EXCLUSIVE: While Dean Georgaris and John Fox are awaiting decision on their NBC pilot Key Witness, they have sold another series project to Hulu.
Titled Close Protection, the romantic thriller, co-created by Georgaris and Fox and to be written by Georgaris, is about an American bodyguard protecting a British princess.
The premise echos an idea Kevin Costner had been developing for a sequel to his 1992 movie The Bodyguard, in which his titular character would’ve been protecting Princess Diana, that was scrapped after her death.
It also fits into a romantasy genre of bodyguard stories that had been heating up. Netflix is adapting Katherine Center’s novel The Bodyguard into a 2026 holiday rom-com titled Guarding Stars, which stars Leighton Meester and Jared Padalecki.
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The Brave creator Georgaris and longtime Davis Entertainment President Fox executive produce alongside Davis Entertainment founder John
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