Actor Frank Grillo ("Prison Break") has landed the lead in ABC's supernatural crime drama series "The Gates," says the Hollywood Reporter. Luke Mably, Janina Gavankar and Chandra West also have been cast in the project, which Terry McDonough has come on board to direct. "Gates" will be produced by Fox TV Studios through the company's international co-production model. Its green light was contingent on FtvS securing foreign financing.
The series, being eyed for a summer launch, moved forward after ABC stepped up and increased the license fee on it while FtvS continues conversations with international broadcasters.
Plot Concept: Written by Richard Hatem and Grant Scharbo, "Gates" centers on a big-city cop (Grillo) who becomes chief of police in a seemingly sleepy planned community only to discover there's much more to the residents than meets the eye. Mably will play one of the residents, a cardiologist who is a vampirelike creature. Gavankar ("The L Word") will play a local cop with a dark secret. West will play the owner of a tea shop.
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Sounds an awful lot like Ben Templesmith and Warren Ellis' book Fell.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fell_(comics)