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There’s good news and bad news for Matthew Gray Gubler fans. The good news is he will be on television again! Unfortunately, it will not be on Criminal Minds: Evolution. Instead, the actor who portrayed Dr. Spencer Reid will now be playing a different kind of genius.

Created by Andy Breckman of Monk fame and Randy Zisk, who is an executive producer, the new series Einstein follows the famed Albert Einstine’s great-grandson, Lew. The character is described as being “brilliant but directionless.” He’s a professor at Princeton, but trying to live up to his name is difficult, especially when he gets into trouble and is otherwise considered to be irreverent.

The show will follow Einstein as the professor finds himself aiding a detective with cases that are more challenging than others. He becomes entangled in this particular career after a run-in with the police leads them to...

Deadline reports that Matthew Gray Gubler is returning to television, but unfortunately, it’s not the long-awaited return to Criminal Minds: Evolution that fans have wanted. Instead, Gubler is set to play the great-grandson of Albert Einstein in a new crime procedural for CBS, which is going by the working title of Einstein.

The series is from Andy Breckman and Randy Zisk, best known for Monk. It will be a drama with comedic undertones. Matthew Gray Gubler plays Lew Einstein, the brilliant but directionless great-grandson of the famed theoretical physicist. He’s a popular professor at Princeton, when he actually shows up, but the burden of his genius and famous name frequently weigh on him. When his bad-boy antics find him running afoul of the law, he’s forced to help a local detective solve her most puzzling cases, which finally gives his life some direction and purpose. Breckman penned...

Matthew Gray Gubler, former star of “Criminal Minds,” has been set to lead the cast of CBS’ new comedic drama pilot for “Einstein,” TheWrap has learned.

The actor, who will also produce the project, will star as Lew Einstein, the great-grandson of iconic theoretical physicist, Albert Einstein.

CBS describes Lew as a “popular professor at Princeton … when he actually shows up for class. Irreverent and misguided, Lew’s genius and famous name weighs heavily on him but using his gift to help solve homicides may — finally — offer his life some direction and purpose.”

If picked up, the series would follow the “brilliant but directionless” Lew as he spends his days comfortably as a tenured professor. However, when his bad boy antics get him in trouble with the law, he is forced to help a local police detective solve her most puzzling cases.

“Monk” creator Andy Breckman will write and executive produce “Einstein.

Matthew Gray Gubler is returning to TV!

While that means he won’t be returning to Criminal Minds, I daresay this might be better.

After entertaining us for so long as part of an ensemble, he’ll now headline an upcoming CBS procedural that is currently titled Einstein. That title is subject to change, but the name recognition might work to its benefit.

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According to Deadline, Gubler will star in and produce the new show.

The good news with Einstein is plentiful. It hails from Monk creator and executive producer Andy Breckman and director and executive producer Randy Zisk.

This is excellent news for Criminal Minds fans who miss fan favorite Gubler on the small screen.

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Matthew Gray Gubler could soon be making his return to CBS.

Variety has confirmed that the actor is attached to play the lead role in the pilot “Einstein” at the broadcaster. The show is described as a drama with comedic undertones. The pilot order was originally announced back in August. It is an adaptation of the German series of the same name.

Gubler will play Lew Einstein, the great grandson of Albert Einstein. The character is described as “a popular professor at Princeton…when he actually shows up for class. Irreverent and misguided, Lew’s genius and famous name weighs heavily on him but using his gift to help solve homicides may- finally- offer his life some direction and purpose.”

Gubler is best known for his role as Dr. Spencer Reid in the long-running CBS procedural “Criminal Minds,” starring in the show for its entire from 2005-2020. He also directed multiple episodes of the series.

Matthew Gray Gubler is eyeing a return to CBS.

The Criminal Minds vet has been tapped to headline the procedural Einstein, TVLine has confirmed. The casting comes two months after CBS handed the potential series a pilot order.

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Based on the German dramedy of the same name, Einstein — which hails from Monk creator Andy Breckman...

“Einstein,” (working title) a new crime drama from “Monk” creator Andy Breckman, has landed a pilot order at CBS.

The pilot, which is written by Breckman and directed by Randy Zisk, follows “the brilliant but directionless great grandson of Albert Einstein, who spends his days as a comfortably tenured professor until his bad boy antics land him in trouble with the law and he is pressed into service helping a local police detective solve her most puzzling cases,” according to the logline for the potential series.

In addition to Breckman and Zisk, the project is executive produced by Tariq Jalil; Rose Hughes, Rodrigo Herrera Ibarguengoytia and Laura Beetz (Seven One Studios International). CBS Studios serve as producer.

“Einstein” is the latest pilot to be orded up by CBS, following the single-camera workplace comedy “Dmv.”

Theat project, which is based on author Katherine Heiny’s short story and executive produced by writer Dana Klein,...

CBS has given a pilot order to “Einstein,” from “Monk” creator Andy Breckman. Breckman is adaptinf “Einstein” from a German format; the show revolves around the great grandson of Albert Einstein — described as “brilliant but directionless.” The character is a tenured professor who gets into trouble with the law — and for retribution, must help a local police detective solve her cases.

Breckman is writer/exec producer on the project, while Randy Zisk is director/exec producer. The series, from CBS Studios, will also be executive produced by Tariq Jalil; Rose Hughes, Rodrigo Herrera Ibarguengoytia and Laura Beetz (Seven One Studios International).

The original “Einstein” started as a TV movie in 2015 starring Tom Beck (“Alarm for Cobra 11”) and from writers Martin Ritzenhoff and Matthias Dinter. Ritzenhoff and Dinter then turned it into a series through Zeitsprung Pictures; the show ran for three seasons and was distributed to over 100 territories.

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CBS continues to move ahead with its long-term development strategy, ordering another pilot targeting the 2025-26 broadcast season. The network has picked up to pilot drama Einstein (working title), from the Monk team of creator/executive producer Andy Breckman and director/executive producer Randy Zisk.

It follows a pilot order for comedy Dmv and a development room for comedy Eternally Yours (working title) — all looking to join Sheriff Country, CBS’ first new scripted series set for a launch during the 2025-26 season.

The third time at CBS — and fourth time overall — proved to be the charm for mounting an U.S. adaptation of the German procedural Einstein with a pilot order. As Deadline reported exclusively in June, the new take had been heating up at CBS.

In it, brilliant but directionless, the great grandson of Albert Einstein spends his days as a comfortably tenured professor until his bad boy antics...

CBS is ramping up its development, handing out its first drama pilot order of the current cycle.

It’s for a procedural called Einstein, which centers on the (fictional) great-grandson of Albert Einstein and is based on a German series of the same name. Monk creator Andy Breckman wrote the script and will serve as showrunner, while Randy Zisk (also a Monk alum) is attached to direct and will also be an EP.

The pilot order for Einstein follows news on two comedy projects at CBS: On Monday, the network placed a pilot order for a single-camera comedy called Dmv from creator Dana Klein (Friends, 9Jkl) and opened a development room for a vampire comedy titled Eternally Yours from Ghosts showrunners Joe Port and Joe Wiseman. All three projects are produced by CBS Studios and are part of CBS’ year-round development strategy, which embraces different tracks for different types of shows.

Patience will be a virtue for any Blue Bloods fans anticipating any sort of offshoot/Reagan family “fix” after the original series fades to black in December.

Last month, Paramount Global co-ceo Brian Robbins said during a presentation to stockholders,“ In TV, new franchise extensions are coming for Dexter, Billions, and Blue Bloods” — quietly revealing that the long-running family/cop drama might spawn a spinoff.

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Elementary creator Rob Doherty is exec producing the project alongside Carl Beverly and Sarah Timberman under their deal with Lionsgate Television, which is the studio.

The series is a contemporary take on the monster hunter Dr. Abraham Van Helsing, who uses his uniquely inquisitive mind working alongside his ex, relentless FBI special agent Mina Harker, to solve New York City’s most harrowing cases, per the logline.

Van Helsing is the latest procedural project in the works at CBS, which Deadline revealed earlier this week was developing another adaptation of German detective drama series Einstein.

Who was it that said that “the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results”…?

It actually wasn’t Albert Einstein, but that was too delicious a lede to pass up when informing you that CBS is making broadcast TV’s third run at adapting the three-season German procedural Einstein.

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Exclusive: CBS is hoping it’s third time is a charm for its take on German procedural Einstein.

The network is developing a new take on the scripted format from Monk pair Andy Breckman and Randy Zisk.

Brilliant but directionless, the great grandson of Albert Einstein spends his days as a comfortably tenured professor until his bad boy antics land him in trouble with the law and he is pressed into service helping a local police detective solve her most puzzling cases.

This is the third attempt at developing the project for CBS. In 2019, Monk creator Breckman and director Zisk developed a version of the show, which ran for three seasons in Germany. The following year, the network teamed with Insatiable creator Lauren Gussis and American Gothic creator Corinne Brinkerhoff for a gender-swapped version of the show that added a new perspective on policing, in the wake of the killing of George Floyd.

Francis Ford Coppola has finally finished his magnum opus Megalopolis. The filmmaker’s self-funded sci-fi epic has reportedly been in the making since the ‘80s and the Apocalypse Now director finally got to revive it a few years ago. However, the film has a huge obstacle to pass through as prominent studios are reportedly not interested in giving a distribution deal.

Coppola’s epic has reportedly been avoided like the plague by major Hollywood studios, who allegedly do not see commercial potential in it. Though the film has names such as Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, and Audrey Plaza attached to it, there seem to be no takers. After a recent screening, fans have been reportedly campaigning for studios to give the film a wide release.

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New Delhi, Sep 13 (Ians) Enterprise software major Salesforce on Wednesday announced the new AI-powered platform “Einstein 1” for customer companies that will give them the ability to safely connect any data to build AI-powered apps with low-code and deliver entirely new Crm experiences.

The company also said that the new Einstein 1 Data Cloud is natively integrated with the Einstein 1 Platform, so customers can connect any data to create a unified profile of their customers and infuse AI, automation, and analytics into every customer experience.

“Now, with Data Cloud and Einstein AI native on the Einstein 1 Platform, companies can easily create AI-powered apps and workflows that supercharge productivity, reduce costs, and deliver amazing customer experiences,” Parker Harris, Co-Founder and Cto, Salesforce, said in a statement.

Salesforce also announced that every customer with Enterprise Edition or above can now get started with Data Cloud at no cost.

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Former Disney, DreamWorks and Twentieth Century Fox executive Tim Erickson has been named executive VP of brand Peanuts Worldwide, reporting into Eric Ellenbogen, CEO of WildBrain, the majority owner of Peanuts. Working together with the family of Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz, WildBrain’s content and management teams and brand co-owners Sony Music Entertainment (Japan), Erickson will be responsible for sustaining a strategy supporting brand marketing and leveraging new content launches to expand the global presence of the Peanuts brand and build momentum towards its 75th anniversary in 2025. Erickson will be based in New York.

Erickson most recently held the position of COO at the media company GoldieBlox, and prior to that as senior VP of global licensing and operations at Twentieth Century Fox, preceded by the position of global head of licensing and operations at DreamWorks. He also spent several years driving consumer products and sales strategies at Disney and Lego.

Ronald Pickup, who appeared in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and its sequel among more than 150 film, TV and stage credits spanning a half-century, died Wednesday after a long illness. He was 80. His agent confirmed the news to the BBC today.

Pickup played Norman Cousins in John Madden’s 2011 romantic dramedy The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, sharing a SAG Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture with Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Dev Patel and others. He returned for 2015’s The Second Best Exotic Hotel.

The actor also recurred as the Archbishop of Canterbury in the first season of Netflix’s hit drama The Crown. He also played Neville Chamberlain in 2017’s Darkest Hour, a Best Picture Oscar nominee that also earned Gary Oldman a Best Actor Academy Award for his role as Winston Churchill.

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Exclusive: CBS is taking another shot at adapting the German police procedural dramedy Einstein, this time with major changes to the original concept.

The 2017 German series was a police procedural dramedy about the unknown great-great-grandson of Albert Einstein, a theoretical physics professor, who helps the police in solving murder cases.

The CBS take, written/executive produced by Insatiable creator Lauren Gussis and executive produced by American Gothic creator Corinne Brinkerhoff, centers on a roguish, out-of-the-box-thinking physics professor who happens to be the secret, illegitimate great-granddaughter of Albert Einstein. She begrudgingly partners with a Boston homicide detective not only to help solve the most puzzling of crimes, but also to address the problems ever-present inside the institution of policing itself.

In addition to switching the gender of the Einstein great-grandchild title character, the adaptation also provides 2020 perspective on policing, which has come under major scrutiny following the death of George Floyd.

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