CBS has picked up the Toronto-shot pilot Einstein to series, starring Matthew Gray Gubler as Albert Einstein’s crime-solving great grandson,.
Lew Einstein (Matthew Gray Gubler), the brilliant but directionless great grandson of Albert Einstein spends his days as a comfortably tenured professor at Princeton until his bad boy antics land him in trouble with the law and he is pressed into service helping a local police detective (Rosa Salazar) solve her most puzzling cases.
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The CBS procedural-with-a-twist is adapted from the German series Einstein starring Tom Beck.
Monk creator Andy Breckman serves as showrunner and fellow Monk alum Randy Zisk directs the pilot in Toronto..
Will the series film in Toronto?
Einstein Pilot:
Toronto filming dates: February 27 2025 – March 14 2025.
Showrunner: Andy Breckman.
Director: Randy Zisk.
Cast: Matthew Gray Gubler, Rosa Salazar.
Producers: CBS Studios.