A new mystery/thriller streaming series will film in Pittsburgh this year.
CBS All Access, home to “Star Trek: Discovery” and “The Good Fight,” confirmed it will produce “$1” locally.
The series, yet to be cast, is set in a small rust belt town in post-recession America where a $1 bill changing hands connects a group of characters involved in murder. Class and cultural divides will be explored as the show follows the path of the $1 bill.
Jason Mosberg, Alexandre Dauman and Matt DeRoss (“Quarry”) will executive produce the series with Craig Zobel (“The Leftovers”) set as director/executive producer.
A CBS All Access publicist would not confirm a March start date for production.
“We expect this series’ first season to be filming over the next several months, hiring hundreds of our local film crew and adding much-needed revenue to the commonwealth,” said Pittsburgh Film Office director Dawn Keezer. “Hopefully, this will be another long-term piece of film business for the region and yet another success of the commonwealth’s Film Tax Credit program.”
Following the cancellation of ABC’s “Downward Dog” and WGN America’s “Outsiders,” “$1” will join Netflix’s “Mindhunter,” which returns to Pittsburgh this spring to film its second season.
TV writer Rob Owen: rowen@post-gazette.com or 412-263-2582. Read the Tuned In Journal blog at post-gazette.com/tv. Follow RobOwenTV on Twitter or Facebook.
First Published: January 9, 2018, 6:12 p.m.
