HAMILTON's Michael Luwoye to Star in New NBC Pilot

Michael Luwoye and BARRY Sloane are set to co-star in NBC's legal drama pilot Bluff City Law (Working Title), according to Deadline.

Luwoye and Sloane will star opposite Jimmy Smits and Caitlin McGee in the pilot, which hails for The Brave creator Dean Georgaris, David Janollari, Michael Aguilar and Universal TV. The drama was co-created by Georgaris and Aguilar and written by Georgaris.

Bluff City Law is a character-driven legal drama that follows the lawyers of an elite Memphis firm that specializes in the most controversial landmark civil rights cases. Led by legendary lawyer Elijah Strait (Smits) and his brilliant daughter, Sydney Keller (McGee), they take on the toughest David-and-Goliath cases while navigating their complicated relationship.

Luwoye plays Anthony Little, a fantastic lawyer who is also the warm-hearted father of three daughters. Sloane will play Jake Reilly, a smart and confident lawyer who works for Elijah.

Luwoye just finished his run in the starring role of Alexander Hamilton in Hamilton on Broadway. He is the only person to have played the roles of both Hamilton and Burr on the same day. Luwoye has also recurred on Fox's The Gifted and Netflix's She's Gotta Have It.

Sloane starred as Joe "Bear" GRAVES on History's military drama Six. He also starred on ABC's Revenge and The Whisperers and recurred on Netflix's Longmire.

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