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‘S.W.A.T.’ Spin-Off Wraps First Season With Shemar Moore. but There’s a Big Catch
There’s good news for fans still mourning S.W.A.T. after CBS dissolved the squad last year. However, the news isn’t all good. S.W.A.T. Exiles, a new spin-off series that will star the returning Shemar Moore, has wrapped filming its inaugural season. There’s only one problem: it doesn’t have a “home base” yet.
According to reports, no TV channel or streaming service has yet acquired the series. However, the series is apparently attempting to follow in the footsteps of recent streaming hits Heated Rivalry and The Hunting Wives, both of which were fully completed series that didn’t find a home until they were in the can…and then went on to become big hits for content-hungry streaming services. While homoerotic hockey drama Heated Rivalry went to HBO Max and the steamy, soapy Hunting Wives found a home on Netflix, it’s Prime Video and the Fox TV network that have expressed interest in housing S.W.A.T. Exiles. The series will be screened by production company Sony for both domestic and international buyers in the coming weeks and days, when it will likely find a home.
What Is ‘S.W.A.T. Exiles’ About?
Picking up where S.W.A.T. left off after its season 8 series finale, S.W.A.T. Exiles stars Moore as Daniel “Hondo” Harrelson Jr., a veteran of the Special Weapons And Tactics squad. Retired after the conclusion of S.W.A.T., he’s pulled back into action after a high-profile mission goes sideways, and assigned to lead an experimental new S.W.A.T. team full of raw and untested recruits. It will star Lucy Barrett (Charmed), Adain Bradley (The Bold and the Beautiful), Zyra Gorecki (La Brea), Freddy Miyares (Grey’s Anatomy) and Ronen Rubinstein (9-1-1: Lone Star). Guest stars will include Rebecca Romijn (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds), Jerry O’Connell (Sliders), and Selma Blair (Cruel Intentions); Lenora Crichlow (Bel Air) will recur. Meanwhile, several of Moore’s S.W.A.T. squad mates will be joining him in guest roles, including Victor Tan (David Lim), David “Deacon” Kay (Jay Harrington), and Robert Hicks (Patrick St. Esprit).
S.W.A.T. is a remake of a short-lived 1970s TV series; created by mega-producer Aaron Spelling, it was popular, but was swiftly cancelled as part of a backlash against violence on television. The reborn S.W.A.T., which debuted on CBS in 2017, ran into cancellation problems of its own; it was cancelled by CBS after its sixth and seventh seasons, but was swiftly renewed instead both times, although its third cancellation proved to be permanent. The series also inspired a 2003 film starring Samuel L. Jackson and Colin Farrell.
S.W.A.T. Exiles has completed filming its first season; it has not yet found a broadcast or streaming home. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates.
Cast
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Shemar Moore
Daniel Harrelson
