The famous This Is Us star Milo Ventimiglia has found his new project. Ventimiglia, who started his career on television on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, is now set to headline a new show. The Company You Keep will be an adaption of a hit Korean drama series. The new series will find its home on the Disney-backed ABC network and receive a formal pilot order. With This Is Us in its final season, you will soon see him again on your TV screen.

Unlike his current character, the wholesome family man Jack Pearson, the actor will be playing a role of a con man in this new venture. He is also going to be an executive producer on the show. The forthcoming series is an adaptation of a Korean television drama series that aired in 2019 titled My Fellow Citizens. This series is one of many pilots scheduled for 2022-23 on the ABC network. But what is this show all about?

The Company You Keep: What Is it About?

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ABC’s official synopsis of the show is as follows:

This new show is based on a South Korean Television series that ran 36 episodes on KBS2. It stars Choi Si-won, Lee Yoo-young, and Kim Min-jung. My Fellow Citizens aired from April 1, 2019, to May 28, 2019. The story is about a swindler who is about to marry a woman without realizing that she is a detective. His life gets even more twisted when a mysterious woman forces him into running for the national assembly elections. The series did very well in Korea.

It was also nominated for Korea Drama Awards and KBS Drama Awards in various categories. Kim Min-jung won the Top Excellence Award Actress at the 12th Korea Drama Awards, and Choi Si-won won the Excellence Award Actor at the KBS Drama Awards. The show can currently be streamed on Netflix.

The Hollywood Reporter states that a formal pilot order is in place, and Julia Cohen will write it. DiVide Picture’s Deanna Harris is set to produce the series. Ventimiglia and Cohen will both be executive producers on the show. DiVide Pictures partner Russ Cundiff, Todd Harthan, Caitlin Foitom, and Lindsay Goffman will also be executive producing the project. Crazy Rich Asians and In The Heights director Jon M. Chu will be one of the executive producers as well. Canadian writer and producer Julia Cohen is known for producing and writing some highly acclaimed TV shows like The CW’S show Riverdale, ABC’s Quantico, A Million Little Things, and E’s The Royals. She is currently also working as the co-showrunner in the new series Degrassi which is currently in the works at HBO Max due to release next year.

Milo Ventimiglia: A Fan-Favorite Career

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Emmy-nominated actor Milo Ventimiglia will be playing a con man who falls in love with an undercover CIA agent in this upcoming series. Ventimiglia made his acting debut in 1995 on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. He rose to fame as Jess Mariana, a bad boy on Gilmore Girls. He also stared on the hit show Heroes as Peter Petrelli. He currently stars in NBC’s hit family drama series This Is Us as Jack Pearson – the role that has made him a household name and America’s favorite Dad. This Is Us is airing its last and final season. The season 6 series finale will be aired on May 24, 2022. He has also starred in movies like Rocky Balboa, Pathology, and The Art of Racing in the Rain. For most of his career, he’s been a fan favorite.

ABC has quite a lineup of pilots scheduled for 2022-23. To name a few in the Drama categories; Avalon, L.A. Law, and Will Trent, along with two more untitled projects. Here is hoping that Milo Ventimiglia’s starrer The Company You Keep does as well as the Original Korean TV series. As of now, there are no official dates announced by the network.