Lionsgate & Tucci Team Up for '87th Precinct' Cop Drama for NBC

Deadline.com reports that Lionsgate TV and Stanley Tucci's Olive Productions (which he runs with Steve Buscemi) are teaming up on a new cop-drama pilot for NBC, 87th Precinct. Amy Bloom (State of Mind) pens the script and will executive produce alongside Buscemi and Tucci.

Stanley Tucci is an Emmy Award and Golden Globe winning actor who has appeared in over 50 films. In 2009, Stanley was seen in Julie & Julia, opposite Meryl Streep. He received Golden Globe and SAG Award nominations for his performance in The Lovely Bones, which was released this month. Stanley also starred in Blind Date which he co-wrote and directed. As an actor, he is a stage veteran and made his Broadway debut in The Queen and the Rebels opposite Colleen Dewhurst and went on to star in The Misanthrope, Brighton Beach Memoirs, The Iceman Cometh, and in his Tony Award- nominated turn in Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune. His film directing credits include Big Night, The Impostors and Joe Gould's Secret. Mr. Tucci made his Broadway directorial debut with Lend Me a Tenor.

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