EXCLUSIVE: NBC and Universal TV are developing Keats (w/t), a new drama series from Bassett Vance Productions , Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance ‘s production banner. The duo executive produce the project alongside Bassett Vance Production Company’s Head of Development, Lynette Ramirez and writer Pilar Golden ( Beyond Black Beauty , Max’s Gossip Girl) .
Keats follows Alex Keats, a fourth-generation police officer who walked away from the badge and her family, who returns to Philadelphia to bury her mother. Mom is a decorated officer who supposedly died by suicide. The closer Alex gets to discovering the truth about her mother’s death, the closer she gets to joining her family back on the force .
.. where she belongs.
Bassett Vance Productions most 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. Golden is the creator and executive producer of the Amazon Freevee series Beyond Black Beauty starring Kaya Coleman in the lead role of Jolie Dumont.
Golden’s credits also include writing and co-producing credits for Max’s Gossip Girl , a reboot of the CW series of the same name from Joshua Safran; and writing credits on CBS’ God Friended Me and Crackle’s The Oath ..