Quincy Native's Series Picked Up By Showtime

A Quincy native's series based on an idea from Ben Affleck will air on Showtime.

The network announced Thursday that they have ordered 12 episodes of "City on a Hill," starring Kevin Bacon and Aldis Hodge. The show is set in Boston in the early 1990s, prior to the Boston Miracle. In this fictional account, the miracle is driven by assistant district attorney Decourcy Ward, played by Hodge, who comes from Brooklyn and forms an unlikely alliance with a corrupt yet venerated FBI veteran, Jackie Rohr, played by Bacon. Together, they take on a family of armored car robbers from Charlestown in a case that grows to involve, and ultimately subvert, the entire criminal justice system of Boston, according to a press release.

“'City on a Hill' has the veneer of a classic Boston cops-and-robbers drama, but actually dives head first into challenging the very institutions it depicts,” Showtime President and CEO David Nevin said in a release. “In reality, the series is a penetrating look at the larger criminal justice system and those who operate within it, with mesmerizing performances by Kevin Bacon and Aldis Hodge anchoring the suspense.”

"City on a Hill" also stars Jonathan Tucker, Mark O’Brien, Jill Hennessy, Lauren E. Banks, Amanda Clayton, Kevin Chapman, and Jere Shea, with Kevin Dunn recurring.

The show is executive produced by Affleck, Matt Damon and Jennifer Todd for Pearl Street Films. James Mangold will also serve as executive producer. Bacon will serve as a co-executive producer.

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