McDreamy is returning to community tv, however this time, he’ll do a lot of hurt. Patrick Dempsey (“Gray’s Anatomy”) leads the brand new Fox drama collection “Reminiscence of a Killer,” which simply launched the primary official promo forward of its on-air debut throughout tonight’s World Sequence kick-off (Fox, 8/7c).
Premiering in January, “Reminiscence of a Killer” is impressed by the 2003 Belgian movie “De Zaak Azlheimer (La Memorie Du Tueur).” Dempsey stars as Angelo Ledda, “a hitman main a harmful double life, whereas hiding a good deadlier private secret,” based on Fox.
Spoiler alert: that “private secret” is that Angelo develops early onset Alzheimer’s. This presents quite a lot of issues for Angelo, particularly as he juggles his two personas: “fearsome NYC hitman and sleepy upstate Cooperstown photocopier salesman and father.”
Watch the primary official promo for “Reminiscence of a Killer” under:
The collection additionally stars Michael Imperioli (“The Sopranos”) as Dutch, Angelo’s oldest buddy whose restaurant is a prison entrance; Richard Harmon (“The 100”) as a hitman named Joe; Odeya Rush (“Pantheon”) as Angelo’s daughter Maria; Daniel David Stewart (“Reacher”) as Maria’s husband Jeff; Peter Gadiot (“Yellowjackets”) as native police detective Dave; and Gina Torres (“9-1-1: Lone Star”) as Particular Agent Linda Grant.
“Alzheimer’s is a foe [Angelo] cannot outrun, and he is aware of too properly how this ends, as his older brother is already misplaced to the situation,” reads the official logline. “Angelo is exceptionally resourceful and proficient, the most effective of the most effective. However he is about to be examined like by no means earlier than — and now each minute counts. That is solely made harder when he discovers that his spouse’s latest dying might not have been an accident. So, when somebody comes after his daughter — who’s pregnant — it is clear the wall between his lives has been breached. Angelo should cease whoever’s coming for his household by looking his previous hits for clues, and the checklist could be very lengthy.”
The logline continues: “Now Angelo should search out his mortal enemy whereas persevering with to hold out hits with out giving freely his prognosis and nonetheless making it residence in time to cook dinner dinner for his daughter. ‘Reminiscence of a Killer’ is a redemptive story a couple of man who’s dropping his reminiscence however gaining a conscience. As a result of Angelo is aware of he should cease historical past from repeating itself and save his household — earlier than he forgets the previous.”
“Reminiscence of a Killer” was developed by Ed Whitmore and Tracey Malone, who’re executive-producing alongside Cathy Schulman, Arthur Sarkissian, Martin Campbell and Peter Bouckaert.