EXCLUSIVE: There has been change of plans for the FBI spinoff with a CIA twist within the works at CBS. Originally introduced as a planted spinoff, the venture, tentatively titled FBI: CIA — a title I hear is predicted to alter — was to be launched in an episode of the mothership sequence this spring serving as a backdoor pilot.
According to sources, that’s now not taking place. But the brand new spinoff may nonetheless be a part of the mothership on the 2025-26 schedule with a straight-to-series order. Casting negotiations for the male lead proceed, I hear. (So far, FBI is the one sequence from the procedural franchise set for subsequent season after securing a three-year renewal final spring; offshoots FBI: Most Wanted and FBI: International are coming to an finish in May.)
Written by Wolf, FBI: Most Wanted showrunner David Hudgins, Nicole Perlman and former CIA officer David Chasteen, the proposed offshoot facilities on a devoted, strait-laced FBI agent and a street-smart CIA agent are a part of a brand new, clandestine activity pressure charged with fixing and stopping home terrorism in and round New York City.
Originally, three characters — together with an FBI agent and CIA agent — have been alleged to be launched in a planted spinoff episode of FBI. I hear that originally was alleged to be Episode 19. With casting persevering with however nobody set, it was pushed to Ep. 20, then to 21. Eventually a call was made to not do a planted spinoff episode of FBI, which is wrapping manufacturing on its seventh season quickly. Actors held for the third position within the potential backdoor pilot, have been launched, I hear.
Reps for CBS and FBI producers Wolf Entertainment and Universal Television declined remark.
Deadline reported when CBS canceled each spinoff sequence FBI: Most Wanted and FBI: International earlier this month that the community was mulling a straight-to-series order for the brand new offshoot, then often known as FBI: CIA, a title that was met with combined response and can now change, I hear.
That continues to be very a lot a risk relying how the casting negotiations pan out, I hear.
FBI’s CIA spinoff is government produced by Wolf, Hudgins, Perlman, Chasteen and Wolf Entertainment’s Peter Jankowski. Like the remainder of the FBI franchise, the sequence could be produced by Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, and CBS Studios.