NBC announce that it was formally picking up J.J. Abrams ’ steel Modern telly show , Undercovers about spies who are also married . Take a look at the novel CIA agents in concealment and learn about the first-rate secret TV plot .
NBC finally announcedthat it was pluck up the Modern written drama from J.J. Abrams that is pop out to sound a tidy sum like Mr. And Mrs. Smith but slenderly more ego cognisant . This is the kind of material Abrams excels at : the meshing of the average with the extraordinary . Here ’s the unexampled synopsis :
“ Undercovers ” is a aphrodisiacal , play , action - packed spy drama that proves once and for all that marriage is still the world ’s most dangerous partnership . Outwardly , Steven Bloom ( Boris Kodjoe , “ Tyler Perry ’s Madea ’s Family Reunion , ” “ Soul Food , ” “ Resident Evil : Afterlife ” ) and his married woman , Samantha ( Gugu Mbatha - Raw , “ Doctor Who , ” “ Bonekickers ” ) , are a typical married couple who own a small catering party in Los Angeles and are facilitate by Samantha ’s easy frazzled younger sister , Lizzy ( Jessica Parker Kennedy , “ Smallville ” ) .
Secretly , the duet were two of the CIA ’s in force spy until they fall in dear on the job five yr ago and retired . When fellow undercover agent and friend Nash ( Carter MacIntyre , “ American Heiress ” ) goes missing while on the trail of a Russian branch dealer , the prime are reinstated by gaffer Carlton Shaw ( Gerald McRaney , “ Deadwood ” ) to locate and rescue Nash . The span is force back into the human race of espionage as they succeed leads that span the globe — and Steven and Samantha realize that this supercharged , undercover lifestyle provides the upheaval and romance that their marriage has been missing . Also starring is Ben Schwartz ( NBC ’s “ Parks and Recreation ” ) .
Side note of hand about Ben Schwartz — mark my words , this guy is the next grownup thing in comedy . I ’ve been waiting for Schwartz ’s stuff to bust mainstream since he played theEIC of High TimesIf you guys do n’t already love him , this Abrams ’ show should seal off the pot .
The pilot itself was written by J.J. Abrams and Josh Reims . And the pilot light will be directed by Abrams , who will stay on as a manufacturer .
Also on the heels of this announcement comes the release of the show ’s newTwitterandFacebookpages .
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