Tony Winner Alan Cumming to Star in New CBS Crime Drama DR. DEATH

Deadline reports exclusively that Alan Cumming will star and executive produce a new CBS crime drama series DR. DEATH. Based on the upcoming book of the same name by James Patterson, the series will be scripted by Michael Rauch, who will also serve as showrunner.

Mr. Death will follow "former CIA operative (Cumming) 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."

Commented best-selling author James Patterson, "It's great to imagine Alan in the role - there aren't many stars who can convincingly play drama and comedy with effortless wit, not to mention a musical savant and crime-solving genius."

Alan Cumming is a Tony Award winner who recently reprised his role as the Emcee in the 2014 Broadway revival of CABARET. His other Broadway credits include MACBETH, THE THREEPENNY OPERA and 1998's CABARET. The actor has earned three Emmy nominations for his role as Eli Gold on CBS's The Good Wife. He will next be seen in Battle of the Sexes.

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