EXCLUSIVE: There was a change of plans for the FBI spinoff with a CIA twist within the works at CBS. Initially introduced as a planted spinoff, the mission, tentatively titled FBI: CIA — a title I hear is predicted to vary — was to be launched in an episode of the mothership collection this spring serving as a backdoor pilot.
In response to sources, that’s now not occurring. However the brand new spinoff may nonetheless be part of the mothership on the 2025-26 schedule with a straight-to-series order. Casting negotiations for the male lead proceed, I hear. (Up to now, FBI is the one collection from the procedural franchise set for subsequent season after securing a three-year renewal final spring; offshoots FBI: Most Needed and FBI: Worldwide are coming to an finish in Could.)
Written by Wolf, FBI: Most Needed 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 who’re a part of a brand new, clandestine activity power charged with fixing and stopping home terrorism in and round New York Metropolis.
Initially, three characters — together with an FBI agent and CIA agent — had been purported to be launched in a planted spinoff episode of FBI. I hear that originally was purported to be Episode 19. With casting persevering with however nobody set, it was pushed to Ep. 20, then to 21. Finally 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, had been launched, I hear.
Reps for CBS and FBI producers Wolf Leisure and Common Tv declined remark.
Deadline reported when CBS canceled each spinoff collection FBI: Most Needed and FBI: Worldwide earlier this month that the community was mulling a straight-to-series order for the brand new offshoot, then referred to as FBI: CIA, a title that was met with combined response and can now change, I hear.
That’s nonetheless very a lot a chance relying how the casting negotiations pan out, I hear.
FBI’s CIA spinoff is govt produced by Wolf, Hudgins, Perlman, Chasteen and Wolf Leisure’s Peter Jankowski. Like the remainder of the FBI franchise, the collection could be produced by Common Tv, a division of Common Studio Group, and CBS Studios.
