Keanu Reeves News: ‘John Wick’ Actor Gets Showrunner For His First TV Drama Series ‘Rain’! ‘Son Of Anarchy’ And ‘Entourage’ Writers-Producers Can’t Wait To Collaborate With Reeves
Keanu Reeves's first-ever TV drama series "Rain" taps Chris Collins and Marc Abrams as showrunners.
"Rain", which will be executive produced by Reeves, Roland Emmerich, and Slingshot Global Media and based on novel series by Barry Eisler, centers on the story of fictional half-Japanese, half-American contract assassin John Rain. The assassin specializes in making it appear that the victim died of natural death.
In the novel, the character that will be portrayed by Keanu Reeves is a Vietnam War veteran assigned on Special Forces and was later worked for CIA. Rain will not accept the job from clients unless they agree to his three rules: No women or children involved, no secondary team working separately once the job accepted by him, and only principal actors will be targeted.
We aren't yet sure whether or not there will be changes in the story plot, but what we know is that everybody's working to get things done for the TV drama series.
Collins and Abrams even said in a statement published at Deadline, "When we were approached about working on this show, we immediately wanted to take part in the project with Keanu and get a chance to be part of such a unique undertaking. We can't wait to start collaborating with the entire team and introduce this character to an even wider audience."
"We're thrilled to start working with Marc and Chris, whose vision for the show perfectly aligned with what we and the producers imagined. Their extensive and varied work will lend itself to creating a unique tone for the series and bringing this world to life," Scripted Television President Quan Phung at Slingshot Global Media said.
Collins's works on TV include FX's "Song of Anarchy" and HBO's acclaimed series "The Wire"; while Abrams has recently developed the event drama series "Pinkerton" (Fox), "Scar Tissue" (FX), and "Crimewave" (NatGeo) and has worked on Fox's "The Bernie Mac Show" and HBO's "Entourage.
