The pilot episode of “The President Is Missing,” a Showtime series based on the novel co-authored by former President Bill Clinton and starring David Oyelowo, will be shot in Baltimore early next year.

“We are hopeful it will become another successful series for our state,” Governor Larry Hogan said in a news release Tuesday announcing the filming. Hogan was referring back to the Netflix series “House of Cards,” which had an economic impact on the state of more than $700 million, provided jobs for more than 2,000 state residents during each of the six seasons it filmed here and purchased or rented goods from 2,000 state businesses per season, according to figures provided by the Maryland Film Office.

“’The President Is Missing’ could provide an incredible impact on Maryland’s economy if it becomes a Showtime series, including the potential for new jobs and additional revenue for local businesses throughout the region,” said state Commerce Secretary Kelly M. Schulz. “We look forward to working with the network as they produce their pilot in Maryland next year.”

Like “House of Cards,” much of “The President Is Missing” will be set in Washington, D.C. Maryland, as Governor Hogan noted in the news release, has “a variety of locations that can easily double as our nation’s capital.”

But unlike “House of Cards,” much of which was shot on a soundstage in Harford County, production of “The President Is Missing” will be centered in Baltimore, said Debbie Donaldson Dorsey, head of the Baltimore Film Office. Almost all of the filming will be done in the city, she said.

“We got it all,” a happy Donaldson Dorsey said.

Officials have been working with Showtime for about nine months, trying to bring the production to the state, said Jack Gerbes, head of the Maryland Film Office. “They realized the quality of our film artisans here and the work they did on ‘House of Cards,’” Gerbes said.

“House of Cards,” which starred Kevin Spacey as soulless, conniving House Speaker and later President Frank Underwood and Robin Wright as his equally manipulative wife (and later president herself) Claire, ran on Netflix from 2013-2018. Spacey was fired from the series shortly before filming began on the final season, after several sexual assault and misconduct allegations were made against him. In July of this year, prosecutors in Massachusetts dropped a case accusing Spacey of groping a young man at a resort island bar in 2016.