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At San Diego Comic-Con 2026, The Rookie’s creators and cast unveiled a two-part Season 9 premiere that picks up after the Season 8 cliffhanger, with a star-studded panel including Jay Ellis for a surprise appearance and a tease of the upcoming The Rookie: North spinoff; Season 9 is slated to debut in January 2027 on ABC.
ABC has ordered The Rookie: North to series, starring Jay Ellis as Alex Holland—the Pierce County Police Department’s oldest rookie—after a home invasion triggers a renewed purpose. The Rookie spinoff, created by Alexi Hawley who directed the pilot, is produced by Hawley with Nathan Fillion as an executive producer and star; Lionsgate Television and 20th Television will handle the production. It marks the second The Rookie spinoff after The Rookie: Feds, which was canceled after one season in 2023. The project was greenlit ahead of Disney’s upfronts, with The Rookie itself renewed for Season 9 after concluding its eighth season. The series will follow Alex Holland policing from urban coastlines to rural forests as he proves to his training officer, fellow rookies, and himself that he’s worthy of the fight.
ABC has ordered a The Rookie spin-off titled The Rookie: North for the 2026–27 season, centering on Alex Holland (Jay Ellis) as the oldest rookie on a Washington state police force. The series is written by The Rookie creator Alexi Hawley, with Nathan Fillion and other producers aboard; Lionsgate Television and 20th Century TV will produce. It’s ABC’s second Rookie spin-off, following The Rookie: Feds, and is one of two pilots ordered this development cycle, with the other, a comedy called Do You Want Kids?, not moving forward.
ABC has ordered The Rookie: North to series for 10 episodes with a midseason premiere, expanding The Rookie universe. The spinoff from The Rookie creator Alexi Hawley and Lionsgate TV stars Jay Ellis as Alex Holland and will feature crossovers with the mothership, including a pilot cameo by Nathan Fillion’s John Nolan, who also executive produces both shows. The Rookie: North is set in the Pacific Northwest, filmed in Vancouver, and Hawley will run both The Rookie and The Rookie: North; this follows The Rookie: Feds as the franchise’s second spinoff.
The premiere of "Freaky Tales" at Sundance paid tribute to the late Angus Cloud, with star Jay Ellis expressing his condolences. The film, set in 1987 Oakland, is an anthology featuring a star-studded cast and a surprise cameo by Tom Hanks. Directed by Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden, the movie is a fast-paced mix of pulp, pop, rap, comic books, supernatural horror, and kung fu, with a bloody denouement involving Ellis and a samurai sword. The directors and audience praised the film's unique storytelling and simultaneous shooting style, with Fleck citing it as a must-see movie.