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Milo Ventimiglia has been set as the star of “American Blue,” a cop drama pilot at HBO Max. Additionally, David Ayer has joined the project as director.

The official logline reads, “Native son Brian ‘Milk’ Milkovich (Ventimiglia) returns to his hometown of Joliet, Illinois, to rescue a beleaguered police force while seeking redemption of his own.” Milk is described as “a quietly determined, natural-born leader hoping to find a second chance in the place he left behind.”

Ventimiglia is best known for starring as Jack Pearson in “This Is Us,” which ran on NBC for six seasons from 2016 to 2022. He is repped by WME, Entertainment 360, Vision PR and McKuin Frankel Whitehead. Ayer, who has directed films including “Suicide Squad” (2016) and “Fury” (2014), is repped by WME and David Weber and Tom Collier at Sloane, Offer, Weber and Dern, Llp.

A one-hour drama, “American Blue” is written by Jeremy Carver, who…

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