Nathan Fillion unveils new surprising project away from The Rookie

Nathan Fillion is quite the busy man these days! After wrapping up production on Superman: Legacy and shooting season seven of The Rookie, Fillion has now given fans a glimpse of his latest project—the indie film, Skincare.

Taking to Instagram, Fillion, 53, shared the trailer for Skincare, where he stars alongside Elizabeth Banks, Lewis Pullman, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, Luis Gerardo Méndez, and Medalion Rahimi. “When I met @elizabethbanks, I vowed I’d work with her again. Take that, fulfilled vow,” Fillion quipped in his caption. Fans will remember Nathan and Elizabeth’s first collaboration on the 2006 horror film Slither.

Directed by Austin Peters, Skincare is currently available in theatres across the U.S. and is loosely based on the true story of Dawn DaLuise, a celebrity facialist accused of a murder-for-hire plot against a rival.

“A celebrity aesthetician in Hollywood becomes convinced a rival is out to sabotage her business and destroy her life,” teases the tagline. Elizabeth Banks leads the cast as Hope Goldman, with Nathan playing a talk show host who interviews her.

Nathan is certainly in demand right now. In addition to executive producing and starring in The Rookie, he’s back for the show’s seventh season, shooting new episodes around LA this summer.

With production starting in June, Nathan has been giving updates from the set, even revealing that paparazzi and fans have been trying to sneak photos of the cast and crew. “I have learned that an excellent metric for how well a show is doing is the measure of shamelessness of looky loos and paparazzi when on location,” he captioned a video.

More recently, Nathan confirmed that he had been shooting scenes in a particularly creepy basement. On July 23, he addressed fans via Instagram, “Here we are – Downtown Los Angeles, in the basement of a very old building filming another episode of The Rookie,” he shared.

Nathan’s lovable wit was on display as he added, “Things are going great, but I am feeling a little hoarse,” and panned the camera to show a wooden horse prop.

Set to return in January 2025, the seventh season of The Rookie will feature 18 episodes with an uninterrupted weekly schedule. Joining Nathan and the familiar cast are newcomers Deric Augustine and Patrick Keleher, who have signed on as recurring guest stars.

Deric, previously seen in Shameless, will play Miles: “one of the newest rookies at the LAPD. As a Texas transfer, Miles is a ‘rookie’ despite being a two-year veteran of the force.”

As for Broadway star Patrick, he will make his TV debut as Seth. He “seems like the ideal police officer, but the job requires quick, decisive action—something that doesn’t come naturally to Seth.”