Forest Whitaker Headed to CBS Series? THR

Oscar winner Forest Whitaker may be headed to series TV as the star of a “Criminal Minds” spinoff on CBS, reports The Hollywood Reporter.

Whitaker, who did a memorable arc on FX's "The Shield," is in final negotiations to star in the show, which would feature a new group of profilers and be set outside the FBI bureaucracy.

The proposed spinoff is to be introduced on the original series this spring.

--Elizabeth Jensen