With The Blacklist already renewed for Season 4, NBC is looking to extend the franchise with a Blacklist spinoff series, per THR:
Plot details are being kept under wraps but the potential spinoff would air May 12 as a back-door pilot and star Famke Janssen (X-Men, How to Get Away With Murder) as Susan “Scottie” Halsted. Her character will be introduced in episode 321 (airing May 5). Details about her character are also being kept close to the vest. Sources tell THR that the role could be the mother toBlacklist series regular Ryan Eggold’s mysterious character.
Justified‘s Michael Dinner is on board to direct The Blacklist back-door pilot. Additional casting is expected to be announced soon; sources say other familiar faces from the flagship will board the potential spinoff.
Should the spinoff move forward, it’s unclear if it would be for the 2016-17 broadcast season. A decision is expected to come in the next few months.
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