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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is being made into a movie, star William Petersen has confirmed.
The actor recently bowed out of his role as forensic expert Gil Grissom after eight years, but remains as the show's executive producer.
A big screen version of the series has long been rumoured, but Petersen confirmed it in his latest interview.
"Yes, there will be a movie. I can understand people are a little trepidatious because of the franchise around the world and how well it's doing. Usually people leave it until a series has finished - they did that with the X-Files and Sex and the City. But it's about finding the right story - there has got to be a real reason to do it. You don't just do it because you want to make money - you do it because there's a story that can't be told on TV and needs to be told from CSI's perspective and the audience wants it. And we can't wait for CSI to end or Grissom will be about 90," he told the Radio Times.
Laurence Fishburne joined CSI in December as Professor Raymond Langston, giving the series an 18 per cent ratings hike to 20.6 million viewers.
Petersen previously said that the prospective of a film outing was the reason why his character was not killed off. "I'd love to see us make a CSI film. That's the reason Grissom isn't going to die of a brain tumour," he said.
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is being made into a movie, star William Petersen has confirmed.
The actor recently bowed out of his role as forensic expert Gil Grissom after eight years, but remains as the show's executive producer.
A big screen version of the series has long been rumoured, but Petersen confirmed it in his latest interview.
"Yes, there will be a movie. I can understand people are a little trepidatious because of the franchise around the world and how well it's doing. Usually people leave it until a series has finished - they did that with the X-Files and Sex and the City. But it's about finding the right story - there has got to be a real reason to do it. You don't just do it because you want to make money - you do it because there's a story that can't be told on TV and needs to be told from CSI's perspective and the audience wants it. And we can't wait for CSI to end or Grissom will be about 90," he told the Radio Times.
Laurence Fishburne joined CSI in December as Professor Raymond Langston, giving the series an 18 per cent ratings hike to 20.6 million viewers.
Petersen previously said that the prospective of a film outing was the reason why his character was not killed off. "I'd love to see us make a CSI film. That's the reason Grissom isn't going to die of a brain tumour," he said.
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