Jeff Daniels Set to Star in Drama 'Rust' | THR News - video Dailymotion

Showtime has given a straight-to-series order for a drama called 'Rust,' with Jeff Daniels attached to star and executive produce.

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00:00Jeff Daniels is set to star in and executive produce the new Showtime drama, Rust.

00:04The premium cable network has given a straight-to-series order to the show based on the novel

00:08American Rust. The series will center on Daniels' character Del Harris, the complicated and

00:13compromised police chief of a town in southwestern Pennsylvania. When the son of the woman he loves

00:18is accused of murder, Harris must decide what he's willing to do to protect the young man.

00:22Now, this is actually the second series order for a project based on the book by Philip Meyer.

00:26USA gave a straight-to-series pick-up to American Rust in 2017, but later scrapped the project

00:32after being unable to find a lead actor. As for Daniels, the star is a two-time Emmy winner.

00:37He took home the trophy for best lead actor in a drama series in 2013 for his work on HBO's

00:42The Newsroom, and he won best supporting actor in a limited series in 2018 for Netflix's

00:52To love what death can touch. To love. To hope. To dream.

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