Actress Arielle Kebbel slated to take over Angelina Jolie's role in The Bone Collector for the television adaptation of the book series Lincoln

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Published on Friday, 15 March 2019 06:24

Written by Daily mail

           Angelina Jolie's famous role in The Bone Collector has been re-cast for television.Actress Arielle Kebbel, 34, will step into Jolie's shoes for the small screen adaptation of Jeffrey Deaver's The Bone Collector book series. The series, titled Lincoln, has also cast Russell Hornsby in the role originally played by Denzel Washington, according to Deadline. According to the outlet, the series follows 'legendary forensic criminologist Lincoln Rhyme (Hornsby), who was seriously injured during his hunt for the diabolic serial killer known as the Bone Collector.' 'Called back into action when the killer re-emerges, Lincoln forms a unique partnership with Amelia Sachs (Kebbel), a young beat cop who helps him hunt the deadly mastermind while also taking on the most high-profile cases in the NYPD.' The site noted that Kebbel's character's surname Sachs is from the original book series but it was changed to Donaghy for Jolie's film role. Kebbel recently starred in the supernatural NBA drama Midnight, Texas. She has a long list of TV credits to her name such as The Vampire Diaries, Life Unexpected, 90210, Gilmore Girls, UnREAL and Ballers.The blonde beauty first came to prominence in the 2006 teen comedy John Tucker Must Die.Her casting in Lincoln, comes amid the kick off of pilot season and television and is one of many reboots and remakes of previous projects. Jolie and Denzel Washington starred in the big screen thriller, The Bone Collector in 1999.The suspenseful flick also starred Queen Latifah, Ed O'Neill and Michael Rooker.Earlier, Deadline reported that Sopranos star Michael Imperioli would step into the Ed O'Neill role as Rick Sellitto. In the film, O'Neill's character was named Paulie Sellitto. NBC ordered the drama pilot Lincoln in January, and has a slew of prime time dramas in the works for next season.

 source : Daily mail