ABC is officially moving forward with a new spinoff series for The Rookie !

It was first reported in December 2024 that the spinoff series, titled The Rookie: North , was in development at the network .

On Monday (November 24), it was announced that ABC has given the project a pilot order and that Jay Ellis has been cast in the lead role.

Here’s the logline per Variety : “Alex Holland ( Ellis ) believed his mid-life wasn’t worthy of a crisis. But after a violent home invasion ignites a dormant purpose, Alex battles a lifetime of failed commitments by joining the Pierce County Police Department as its oldest rookie. Policing from the urban coast to the rural forest where backup isn’t just 5-minutes away, Alex must prove to his skeptical training officer, his fel

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