Deadline is reporting that NBC drama pilot Langdon has added Sumalee Montano (How to Get Away with Murder), Arrow alum Rick Gonzalez, and Shots Fired‘s Beau Knapp.
Based on Dan Brown novel The Lost Symbol, with Dan Dworkin and Jay Beattie (The Event) adapting for television, Langdon follows Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon (Ashley Zukerman) as he attempts to solve a series of puzzles that will save his kidnapped mentor and thwart a global conspiracy.
Montano will play Sato, Director of the OS. Gonzalez is set as uniformed Capitol policeman Nunez. Knapp portrays Mal’akh, who takes Langdon on a dangerous and arcane mission. They join a cast that also includes Eddie Izzard (The Riches) as Smithsonian director Peter and Valorie Curry (The Tick) as Katherine, a scientist.
It was recently reported that NBC will commit to filming five pilots for this upcoming season once production can safely begin, with Langdon among them. The series joins multi-cam Night School, based on the Tiffany Haddish movie of the same name; Grand Crew, a single cam executive produced by Dan Goor (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) that centers on a group of black friends, their dating lives, and wine; workplace comedy American Auto, from Superstore creator Justin Spitzer; and Ordinary Joe, an ambitious drama that follows the three parallel lives that splinter off when its main character (James Wolk) makes a pivotal decision at a major turning point in his life.
The network already has sinkhole mystery La Brea with a large script order and sci-fi drama Debris with an essentially completed pilot from which to judge. Dramas At That Age and Echo and comedies Crazy For You, Jefferies, and Someone Out There have all been rolled into next development season.
