassins, Ra’s al Ghul on The CW’s Arrow. She is repped by Innovative and Joel Stevens Entertainment.

 

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‘Training Day’: Drew Van Acker Joins Cast Of CBS Drama Pilot http://deadline.com/2016/03/training-day-drew-van-acker-cast-cbs-pilot-1201713680/

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Set 15 years after the film left off, the TV show, written by Will Beall and directed by Danny Cannon, centers on an idealistic young African-American police officer, Kyle Craig, is appointed to an elite squad of the LAPD where he is partnered with seasoned, morally ambiguous detective Frank Rourke (Paxton).Van Acker will play Tommy Campbell, an officer with the LAPD’s Special Investigation Section (S.I.S.), a unit that goes after the worst of the worst, Tommy Campbell is a former pro surfer who’s usually seen in board shorts; he may still look like a surfer, but he’s traded in riding the waves for the dangerous highs that come from swimming with a different type of shark.Fuqua and Beall executive produce Training Day with Jerry Bruckheimer TV’s Jerry Bruckheimer and Jonathan Littman for Warner Bros. TV, Fuqua Films and Jerry Bruckheimer TV.