Robert Taylor, also known as Agent Jones in The Matrix, will star in Longmire, A&E's hourlong pilot, reports Deadline.
Based on Craig Johnson's Walt Longmire Mystery series of novels, Longmire is named after its focal character Walt Longmire (Taylor) - a dedicated and charismatic sheriff in Absaroka County, Wyoming.
Being widowed for a year, he has some psychic issues in need of repair, but buries his pain behind a brave face and his dry wit.
Hunt Baldwin and John Coveny wrote the Longmire and will serve as executive producers alongside Greer Shephard and Mike Robin for Warner Horizon.