Kit Harington and Dave Bautista to star in Netflix drug war drama

Kit Harington and Dave Bautista might not be the first names you think of putting together in a Netflix drama about the drug war in New York in the ’50s and ’60s, but let me lay out what’s happening and see if you’re convinced.

According to What’s On Netflix, the streamer is making a TV show out of Dean Unkefer’s best-selling book 90 Church: The True Story of the Narcotics Squad from Hell. It’s about the formation of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, which was established in the ’50s in New York City on 90 Church Street (hey, that’s the title). The show, simply called Church Street, will tell the “real story of a young agent’s downward slide into hell as he falls victim to addiction, deception, violence, and shifting loyalties.”

I assume that’ll be Harington’s character. Poor guy.

Kit Harington and Dave Bautista to fight organized crime in 90 Church

Per What’s On Netflix, Harington will play Daniel Danvers, a new agent who gets into the Federal Bureau of Narcotics after he’s rejected by the FBI over a failed Psych exam. (Apparently narcotics weren’t taken terribly seriously at this time. Meanwhile, Bautista will play Micahel Crecci, the hardened veteran who takes Danvers under his wing.

I assume this means a lot of Kit Harington talking with an American accent. That I would watch.

There’s no word on when 90 Church Street will premiere, but it’s set to begin filming this year.

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