Deadline is reporting that Arielle Kebbel (Midnight, Texas, Fifty Shades Freed, Ballers) will be starring in NBC’s Lincoln as the female lead in the drama pilot based on Jeffery Deaver’s The Bone Collector book series.
Russell Hornsby (Fences, Grimm) will star as Lincoln, the role previously played by Denzel Washington in the 1999 The Bone Collector film.
The story revolves around Lincoln Rhyme (Russell Hornsby), an incredible forensic criminologist who suffers a horrible accident while hunting for the titular Bone Collector.
Kebbel will play Amelia, the role Angelina Jolie portrayed in the 1999 movie adaptation.