“Awake” alum Jason Isaacs has been tapped to star in USA Network’s upcoming event series “Dig,” from Tim Kring (“Heroes”) and Gideon Raff (“Homeland”).
The six-part action-adventure drama, will shoot in Jerusalem and other international locations, and is slated for a late 2014 premiere.
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Isaacs, best known as Lucius Malfoy in the “Harry Potter” film series, will play Peter, an FBI agent stationed in Jerusalem who, while investigating a murder of a young female archaeologist, uncovers a conspiracy 2000 years in the making.
The series, from Universal Cable Productions, was developed by Keshet in association with BermanBraun.
