Primetime TV is a little different this fall than it's been for the past eight years, thanks to the glaring absence of ABC's “Castle”, which was cancelled following a tempestuous scandal involving the firing of co-lead Stana Katic. That's all in the past and the actress just locked down her next big leading role, for which she will once again be going after dangerous criminals. Katic is in final negotiations to star in the crime thriller “Absentia”, for Sony's AXN network.

A solid mystery hook is at the heart of the 10-episode first season of “Absentia”, which will follow Stana Katic as an FBI agent who disappeared without a trace while tracking down one of Boston's deadliest serial killers. Though she was declared dead, the agent is inexplicably found six years later, barely hanging onto life in a cabin in the middle of the woods. She has no memory of what happened during her missing years, and she's shocked to find her husband has married another woman who has taken over motherly duties for her son. But that's not the worst of it, as the agent soon finds herself in the middle of a new set of murders, with the finger possibly pointing her way.

Putting the words to the story for “Absentia” is Matt Cirulnick, who hasn't made big waves in the industry since creating the drama “South Beach” back in 2006. Oded Ruskin, known outside the US for the Israeli TV series “False Flag” and “Beauty and the Baker”, will be directing all ten episodes, according to Deadline.

Given how fractured Castle's stability came during the months surrounding its widely criticized finale, it's great that Stana Katic has found a project that should not only show off her acting chops in tense situations, but also keep audiences glued to the edge of their seats. 

Katic stars in the recently released action feature “The Rendezvous”, with the romance “Lost in Florence” coming later this year. She also had a recently aired Lifetime movie, “Sister Cities”.

Source: Cinemablend