Scalped is an American unaired television pilot episode developed by Doug Jung and Geoff Johns for WGN America.
Scalped is a modern-day crime story set in the world of a Native American Indian reservation, and explores power, loyalty, and spirituality in a community led by the ambitious Chief Lincoln Red Crow, as he reckons with Dashiell Bad Horse who has returned home after years away from the reservation.
[3] The pilot episode featured an all Native American cast:[3] Lily Gladstone was cast as Carol Red Crow, intended as a recurring role.
[5] In 2014 WGN America was developing a live action TV show Scalped, based on the Vertigo comic book series of the same name.
[3] By February 2017, Bilall Fallah and Adil El Arbi were attached to direct a pilot.