CBS has ordered drama pilots from Alan Cumming (X-Men‘s Nightcrawler) and Craig Turk, reports Variety.
Cumming is set to star in and executive produce “Dr. Death,” from writer and executive producer Michael Rauch.
The CBS Television Studios pilot is described as telling the story of a former CIA operative who has since built a ‘normal’ life as a gifted professor and writer is pulled back into his old life when the NYPD needs his help to stop a serial killer on the loose.
It’s based on the soon-to-be-published James Patterson book.
Alex Kurtzman and Heather Kadin of Secret Hideout, Patterson, Bill Robinson, and Leopoldo Gout also executive produce.