Justin Hartley is being developed into a new TV show while still leading its hit series Trackerwhich has been experiencing its changes.
Deadline reported that ABC is working on a TV adaptation of the Isabella Maldonadoa novel Killing and Forgetting. Hartley, 49, will produce for the rest of his contract at 20th Television in the season Diana's son will write and executive produce the project alongside other EPs Ken Olin and Maldonado.
Killing and Forgettingreleased in 2024, focuses on Ex-Army Ranger Dani Vega. According to the official synopsis, Dani is “a Nuyorican from the Lower East Side and a fearsome FBI agent whose expertise is breaking codes and finding patterns.”
The description continued: “As part of the team, Dani is partnered with Detective Mark Flint of the NYPD. Their conflicting styles give them the edge in solving crimes and uncovering undeniable chemistry, but Dani is haunted by a secret: a family tragedy from the past that returns will put her career and life at risk.”
Killing and Forgetting is the second novel in Maldonado's FBI Special Agent Daniela Vega Series, which follows The Killing Game and he came forward The Killing Code.
Hartley will balance Killing and Forgetting on CBS' hit series Tracker. Based on Jeffery Deaver's novel Never Game, Tracker follows Hartley's Colter across the country as he helps find missing people and solve mysterious cases. After spending three seasons filming in Vancouver, news broke in May that Tracker had been awarded $48 million with $129 million in eligible costs, prompting his departure.
Tracker is a major 20th Television series to be brought back to California with the help of tax credits. Before that, Prime Video It falls moved from New York to Los Angeles, and Dan Fogelman's upcoming NFL drama, The countryhe was given a $42.8 million tax credit.
Justin Hartley in 'Tracker.'
Sergey Bachlakov/CBS“I'm proud of what we've built in Vancouver. I'm very excited that we're bringing Tracker to LA,” Hartley said in a statement at the time. “I look forward to continuing to tell these stories and the new places we will go. Most importantly, I want to thank the fans for always coming to us. We couldn't do this without you.”
TV shows can get an additional 5 percent tax credit bonus — on top of the basic 35 percent credit — for qualifying expenses incurred outside a 30-mile area that includes the Greater Los Angeles area and surrounding communities, according to the deadline.
Relocation tax credits are awarded at fairs because of their perceived large economic impact, and the creation of jobs for Los Angeles-based workers and local businesses that are boosted by returning manufacturing.
“Location is a huge part of the storytelling in Tracker,” the showrunner said Elwood Reid he told Deadline. “We're so grateful to the crew and people of Vancouver who made the first three seasons of this hit drama possible, and we're excited at the same time to be able to start the fourth season of Tracker by filming in Los Angeles, thanks to a tax incentive program that supports bringing the production back to California.”
Harley recently took the silence out of the shakeup.
“As far as tone and character, I don't think it will affect the show at all,” Hartley told The Wrap on Monday, May 25. “Our show is a road show. Our character goes from town to town across the United States of America and meets people from all walks of life and helps them. These strangers become his family in a way.”
The actor expressed his happiness about moving to Los Angeles.
“To be able to shoot in a different location gives us different locations, we're able to go places – New York, DC, the desert, Texas, the beach,” Hartley noted. “It just opens up our world about the world, which is the main character of our show.”
Despite the change, Hartley expressed gratitude for the show's time in Canada.
“We created a wonderful, wonderful show and we did it in Vancouver for the first three years. Obviously, as things go, the show has to evolve,” he added. “We don't really like to do something just because we want to do it, I want to push the envelope and I want it to be different, so we're excited. It's going to be great for the show and the audience.”
