Ryan Phillippe: New Television Pilot!

Update: Ryan has exited Golden Boy. Deadline reports that the split was amicable and was because Ryan wasn’t sure he was ready to commit to a network drama series.

Ryan Phillippe has signed on to join the cast of the untitled pilot, previously called Golden Boy, set to air this fall on CBS, according to Entertainment Weekly.

The 37-year-old actor will star in the drama about “one cop’s meteoric rise from officer to detective to police commissioner.”

The project is the brainchild of Nicholas Wootton and Greg Berlanti, who wrote Brothers and Sisters.

Previously, Ryan had a television stint on Damages, but is more well known for his film roles.

ARE YOU EXCITED to see Ryan Phillippe on the small screen??