Modern Family's Ty Burrell lands next TV role in remake of classic series
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Modern Family star Ty Burrell has landed his next TV role in a reimagining of series Tightrope!.
The original crime drama, which ran between 1959 and 1960, followed an undercover agent assigned to infiltrate criminal gangs.
Deadline now reports that Burrell will star in a new version for Roku, which "reshapes the drama of the vintage 1950s series into a slapstick comedy".
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"Burrell plays a lone wolf detective following cases city to city, while he searches for his long-lost love who got away," the synopsis adds.
The new series will also be executive produced by Breaking Bad's Bryan Cranston, who explained: “I was inspired by the on-the-nose old drama series of the 50’s, to mess with the whole thing and create a new version of a lunatic comedy, never seen before in a TV series.
"Tightrope is a result of a fever dream, and conceived over a bowl of chili at Chasens, savvy?”
Burrell added: “I’m so thrilled to be working with Bryan, and Roku Originals, on this bonkers (in the best way) idea of a show.”
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“Since Tightrope! is a comedy about a detective (and finding a Wallenda seemed off brand) we’re thrilled to have Ty Burrell and Bryan Cranston join us at Roku for this imaginative, funny series,” added Roku Media president Charlie Collier.
“What a joy to welcome Ty and Bryan to the Roku Originals lineup, along with the Moonshot and Desert Whale teams and our partners at Village Roadshow Television. We’re pleased to add Tightrope! to our growing originals slate to delight our audiences.”
This isn’t the only series that Burrell – who played Phil Dunphy on Modern Family – has lined up, with the actor set to return to ABC for Forgive and Forget.
Tightrope will stream on Roku.
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