'Suits' star Patrick J. Adams' next TV project has been revealed. The actor has been cast in the upcoming six-episode series 'Lockerbie,' about the December 1988 terrorist attack on Pan Am Flight 103 for the BBC and Netflix. The show's cast also includes Connor Swindells, Merritt Wever and Eddie Marsan, among others. The series described as a "factual drama" has begun filming in Scotland.
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00:00 Suits star Patrick J. Adams' next TV project has been revealed.
00:03 The actor has been cast in the upcoming six-episode series Lockerbie,
00:08 about the December 1988 terrorist attack on Pan Am Flight 103 for the BBC and Netflix.
00:13 The show's cast also includes Connor Swindells, Merritt Weaver, and Eddie Marson, among others.
00:18 The series, described as a factual drama, has begun filming in Scotland. Production on Lockerbie
00:23 will also include filming in Malta and Toronto. The BBC and Netflix set of the show, the six-part
00:28 series, is based on the real events surrounding the 1988 Lockerbie bombing and the joint Scottish-U.S.
00:34 investigation which sought to bring the perpetrators to justice. Lockerbie will focus on the investigation
00:39 into the crash on both sides of the Atlantic and the devastating effect it had on the small town
00:43 and the families who lost loved ones. For Adams, the project comes following the streaming resurgence
00:48 of his USA Network series, Suits, which originally aired from 2011 to 2019. In 2023, Suits racked up
00:55 57.7 billion minutes of viewing, setting a record for the highest year-end total Nielsen has ever
01:01 recorded since it started releasing annual streaming totals. "I'm inclined to give you a shot,
01:05 but what if I decide to go another way? I'd say that's fair. Sometimes I like to hang out with
01:10 people who aren't that bright, you know, just to see how the other half lives." For more on this
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