Jessica Alba is set to executive produce and star opposite Gabrielle Union in NBC’s upcoming Bad Boys spin-off pilot.
Union will star in the untitled drama as Syd Burnett, her character from Bad Boys 2. In the show, she has left the DEA and now has a fresh start in her new job as an LAPD detective.
Alba will play Nancy McKenna, Burnett’s partner. McKenna joined the Army out of high school and spent most of the 2000s in Iraq and Afghanistan. Women weren’t allowed in combat, so she joined the military police to get closer to the action. She can’t help but look at Syd’s freedom with some grass-is-greener envy. These two have totally different lifestyles and approaches, but they both are at the top of their fields in the action-packed, character-driven procedural.
The casting marks Alba’s first TV series-regular outing since her Golden Globe-nominated role on Fox’s Dark Angel, which ran on Fox from 2000 to 2002. The Fantastic Four actress most recently served as a judge on Apple’s Planet of the Apps.
The project will be written and executively produced by Brandon Sonnier and Brandon Margolis, who previously worked together on NBC’s The Blacklist. Jerry Bruckheimer, who produced the Bad Boys films, will executive produce along with Alba. Sony Pictures Television Studios will produce in association with Jerry Bruckheimer Television, Primary Wave Entertainment, and 2.0 Entertainment.
Bad Boys II was released in theatres in 2003. The sequel to the 1995 original film went on to gross $273 million worldwide (the first film earned $141 million). It starred Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. A third Bad Boys film, entitled Bad Boys for Life, has just signed Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah to direct.
> Mar MartÃnez
Jessica Alba Joins Gabrielle Union in NBC's Bad Boys Spin-Off
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