Keisha Castle-Hughes (Whale Rider, Game of Thrones) has been cast to co-star opposite Julian McMahon in CBS' FBI spinoff, FBI: Most Wanted, per Deadline.
The project, which is airing as a backdoor pilot during FBI in the spring, has a series commitment making it a likely series order. Castle-Hughes will star as Lynn Khanna, one of the lead characters in the FBI: Most Wanted backdoor pilot.
FBI: Most Wanted follows the department of the FBI tasked with tracking and capturing the criminals on its Most Wanted list.
Lynn Khanna is a cowboy boot-wearing FBI Analyst from a conservative Dallas family. She is a master of data-mining and social engineering with a sharp, earthy sense of humor. Tough, playful, young in years but an old soul at heart.
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The series hails from Dick Wolf (Chicago Fire, Chicago PD, Chicago Med, Chicago Justice, FBI), Rene Balcer (Law & Order True Crime, FBI, Law & Order), Peter Jankowski, Arthur W. Forney, Universal Television and CBS TV Studios. Wolf and Balcer will pen the script together as well as executive produce. Fred Berner (Law & Order, Chicago PD, Chicago Med, FBI) will direct the episode.
