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"James Purefoy has joined the cast of Kevin Williamson&amp;#039;s serial killer drama pilot for Fox. Kevin Bacon will star as a retired FBI profiler who finds himself caught up in a serial killer&amp;#039;s diabolical scheme. Rome star Purefoy will play the murderous Joe Carroll, who uses technology to create a cult of fellow serial killers, according to Deadline. The actor - who also appeared in 2009 film Solomon Kane and 2011&amp;#039;s Ironclad - was considering four pilot offers, before finally settling on Williamson&amp;#039;s project. The Vampire Diaries director Marcos Siega will helm the currently-untitled pilot, which will be produced by Warner Bros TV and Williamson&amp;#039;s studio-based Outerbanks Entertainment. If picked up to series, the show&amp;#039;s first season will run for just 15 episodes - the shorter running length being a condition of Bacon&amp;#039;s contract. Other drama projects in the works at Fox include a teen spy series from The Playboy Club&amp;#039;s Karyn Usher, legal drama Guilty and Josh Friedman&amp;#039;s action drama The Asset. &amp;gt; Modern Family, Happy Endings execs&amp;#039; pilots picked up by Fox "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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