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Peter Tolan to 'Rake' Fox with Greg Kinnear

By April MacIntyre Jan 23, 2013, 4:17 GMT

Rake actor Greg Kinnear EPA/WARREN TODA

News from FOX as "Rescue Me" EP Peter Tolan will bring "Rake" to the network with a drama pilot order.

From FOX

Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX) has given a pilot order to Rake, a character-driven comedic drama by Peter Duncan (creator of the original Australian series) and executive-produced by Peter Tolan and Michael Wimer (“2012”).

Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Greg Kinnear has been cast in the lead role of Keegan Joye, a brilliant, but self-destructive criminal defense lawyer. Kinnear also will co-executive-produce.

Based on the Australian AACTA nominee for Best Television Drama Series, Rake follows the chaotic and comedic life of criminal defense lawyer Joye (Kinnear). Brilliant, frustratingly charming, and with zero filter, Keegan is one of life's great addicts.

His staggering lack of discretion and inability to self-censor land him the cases that nobody else wants, but behind that lies a resolute optimism and belief in justice that fuel his dogged determination to defend those who seem beyond redemption. In addition to Keegan’s cases within the justice system, the show follows his personal trials and tribulations, including his ongoing battle against the IRS, his mounting debt to his bookie, overlapping affairs and liaisons with women, a hormonal son, an exhausted ex-wife and the evolving relationship between his two married best friends, Ben and Scarlett.

RAKE is produced by Sony Pictures Television, Fedora Entertainment and Essential Media & Entertainment Pty Ltd. The pilot is created and written by Peter Duncan. The pilot is executive-produced by Duncan, Peter Tolan, Michael Wimer, Richard Roxburgh and Ian Collie (“Rake”).