Actor Christopher Meloni is set to reprise his "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" character on a new spin-off series.
The 58-year-old actor played the role of NYPD Detective Elliot Stabler for the first 12 seasons of NBC's long-running legal drama.
"Law & Order: SVU" is currently in its 21st season.
According to Variety, the yet-to-be-titled spin-off series will see Stabler heading the organised crime division of the NYPD.
The project hails from Dick Wolf, who created the whole "Law & Order" franchise in the 1990. It has received a 13-episode order from NBC.
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Matt Olmstead, best known series such as "Chicago Fire" and "Prison Break", is being eyed to write and showrun the series.
Wolf will also serve as executive producer alongside Arthur W Forney and Peter Jankowski.
Universal Television will produce the series.
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