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Exclusive: Paget Brewster is swapping her FBI flack jacket to become an astrophysicist in her latest role.

The Criminal Minds star is to lead Audible sci-fi mystery podcast The Signal.

The series, which comes from Fresh Produce Media, follows disgraced astrophysicist Veronica Chapel (Brewster) through a high-stakes adventure of astronomical proportions – and even bigger ethical dilemmas.

When journalist Malcolm Feldman (Nate Corddry) uncovers evidence of a cover-up involving a transmission from deep space that erases telescope data, he draws the brilliant and cunning Veronica back into her field. Joined by astronomer Ada Park (Chelsea Yakura-Kurtz), the group races to untangle a web of government secrecy, corporate interference, and the overwhelming implications of their discovery. As the team ventures deeper into their investigation, they confront their own boundaries of trust, morality, and the unknown, uncovering truths that could redefine humanity’s place in the universe.

The eight-part series launches on the...

Exclusive: Passenger List, the mystery thriller podcast featuring Star Wars’ Kelly Marie Tran, is getting a television remake and has been renewed for a second season.

The series, which is produced by Radiotopia from Prx and created by John Scott Dryden, is being developed for the small screen by Weimaraner Republic Pictures, the company behind Blake Lively film The Shallows and Warner Bros Television.

It is the latest podcast series being adapted by Lynn Harris and Matti Leshem’s company, which teamed with Chernin Entertainment and Endeavor Content to remake true crime podcast The Clearing from Josh Dean, Pineapple Street Studios and Gimlet Media.

Passenger List is also coming back for a second season with Tran, who played Rose Tico in Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, reprising her voice role as Kaitlin Le, a college student whose twin brother vanished with Atlantic Flight 702 along with 256 passengers on board.