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NBC has given a series order to The Endgame, a bank heist drama starring Morena Baccarin and Ryan Michelle Bathé. The high-stakes thriller is written by Nick Wooton (Scorpion) and Jake Coburn (Quantico) and centers around Elena Federova (Baccarin), a “very recently captured” international arms dealer and criminal mastermind who can coordinate bank heists even while in captivity. She is pursued by the “principled, relentless and socially-outcast” Val Turner (Bathé), an FBI agent who will stop at nothing to foil Elena’s plans. In addition to Baccarin and Bathé, the series also stars Kamal Angelo Bolden (Chicago Fire) as Owen Turner, Costa Ronin (Homeland) as Sergey Vodianov, Noah Bean (Damages) as Adic Jonathan Doak, Jordan Johnson-Hinds (Suits) as FBI Agent Anthony Flowers and Mark D. Espinoza (Major Crimes) as FBI Director Rogelio Réal. NBC originally made the pilot order in April and was one of two new pilot orders made...

NBC has ordered “The Endgame,” starring Morena Baccarin and Ryan Michelle Bathé, to series.

Described as a “high-stakes thriller,” the show follows Elena Federova (Baccarin), a “very recently captured” international arms dealer and criminal mastermind who can orchestrate many complicated and coordinated bank heists, even while in captivity, and Val Turner (Bathé), the “principled, relentless and socially-outcast” FBI agent who will stop at nothing to foil Elena’s plan.

Starring alongside Baccarin and Bathé are Kamal Angelo Bolden as Owen Turner, Costa Ronin as Sergey Vodianov, Noah Bean as Adic Jonathan Doak, Jordan Johnson-Hinds as FBI Agent Anthony Flowers and Mark D. Espinoza as FBI Director Rogelio Réal. NBC did not confirm character descriptions for their roles.

The show comes from Utv, with Nicholas Wootton Productions, Jake Coburn Productions, Inc., My So-Called Company and Perfect Storm Entertainment on board as production companies. Nicholas Wootton and Jake Coburn will serve as writers and executive producers,...