EXCLUSIVE: Steve Howey (Shameless, Excessive Potential) has been tapped for a significant recurring function on Amazon MGM Studios’ college-set romantic drama Off Campus, primarily based on the best-selling ebook sequence by Elle Kennedy.
There are 5 books within the sequence, which depicts the elite ice hockey staff, and the ladies of their lives, as they grapple with love, heartbreak, and self-discovery — forging deep friendships and enduring bonds whereas navigating the complexities that include transitioning into maturity.
Within the vein of Bridgerton, every of the primary 4 novels tells the love story of a hockey participant, with the fifth being a novella assortment of all 4 {couples}. Season 1 of the TV sequence, primarily based on the primary ebook, The Deal, follows the unlikely romance between Hannah Wells (Ella Vibrant), a wry, hockey-hating music main, and Briar College’s playboy star middle Garrett Graham (Belmont Cameli).
Howey will play Garrett’s dad, Phil Graham, a former hockey legend well-known for his mood on the ice who pushes his son to be the star participant he’s right this moment. The character is distinguished within the first ebook and, like Garrett, additionally seems within the second, The Mistake.
Different Off Campus sequence regulars taking part in hockey gamers who would every take turns as a lead in subsequent seasons embody Antonio Cipriano (Logan from The Mistake), Jalen Thomas Brooks (Tucker from Ebook #4, The Purpose) and Stephen Kalyn (Dean from Ebook #3, The Rating), with Mika Abdalla as Dean’s future main girl, Allie. Fellow sequence common Josh Heuston performs the Season 1 love rival function of Justin.
Off Campus was created by Louisa Levy and Gina Fattore who will function government producers and co-showrunners. Additionally government producing are Temple Hill’s Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen and James Seidman, Leanna Billings by way of her banner Billings Productions, Neal Flaherty, Silver Tree, with Temple Hill’s Annika Patton and creator Kennedy producing. Deanna Brigidi and Andrea Bunker served as casting administrators.
Howey was just lately tapped as a brand new sequence common on ABC’s hit new procedural drama Excessive Potential as police Captain Jesse Wagner. He’s most likely greatest identified for his function as Kevin Ball on the long-running Showtime comedy-drama Shameless. Howey additionally was a sequence common on the hit WB comedy Reba and, most just lately, led the CBS motion sequence True Lies, government produced by James Cameron and McG. He’s repped by Unbiased Artist Group.
