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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation set for epic revival with original cast 20 years on from debut series
CSI: CRIME Scene Investigation is set for an epic revival with the original cast - 20 years on from its debut series.
Deadline reports a new event series is being developed by CBS and Elementary writer Jason Tracey.
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While the project is still in its "early stages", original cast members William Petersen - who played Gil Grissom - and Jorja Fox (Sara Sidle) are believed to have been approached.
CSI first launched in 2000 and followed a team of crime scene investigators in Las Vegas.
It aired for 15 seasons before ending with a feature-length series finale in September 2015.
William, 66, starred in the series for the first nine seasons before leaving, with Laurence Fishburne taking over as the lead character for two seasons.
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Ted Danson then stepped into the lead from seasons 12 to 15, while other long-serving cast members included Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan and George Eads.
The series was such a hit for CBS it spawned three spin-off shows; CSI: Miami, CSI: NY and CSI: Cyber.
William reflected on what made his character Gil Grissom such a fan favourite in 2015 as the series was drawing to a close.
He told The Sydney Morning Herald: "The most important thing about Grissom, and in many ways about CSI, is that he believes that what is is, and that that's the important thing.
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"The evidence tells the truth, and when we started the show, I think there was a lot of sort of post-modern vagueness to our world.
"And what Grissom and the CSIs were able to do is define what's real – that this is what this is, and this is what that means.
"It's a fairly forensic argument that I think is important in our lives. I think we need that."