Legal Minds star Matthew Grey Gubler will play the great-grandson of Albert Einstein in new CBS crime procedural.
Deadline experiences that Matthew Grey Gubler is returning to tv, however sadly, it’s not the long-awaited return to Legal Minds: Evolution that followers have wished. As a substitute, Gubler is about to play the great-grandson of Albert Einstein in a brand new crime procedural for CBS, which goes by the working title of Einstein.
The sequence is from Andy Breckman and Randy Zisk, finest identified for Monk. It is going to be a drama with comedic undertones. Matthew Grey Gubler performs Lew Einstein, the sensible however directionless great-grandson of the famed theoretical physicist. He’s a well-liked professor at Princeton, when he truly exhibits up, however the burden of his genius and well-known identify regularly weigh on him. When his bad-boy antics discover him working afoul of the legislation, he’s pressured to assist an area detective remedy her most puzzling instances, which lastly offers his life some route and function. Breckman penned the script for the Einstein pilot, which will probably be directed by Zisk.
Gubler performed Dr. Spencer Reid on Legal Minds for all 15 seasons of the unique run. The sequence got here to an finish in 2020, however was revived simply two years later and retitled Legal Minds: Evolution. A lot of the unique forged returned, together with Joe Mantegna as David Rossi, Adam Rodriguez as Luke Alvez, A.J. Cook dinner as Jennifer “JJ” Jareau, Aisha Tyler as Tara Lewis, Paget Brewster as Emily Prentiss, and Kirsten Vangsness as Penelope Garcia. Gubler wasn’t in a position to return as he was in the course of one other mission on the time, and scheduling proved tough for the second season as nicely.
Legal Minds showrunner Showrunner Erica Messer advised US Weekly this summer season that they’re nonetheless making an attempt to get Gubler to return. “We love [Matthew] and he’s always going to be a part of the family. We would love for an opportunity to arise to get him back. And we have tried — and he has tried,” Messer mentioned. “It simply hasn’t labored out timing clever. I can’t communicate to [season 3 of Criminal Minds: Evolution] as a result of we’re not there but. But it surely’s not for lack of making an attempt. I believe the characters are also going to acknowledge it.“
