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"Nicole Beharie has joined a new television version of Sleepy Hollow. The Shame actress will play Detective Abbie Archer in the Fox pilot from Fringe co-creators Alex Kurtzman and Bob Orci, TVLine reports.   After witnessing the violent murder of a friend, Archer is forced to turn to the show&amp;#039;s protagonist Ichabod Crane for help. A film version of Sleepy Hollow - directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp as Crane - was released to cinemas in 1999. Both Burton&amp;#039;s movie and the new Fox pilot are based on Washington Irving&amp;#039;s short story &amp;#039;The Legend of Sleepy Hollow&amp;#039;, first published in 1820. Beharie&amp;#039;s past TV credits include guest roles on The Good Wife and Law &amp;amp; Order: SVU. The 28-year-old previously dated her Shame co-star Michael Fassbender, but the couple split in January. She joins Orlando Jones and Dexter&amp;#039;s Katia Winter in the Sleepy Hollow TV pilot, which will be directed by Total Recall&amp;#039;s Len Wiseman. &amp;gt; Tomorrow People, Sleepy Hollow, JJ Abrams: US TV&amp;#039;s new cult shows Watch the trailer for Tim Burton&amp;#039;s Sleepy Hollow below:      US TV&amp;#039;s most exciting pilots - in pictures  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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