TV Guide just reported that acting legend, Laurence Fishburne is nearing signing a contract to join the cast of CSI: Vegas . (Can you believe they actually almost have “Othello” for the show - he’s incredible!) The character he will play won’t be a direct replacement for William Petersen’s character Gil Grissom, but will play a DNA expert who has identified a ...

Archive photo It's hard to imagine anyone replacing William Petersen on CSI - but Laurence Fishburne? We could get used to that! Reuters reports that the Matrix star is being "heavily courted" by CSI producers to play the show's...

Say it’s so! Laurence Fishburne could be joining the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation cast, according to the Hollywood Reporter. CSI has needed some sort of resurgence lately, and with William Petersen (we love Grissom) leaving the show, they really need to find someone who can lend some star power to the CBS crime drama. Nothing’s been confirmed yet, but sources are saying that ...

With William Peterson already announcing that he will be leaving his most famous role, Gil Grissom, on CSI the search is on for a replacement. The latest rumor has Matrix star Laurence Fishburne up for the lead role on the CBS crime drama. The Hollywood Reporter says that Fishburne’s character would be a doctor/scientist who is an outsider and has the same genetic profile as a ...

CSI fans worldwide have been on edge since it was reported that star character William Peterson was leaving the hit series. But, to the joy of many diehard CSI fanatics, Laurence Fishburne is rumored to be in negotiations with the show to replace William in the upcoming season. The search for a new CSI actor has been [...]

The network is talking with the actor to replace William Petersen.

Laurence Fishburne is prime "CSI" suspect Laurence Fishburne is in talks to replace William Petersen as the star of CBS' veteran crime drama "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation." The search for a new lead has been shrouded in secrecy, but sources say Fishburne is being heavily courted to play the new character, described as a doctor/scientist outsider to the CSI unit who has the same genetic ...

Last month we told you that William Peterson would be leaving CSI after this season and we let you in on CBS’ plans for the continuation of the show.  At that time they had in mind three potential candidates for a role that would replace Peterson on the show, all big names including Laurence Fishburne , Kurt Russell , and John Malkovich .  Well, we’re now reporting ...

Coming soon to TV! Film star Laurence Fishburne is reportedly 'close to signing a deal' to join the CSI cast, according to TV Guide . The show's looking at Fishburne to fill the void that will be left when series vet William Petersen steps down after this season's 10th episode. Peterson will return for occasional "special" appearances. What do you CSI fans think about the new ...

Black Voices Blogs : By Karu F. Daniels, BlackVoices.comIs Laurence Fishburne up for a game of musical chairs?Apparently so. The Academy Award nominated, Emmy and Tony Award winning thespian is reportedly readying a role on the hit CBS drama series, 'C.S.I.: Crime Scene... Read more >

Laurence Fishburne is in talks to succeed William Petersen as the star of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, according to The Hollywood Reporter. CBS’s search for Petersons replacement has been very secretive so far but sources report that Fishburne is being heavily courted to play the new character. His character has been described as a doctor/scientist outsider to the CSI unit who ...

Merrick here... Laurence Fishburne, so great as Ike Turner in WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT? and so...dour...in THE MATRIX films...is in talks to succeed William Petersen in CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION. He'll play a new character: Fishburne is being heavily courted to play the new character, described as a doctor/scientist outsider to the CSI unit who has the same genetic profile as a ...

Laurence Fishburne is in talks to replace William Petersen on "CSI."

It looks like CBS has found a replacement for the void about to be left in CSI by Gil Grissom’s (played by William Petersen) mid-season departure. Laurence Fishburne is now in talks with the long-running crime drama to fill the new role of scientist. Fishburne’s character would of course be complicated and dark, much like Liev Schreiber’s a few seasons ago. This time ...

Laurence Fishburne (right) is allegedly hot to trot with CBS about replacing William Petersen as lead dude on " CSI ." Univision beats the broadcast networks among viewers 18-34. For a week. Married sex not so hot on TV, says Parents Television Council. You know, the people who are always busy sending out press releases about there being too much sex on TV when they ...

Photo: Getty Images Inglorious Roth: Hostel director and Quentin Tarantino BFF Eli Roth will play a baseball-bat-swinging Nazi hunter in Inglorious Bastards . We wouldn't have anticipated this at all , but it totally works. [ Variety ] Thurgood Marshall Doing Some Investigative Work: Laurence Fishburne is in talks to replace William Petersen as the star of CBS' linchpin crime drama ...

CSI fans have been clutching their hearts in agony upon learning that William Petersen would be leaving the role of brainy crimebuster Gil Grissom . I don't watch CSI regularly, and even I know that he's the heart of the show. Petersen will be returning for occasional guest appearances, but will the show ever be the same? Maybe not, but it doesn't have to die a slow, painful death either.  ...

Coming soon to TV! Film star Laurence Fishburne is reportedly 'close to signing a deal' to join the CSI cast, according to TV Guide. The show's looking at Fishburne to fill the void that will be left when series vet William Petersen steps down after this season's 10th episode. Peterson will return for occasional "special"...

'Matrix' star is in talks play a character filling the void left by the departing William Petersen > Long considered a possibility to replace William Petersen as star of CBS' hit "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," Laurence Fishburne has now immerged as the leading suspect.

Season 9 is sure to be duzy with Warrick’s being shot and William Petersen leaving we are in for bumpy ride folks. Here’s what we know so far, for sure. Jorja Fox will return for multiple episodes. Several famous male thespians are being pursued to join the cast. Names being batted about include Laurence Fishburne and Kurt Russell. Lauren Lee Smith from The L Word ...