According to Deadline, Yaya DaCosta, who starred in Lifetime's Whitney Houston biopic, has signed on to lead the planted pilot for the medical spinoff of NBC's CHICAGO FIRE, titled CHICAGO MED.
DaCosta will play "Maggie Seaver (formerly Emily Sexton), an attractive nurse who begins to date Chicago Fire's Kelly (Taylor Kinney), with whom she has a history dating back to high school."
Like with CHICAGO P.D., CHICAGO MED is a planted pilot, which will air as part of CHICAGO FIRE's current season.
From renowned, Emmy Award-winning executive producer Dick Wolf ("Law & Order" brand) and creators Derek Haas and Michael Brandt, the writing team behind "3:10 to Yuma," comes season three of the high-octane drama "Chicago Fire," -- an edge-of-your-seat view into the lives of everyday heroes committed to one of America's noblest professions. For the firefighters, rescue squad and paramedics of Chicago Firehouse 51, no occupation is more stressful or dangerous, yet so rewarding and exhilarating. These courageous men and women are among the elite who forge headfirst into danger when everyone else is running the other way and whose actions make the difference between life and death.
The pressure to perform on such a high level has a way of taking a personal toll, sometimes putting team members from the Truck and the specially-trained Rescue Squad at odds with each other. Despite any differences, this is an extended family, and when it's "go time," everyone inside Firehouse 51 knows no other way than to lay it all on the line for each other. Lt. Matthew Casey (Jesse Spencer, "House") leads the Truck company, and brash Lt. Kelly Severide (Taylor Kinney, "The Vampire Diaries") runs the Rescue Squad.
The firehouse also includes Battalion Chief Wallace Boden (Eamonn Walker, "Oz"), a fireman's fireman who is confronted by important personal decisions; Gabriela Dawson (Monica Raymund, "The Good Wife"), who is making the difficult transition from experienced paramedic to newbie firefighting candidate; Sylvie Brett (Kara Killmer, "If I Can Dream"), Firehouse 51's newest paramedic and her partner Peter Mills (Charlie Barnett, "Law & Order: SVU"), whose shift away from firefighting was necessitated by health issues; and seasoned veteran Christopher Herrmann (David Eigenberg, "Sex and the City").
Also returning for the third season are Brian "Otis" Zvonecek (Yuri Sardarov), Joe Cruz (Joe Minoso) and Randy "Mouch" McHolland (Christian Stolte).
In addition to Wolf, Haas and Brandt, executive producers also include Matt Olmstead ("Breakout Kings"), Joe Chappelle ("The Wire"), Danielle Gelber ("Chicago P.D.") and Peter Jankowski ("Law & Order" brand, "Chicago P.D.").
"Chicago Fire" is produced by Universal Television and Wolf Films.
