Los Angeles, Feb. 19 -- John Malkovich has signed on to appear alongside Joel Kinnaman in the forthcoming crime drama 'Bishop'.

The series hails from creators Little Marvin and Tony Saltzman, with production overseen by Vertigo Entertainment alongside Amazon MGM Studios, according to DEADLINE.

In Bishop, homicide detective Bishop Graves (Kinnaman), brilliant, battle-scarred, will put all of his skills to the test in the hunt for an elusive killer targeting San Francisco's moneyed class.

As this increasingly audacious killer develops a devoted following among the city's powerless, Bishop becomes convinced these murders connect back to SF's most powerful man, his own father, Lincoln Graves (Malkovich).

Little Marvin serves as the showrunn...