New York Comic Con News: IDW Entertainment announced a development agreement with eOne Television to create a TV series based on Beau Smith’s Secret Service agent saga
Cobb. The
Cobb TV series will be written and produced by veteran TV Producer Thania St. John (
Covert Affairs, Chicago Fire), who will also function as showrunner for the series. Created by Beau Smith in 2006, Frank Cobb is one of Smith’s typical two-fisted heroes, who burst his way into the world of comics with the
Cobb: Off the Leash miniseries from IDW Publishing.
The new
Cobb TV series will be a conspiracy thriller, a very popular genre right now. Agent Frank Cobb left the Secret Service under a cloud after he stumbles onto major global conspiracy, but though he is operating off the grid, he has to find a way to restore his reputation and also save the newly elected President of the U.S.