‘Chicago P.D’ Is Officially Changing a Key Formula Next Week

Last year, Derek Haas took his talents to Prime Video for the new crime thriller series, Countdown, which stars Jensen Ackles. The show came out of the gate with poor reviews, and while it was able to turn things around throughout the course of its first season, it was still canceled after only one season. Haas, who is also known for his work writing other projects over the years such as Christian Bale and Russell Crowe‘s 3:10 to Yuma, has plenty of other things to fall back on, even though he won’t be writing another season of Countdown. The series of projects that take up most of Derek Haas’ time is One Chicago, which consists of the trio of interweaving procedurals, Chicago Fire, Chicago Med, and Chicago P.D. Each show has been on the air for over 10 years.

Chicago Fire, which premiered in 2012, has been around the longest, and Chicago Med is the newest show, having premiered in 2015. Between the two, NBC introduced Chicago P.D., which features stars like Jason Beghe as Frank Voight, who has also starred in other procedural shows such as Law & Order: SVU. Chicago P.D. is now in the heat of its 14th season, and the next episode is set to arrive on NBC on November 11 before it begins streaming on Peacock the following day. NBC even released a new description of the next episode, which teases that the officers will have to use a “different style of community policing” while working a kidnapping case in Chicago’s Chinatown area, which officially changes the formula they’ve used for so many years.

• He reads ground the way other people read a room.
• He will stand between you and the worst of it without discussing it.
• He says almost nothing, and never the wrong thing.

• The 1982 original came from David Morrell’s 1972 novel, which ends very differently.
• Stallone cut most of his own dialogue in the edit to make the character nearly silent.
• Five films across thirty-seven years, from 1982 to the fifth in 2019.

• He is better in the room than he is on paper, and he is excellent on paper.
• He will not explain the plan, and the plan will work.
• He treats charm as a tool, and it is a remarkably effective one.

• Eon has made twenty-five Bond films since Dr. No in 1962, across six actors.
• Denis Villeneuve is directing the next one for Amazon MGM, which took creative control in
  2025.
• The search for the new 007 was still running through 2026, with screen tests under way.

• He has read the thing nobody else thought to read.
• He will risk the whole plan for the artifact, and be right about half the time.
• He improvises better than most people prepare.

• The Cairo swordsman scene was improvised on the day because Harrison Ford had dysentery.
• Raiders was filmed in about 73 days, which was fast even in 1981.
• Dial of Destiny in 2023 was Ford’s fifth and last outing, at the age of eighty.

• He turns whatever is in the room to his advantage.
• He is funniest when things are at their worst.
• He has never once agreed that it is over.

• Die Hard came from Roderick Thorp’s novel Nothing Lasts Forever, a sequel to a book
  filmed in 1968.
• Nakatomi Plaza is Fox Plaza, which was the studio’s own headquarters at the time.
• Bruce Willis was a television comedy actor then, and a long way down the casting list.

• He takes the risk himself rather than assigning it.
• He is three moves ahead and will not say which three.
• He treats your survival as the actual objective.

• Cruise hung off the side of an Airbus A400M at a thousand feet for the opening of Rogue
  Nation.
• The HALO jump in Fallout took 106 takes, filmed at dusk for the light.
• The Final Reckoning in 2025 was the eighth film, and was sold as the last.

Here’s Who Stars in ‘Chicago P.D.’

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The ensemble cast for Chicago P.D. consists of Jason Beghe as Hank Voight, Marina Squerciati as Kim Burgess, Patrick John Flueger as Adam Ruzek, Amy Morton as Trudy Platt, LaRoyce Hawkins as Kevin Atwater, Jesse Lee Soffer as Jay Halstead, and Tracy Spiridakos as Hailey Upton. The fate of Chicago P.D. beyond Season 14 has not yet been decided, but it would be quite surprising if NBC decided to uproot the show while continuing its counterparts. What would be even more shocking is if all three were canceled while they remain three of the most-watched shows on network TV, so it’s a safe bet they’ll be around for at least a few more years.

Check out new episodes of Chicago P.D. every week on NBC and stay tuned to Collider for more updates and coverage of the One Chicago franchise.

Chicago P.D.

Chicago P.D. is a gripping police procedural drama series that debuted in 2014, set against the backdrop of the city of Chicago. The show focuses on the officers and detectives of the 21st District, comprising two distinct units: the uniformed patrol officers and the Intelligence Unit that tackles major offenses.