If there’s one thing Fox has been steadily excelling at, it’s great characters and from the looks of the new thriller/drama series they picked up for 2010 midseason, Human Target could be the next Lie to Me, Bones or House.
Below is Fox’s description for the series:
“HUMAN TARGET - It takes a brave, selfless man to make himself a “human target” in order to save the lives of those in danger. Based on the popular DC Comics graphic novel, HUMAN TARGET is a full-throttle action drama centered on CHRISTOPHER CHANCE (Mark Valley, FRINGE), a unique private contractor/security guard hired to protect. Call him what you like, because for Chance, it’s about one thing only: saving his clients’ lives. When there is an unusual or imminent threat that can’t be solved through “normal” means of protection, Chance is hired to completely integrate himself into his clients’ lives – to become the human target. If you’re a corporate manager whose disgruntled employee has gone violently off the deep end, Chance is your new auditor. If you’re the president of a bank who’s been tipped off to a potential heist, Chance is your unassuming bank teller. During each job, Chance, assisted by his business partner WINSTON (Chi McBride, Pushing Daisies) and hired gun GUERRERO (Jackie Earle Haley, Watchmen), puts himself directly in the line of fire as he races against time to save his client, while unraveling the truth behind the mission. With every new danger, Chance’s dark history will also unravel. Does anyone know who Christopher Chance really is, or what secrets lay buried in his past? What would make a man willingly become a HUMAN TARGET?”
PRODUCTION COMPANIES: Bonanza Productions Inc., Wonderland Sound and Vision, DC Comics, Warner Bros. Television
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Jon Steinberg, McG, Simon West, Brad Kern
CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Peter Johnson
DIRECTOR: Simon West
WRITER: Jon Steinberg
CAST: Mark Valley as Christopher Chance, Jackie Earle Haley as Guerrero, Chi McBride as Winston
The thing I like about the premise of this series is how Chance’s work puts him in different scenarios. Hopefully, that means each episode will have a different backdrop, giving us a bit of variety as we get to know the characters. Plus, I love Chi McBride and I’m glad to see he found himself another spot on the small screen. Plus, it looks like Tricia Helfer’s in one episode, as evidenced by two of the four videos we have below (click “playlist” to scroll through the list of clips):
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