Prison 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 Prison Minds: Evolution that followers have needed. As an alternative, Gubler is ready 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 collection is from Andy Breckman and Randy Zisk, greatest recognized for Monk. Will probably 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 really exhibits up, however the burden of his genius and well-known identify steadily weigh on him. When his bad-boy antics discover him operating afoul of the regulation, he’s compelled to assist a neighborhood detective clear up her most puzzling circumstances, which lastly offers his life some route and objective. Breckman penned the script for the Einstein pilot, which can be directed by Zisk.
Gubler performed Dr. Spencer Reid on Prison Minds for all 15 seasons of the unique run. The collection got here to an finish in 2020, however was revived simply two years later and retitled Prison Minds: Evolution. A lot of the unique forged returned, together with Joe Mantegna as David Rossi, Adam Rodriguez as Luke Alvez, A.J. Prepare dinner as Jennifer “JJ” Jareau, Aisha Tyler as Tara Lewis, Paget Brewster as Emily Prentiss, and Kirsten Vangsness as Penelope Garcia. Gubler wasn’t capable of return as he was in the course of one other undertaking on the time, and scheduling proved tough for the second season as properly.
Prison Minds showrunner Showrunner Erica Messer advised US Weekly this summer season that they’re nonetheless attempting to get Gubler to return. “We love [Matthew] and he’s all the time going to be part of the household. We’d love for a possibility to come up to get him again. And we’ve got tried — and he has tried,” Messer stated. “It simply hasn’t labored out timing smart. I can’t converse to [season 3 of Criminal Minds: Evolution] as a result of we’re not there but. However it’s not for lack of attempting. I feel the characters are also going to acknowledge it.“
