Denzel Washington for new Fox series?

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Denzel Washington is reportedly eyeing an executive producer role on cop drama Billy Stiles.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the project, from ER producer Virgil Williams, has been pitched to Fox.

The series, which is based on a short story by Williams, centres on the title character, a genius gang member-turned-cop.

It was recently reported that Washington had landed the role of Barack Obama in a new film biopic.