Jake Johnson stars in the NBC comedy PI from the duo Brooklyn Nine-Nine

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NBC has cast the lead role in another of its pilots — in this case, choosing Jake Johnson to lead a comedy about a private investigator in Los Angeles.

johnson (New Girl, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse) will star in the currently untitled show from Brooklyn nine nine Alumni Dan Gore and Luc Del Tredici. The pilot, produced by Universal Television, also signed on Akiva Schaffer (last year). The bare gun) for guidance.

Johnson’s casting also continues a string of actors who played roles on the Fox series in the 2000s, leading to two pilots on NBC this year. join him New girl Co-star Damon Wayans Jr. (Confused), David Boreanaz (Rockford Files), Emily Deschanel (untitled crime drama), Peter Krause (protection) and Jane Lynch (comedy with Katey Sagal).

Tagline describes Goor and Del Tredici’s single-camera comedy as “a continuation of the proud tradition of Los Angeles private eyes that began with Philip Marlowe and will end with this show.” Johnson will play Mickey, a smart, sarcastic, heartbroken private investigator who – but tries to pretend he’s not – has a knack for the job. He was an LAPD officer until his life imploded three years ago.

Gore and Del Tredici are writing the pilot and will executive produce alongside Schiffer. Johnson is a producer.

Johnson stars with Dakota Fanning The sun never sets From director Joe Swanberg, which is set to premiere at SXSW in March. He also has two Apple TV projects in the works for later this year – Dinka feature-length comedy about pickleball and the series Maximum enjoyment guaranteed. He is repped by UTA and Jackoway Austen.

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