Deadline brings word that Emmy and Golden Globe winner Michael Chiklis (The Shield, Gotham) will star in Coyote, a one-hour scripted U.S.-Mexico border drama series that was given a 10-episode order at Paramount Network.
Coyote is written by David Graziano (American Gods), Michael Carnes, and Josh Gilbert (Mr. Woodcock).
Chiklis will executive produce alongside showrunner Graziano and Carnes, Gilbert, Dark Horse Entertainment’s Mike Richardson, Keith Goldberg, and Rebecca Hobbs for MacLaren Entertainment.
“David Graziano, our whole creative team, and I are excited to make a show with Paramount Network and Sony that will dramatize a conversation between Mexico and America.