LOS ANGELES, March 13 — Actor Holt McCallany has been picked for one of the two leading roles in Mind Hunter, the director’s new project for the American content streaming site, claims The Hollywood Reporter.

After six years in development, Mind Hunter has finally found its star. Already seen in David Fincher movies Fight Club and Alien 3, Holt McCallany will step into the role of Bill Tench, one of two FBI agents who interview serial killers for help solving current murder cases.

Although little known by the public, the American actor has already starred in the series Blue Bloods and Heroes, as well as the 2015 movie Concussion, alongside Will Smith. This year sees him hit the big screen in Jack Reacher: Never Go Back with Tom Cruise, scheduled for October 21, and in Clint Eastwood’s Sully, due September 9.

Holt McCallany will be joined on the cast of Mind Hunter by Anna Torv (Fringe) and Jonathan Groff (Glee, Looking) in supporting roles. Troy will star as Wendy, a psychologist who tracks criminals across the USA, while Groff will play Holden, an FBI special agent.

Expected to air in 2017, the series — produced by Fincher and Charlize Theron — is based on Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit by John Douglas, a former FBI profiler who’s thought to have inspired several famous characters of the big and small screens. These include the team of profilers in the series Criminal Minds, Will Graham from Hannibal, and Jack Crawford from the Thomas Harris novel, The Silence of the Lambs, played onscreen by Harvey Keitel and Laurence Fishburne.

Mind Hunter was initially developed for HBO before being picked up by Netflix in 2015. The drama will be the second collaboration between David Fincher and the American streaming site, three years after the arrival of House of Cards, the director’s first TV series and a first original content creation for Netflix. Season four of the acclaimed political drama starring Kevin Spacey started March 4. — AFP-Relaxnews