‘S.W.A.T’ Spinoff ‘Exiles’ Lands at Starz, Sets September Release Date
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- Starz picked up the U.S. rights to "S.W.A.T. Exiles," a 10-episode spinoff premiering Sept. 25 and streaming on the Starz app weekly on Fridays
- Shemar Moore returns as Daniel "Hondo" Harrelson, joined by Lucy Barrett, Adain Bradley, Zyra Gorecki, Freddy Miyares, and Ronen Rubinstein, with original cast members Jay Harrington, Patrick St. Esprit, and David Lim reprising their roles
- Sony Pictures Television closed distribution deals across Europe, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa, including Disney+ in Latin America, WOWOW in Japan, LG Uplus in South Korea, AXN in Spain/Portugal/Hong Kong/Taiwan/Southeast Asia, beIN in MENA, and Canal+ across the Netherlands and Central/Eastern Europe
- The series was greenlit, cast, and shot in under a year, with filming wrapping in February 2026, and Sony retained full control by completing production without a domestic distributor attached
- Jason Ning serves as showrunner and executive producer alongside Neal H. Moritz, Pavun Shetty, Moore, James Scura, and Jon Cowan of Sony's Original Film banner
- The original "S.W.A.T." debuted on CBS in 2017, was canceled after season 6, revived for a seventh and final season, then granted an eighth season before its final cancellation, after which Sony announced the spinoff
Why it matters: Starz gains an action franchise spinoff from Sony Pictures Television, the same studio behind its long-running "Outlander" franchise that concluded in May 2026, reinforcing a multi-series partnership that now stretches from period drama to broadcast-style action procedurals airing weekly on its linear and streaming platforms.
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