NBC has picked up Mira Sorvino for their upcoming miniseries The Last Templar.
Mira Sorvino for The Last Templar
Based on the bestselling novel by Raymond Khoury, The Last Templar stars Sorvino as Tess Chaykin, a Manhattan archaeologist searching for the medieval Knights Templar. Victor Garber plays Monsignor De Angelis, who helps find the artifact.
Paolo Barzman will direct off a script by Khoury and Suzette Couture.
Shooting begins next month in Montreal and Morocco.
Sorvino previously earned a Golden Globe nomination for her role in the telepic Human Trafficking.