Despite battling pancreatic cancer, it appears that Patrick Swayze is bouncing back with a new TV role! People Magazine reports:
Patrick Swayze is bouncing back: The actor's television project has just been greenlighted by A&E and will start filming this summer.
Swayze, who says he has been responding well to treatment for pancreatic cancer, is set to star in the A&E drama The Beast alongside Aussie actor and former Tarzan star Travis Fimmel...
In the series, the actor has a starring role playing veteran FBI agent Charles Barker, who is assigned to teach his rookie partner (Fimmel) his eccentric undercover crime-solving methods while secretly being investigated by an Internal Affairs team. Production on the show begins this summer and will film on location in Chicago, with a scheduled premiere date of early 2009."
Swayze, who says he has been responding well to treatment for pancreatic cancer, is set to star in the A&E drama The Beast alongside Aussie actor and former Tarzan star Travis Fimmel...
In the series, the actor has a starring role playing veteran FBI agent Charles Barker, who is assigned to teach his rookie partner (Fimmel) his eccentric undercover crime-solving methods while secretly being investigated by an Internal Affairs team. Production on the show begins this summer and will film on location in Chicago, with a scheduled premiere date of early 2009."
Well that's great to hear for Patrick Swayze. The poor guy has been through a lot and it appeared for a while there that he only had a short amount of time left with us. One can only hope that this is an indication that Swayze is here to stay for a while!
