USA Network gives pilot order to Evil Men, starring Clifton Collins Jr

Last Updated on August 2, 2021

USA Network has closed a deal with CBS TV Studios for a pilot order to "Evil Men", a supernatural drama pilot that has tapped Dallas Roberts ("The Walking Dead") and Clifton Collins Jr. (PACIFIC RIM, HELLBENDERS 3D) to star and Gary Fleder to direct, according to Deadline. 

The project, on which Universal Cable Prods. has come on as co-producer, was written by Daniel Taplitz ("Breakin’ All The Rules"). "Evil Men" follows…

…Harry Killas (Roberts), an upstanding, middle-class family man whose life is turned upside down when he is approached by a frighteningly powerful entity and commanded to kill “evil men” or see his family — along with his city — utterly destroyed. However, the gleeful psycho who is meant to be his first target, instead begins teaching him how to carry out his new destiny.

Collins will play Lazlo Kirk, the profoundly evil former war criminal with magnetic charm and a deep, unpredictable violent streak, who forces himself into Harry’s life on a twisted mission of personal redemption.

Taplitz and Fleder executive produce alongside CBS TV Studios-based Eric and Kim Tannenbaum as well as Mary Beth Basile. Filming is slated to begin in early December in Vancouver.