SANTA FE - New Mexico Film Office Director Nick Maniatis announced today that NBC and Sony Pictures Television / Topanga Productions, Inc., will begin principal photography on "Endgame" this week through the end of March in Albuquerque.

Starring Philip Winchester ("Flyboys," "Strike Back"), Wesley Snipes (of the "Blade" trilogy), Damon Gupton ("Whiplash," "The Last Airbender") and Charity Wakefield ("The Raven," "Mockingbird Lane").

The production will employ at least 100 New Mexico crew members, 150 New Mexico actors and local background talent.

Directed by Bharat Nalluri ("Spooks: The Greater Good," "Tsunami: The Aftermath," "Life on Mars") and produced by Danielle Weinstock ("Mad Dogs," "Salem"), "Endgame" is the story of ex-FBI agent Alex King who joins a century-old secret investigative organization tasked with protecting innocent people from dangers which regular law enforcement can't predict. In his first case, teamed with a brilliant data analyst and a mysterious benefactor (played by Wesley Snipes), he rescues the kidnapped daughter of a visiting dignitary in order to ensure a negotiation vital to American security.