Monica Barbaro Joins Arnold in untitled series

'Top Gun: Maverick' actor Monica Barbaro has been cast as the co-lead alongside Hollywood veteran Arnold Schwarzenegger in the yet-to-be-titled series from Skydance Television. According to Deadline, the hour-long series is billed as a worldwide spy adventure with a father (Schwarzenegger) and daughter (Barbaro) at the centre of the story. Nick Santora, most widely known for action drama show 'Scorpion', is developing and executive generating the series as part of his overall manage Skydance.

Barbaro was approached for the project after her role in 'Maverick' where she plays Phoenix, the sole female fighter pilot in the squad. Skydance is co-producing the upcoming 'Top Gun' sequel with Paramount Pictures. Schwarzenegger and Skydance too share a longstanding relationship, because of 'Terminator' films 'Genisys' (2015) and 'Dark Fate' (2019), where he reprised his iconic role of the android T-800 in the most recent sequels of the favorite sci-fi franchise.