Mick Jagger Ready to be 'Robbed'
July 20, 2006 — -- As fellow Rolling Stone Keith Richards prepares to play Johnny Depp's dad in the third "Pirates of the Caribbean" film, Mick Jagger is ready to be taken to the cleaners in a new ABC comedy.
Jagger has already filmed scenes for the pilot of "The Knights of Prosperity" -- previously called "Let's Rob Mick Jagger" -- and show star Donal Logue says it's up to Jagger to decide how many episodes he'll appear in. The show debuts Oct. 17.
"Hopefully, he'll be in, like, four or five episodes this season...to bookend different things or different operations or stings, or who knows? But that's completely up to his whim and fancy," says Logue, who is currently appearing in Ed Burns' new film, "The Groomsmen" and won acclaim for his performance in "The Tao of Steve."
In the new show, Logue will lead a gang of inept burglars called "The Knights," who are bent on robbing Jagger's swank Manhattan apartment.
The show's name changed for two reasons: Producers are still not sure how many episodes Jagger will appear in and didn't want to oversell his presence. They also wanted to plan for the future. If the show is a success, Logue's rogues are expect to swindle and steal from other celebrities in future seasons.
At one point, long before Jagger signed on, the show was tentatively titled, "Let's Rob Jeff Goldblum," although the "Jurassic Park" star had never signed on to the project.
"I always wanted it to be 'The Knights of Prosperity,' so I'm psyched," says Logue. "It was what was on the t-shirts on the show. Just like my character says, 'Look, I already made the T-shirts up.' So I'm happier with the idea that it's 'the James Gang' or 'The Lords of Flatbush,' or one of those things. That's who we are."
Logue is co-producing the show along with David Letterman's longtime producer Rob Burnett, among others. Logue and Burnett previously worked together on NBC's "Ed." The project is a joint effort between Letterman's Worldwide Pants and Disney's Touchstone Television.
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