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Pierce Brosnan plays the role of the patriarch of a powerful Texas family
Pierce Brosnan featured in NBC's popular TV shows Remington Steele
The actor has starred as James Bond in The World Is Not Enoug
Mr Brosnan is replacing Sam Neill who was originally cast in the role but left for personal reasons.
This marks only the second major TV series for M Brosnan three decades after his role in the 1982 NBC adventure dramedy Remington Steele.
Based on the book by Philipp Meyer and written by Mr Meyer, Lee Shipman and Brian McGreevy, The Son is a multi-generational epic tale of the story of the US' birth as a superpower through the rise and fall of one Texas family.
Mr Brosnan will play Eli, the charismatic patriarch of the McCullough family.
Kevin Murphy serves as executive producer-showrunner on the series, which has a 10-episode straight-to-series order.