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Eriq La Salle To Direct First Episode Of CBS’ ‘FBI’ Offshoot Series ‘CIA’ Starring Tom Ellis


Eriq La Salle is set as director on the first episode of CIA , the upcoming FBI offshoot starring Tom Ellis, which has a straight-to-series CBS order.

Eriq La SalleAllister Foster/Crown Media Created and executive produced by Dick Wolf and showrunner David Hudgins, CIA centers on two unlikely partners – a fast-talking, rule-breaking loose cannon CIA case officer (Tom Ellis), and a by-the-book, seasoned and smart FBI agent who believes in the rule of law. He has worked on various Wolf Entertainment series over the last 4 years, serving as executive producer and director on Chicago P.D. Most recently, he directed multiple episodes, including the pilot, executive produced and starred on Wolf Entertainment’s first streaming scripted seires, On Call for Prime Video, and directed an April 2025 episode of Law & Order: Organized Crime.

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