Iconic actor Kevin Bacon has been tapped to join the cast of the Amazon Prime Video series ‘The Bondsman.’
Described as an action series from Blumhouse Television the eight half-hour episodes centre on Hub Halloran (Bacon), “a backwoods bounty hunter who comes back from the dead with an unexpected second chance at life, love, and a nearly-forgotten musical career — only to find that his old job now has a demonic new twist.”
The show is an original idea from and has a script by Grainger David, who will also executive produce. Erik Oleson will serve as showrunner and executive producer via CrimeThink. Jason Blum, Chris McCumber, Jeremy Gold, and Chris Dickie for Blumhouse TV also executive produce, as does Paul Shapiro from CrimeThink. Bacon will executive produce in addition to starring. Oleson and CrimeThink are currently under an overall deal at Amazon Studios.
Bacon has previously worked with Prime Video on the series ‘I Love Dick,’ for which Bacon earned a Golden Globe nomination. He has also previously worked with Blumhouse on the films ‘They/Them’ and ‘You Should Have Left.’
