Variety mentions that David Boreanaz (Angel, SEAL Team) and Michaela McManus (Love Finds You in Valentine, The Village) gains a new co-star, Jacki Weaverin (Stage Mother, Silver linings) in NBC’s The Rockford Files. The reboot is based heavily on the old show starring James Garner (Support Your Local Sheriff, Maverick).

According to Variety Weaver plays Karma who was not in the original series. Karma is noted as “Rockford’s long-time trailer park neighbor, she’s tough, outspoken activist and think-tank analyst.”

Variety mentions that Weaver has had many roles on Television. She starred recently in FX’s Clipped, Yellowstone, Hello Tomorrow, Perpetual Grace LTD, and Blunt Talk. Weaver also had gotten an Oscar Nominee for best supporting actress for her role on Silver Linings Playbook and Animal Kingdom. 

According to Variety, a pilot from NBC came out of The Rockford Files reboot in January. The pilot called Boreanaz as “witty, world-weary and chronically broke private investigator whose charmingly gruff exterior masked a strong moral core.” And calling Mcmanus “an East Hollywood detective whose romantic relationship to Rockford got complicated after he publicly accused fellow officers of framing him.”

Variety states that Universal Television is the producer of the show, along with Mike Daniels (Shades of Blue, The Village). Carl Beverly (The Man Who Fell to Earth, Unbelievable) and Sarah Timberman (Lonely Planet, Hackett) along produce the show, with co producer Chris Leanza (SEAL Team, Elementary). Greg Mottola (Keeping Up with the Joneses, The Big Wide World of Carl Laemke) directed the pilot for the reboot.

The description of the show via Variety is “A contemporary update on the classic series of the same name. Newly paroled after doing time for a crime he didn’t commit, James Rockford returns to his life as a private investigator using his charm and wit to solve cases around Los Angeles. It doesn’t take long for his quest for legitimacy to land him squarely in the crosshairs of both local police and organized crime.”