“White Collar” creator reveals title, teases new era of Matt Bomer FBI drama

Bomer, Tim DeKay and Tiffani Thiessen will reunite for the revival of the hit USA drama that concluded in 2014.

A new era of Neal Caffrey is upon us.

Following the June announcement that White Collar is getting the revival treatment, the show’s original creator Jeff Eastin has provided a critical update: the pilot script is written, and the series has been titled.

“Can report the studio is very happy with the new White Collar script,” Eastin wrote on X early Wednesday morning. Alongside his post, the creator, writer, and executive producer of the revival shared a screenshot of the script with the title White Collar Renaissance. He also revealed that the first episode is called “Masquerade.”

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White Collar Renaissance will see Matt Bomer, Tim DeKay, and Tiffani Thiessen reunite as Neal, Peter, and Elizabeth.

This update comes months after Eastin reunited with the three stars for a 15th anniversary reunion panel held at Variety’s TV Fest. While there, he told attendees, “We’re gonna reboot. I’m writing the script.” The cast member then confirmed their involvement by each raising their hands to say they were “in.”

DeKay chimed in to say that the premiere episode would welcome newcomers along with longtime fans. “It’s a fantastic script and it answers all the questions that one would have if you watch the show,”  he told the panel’s crowd. “And it would introduce the show to those who haven’t seen it as well. Both edges of the sword are honed.”

White Collar starred Bomer as the cunning con artist Neal Caffrey, a white collar criminal who begins aiding the FBI in exchange for his freedom. Though Neal often has a secret agenda of his own, he slowly forges a relationship with the FBI Special Agent who captured him, Peter Burke (DeKay), and begins to contemplate changing his ways as they investigate the criminal underworld. The show aired 81 episodes across six seasons from 2009 to 2014 on USA.

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During the panel, DeKay assured fans that the new series would take time to honor the late Willie Garson, who played Neal’s best friend and partner-in-crime Mozzie on the original series. Garson, also a Sex and the City alum, died in 2021 after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

Thiessen noted that the script handles his absence with “such sensitivity and such heart,” adding, “I told Jeff after I finished it, I literally was so excited, but at the same time had tears in my eyes, for good reason. You captured the suspense, the thrill, the characters and the love in that reboot.”

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