Laurence Fishburne Leaves CSI To Do More Filmsby Wilson Morales
June 8, 2011
Great News! Laurence Fishbourne Leaves CSI. Time for him to start doing more films.
According to Deadline, Fishburne is leaving the once top-rated show CSI after two-and-a-half seasons. The Oscar-nominated actor’s deal on the show was up and he opted not to renew it. He is expected to return to features full-time.
It was a major coup for CBS to land Fishburne as a successor to original star William Petersen who left the series in December 2008. But when he last renewed his contract for CSI last May, Fishburne only did it for one season.
After ten-and-a-half seasons as CBS’ Thursday 9 PM anchor, CSI is moving to Wednesday 10 PM this fall.
“Nobody expected him to be on the show for 7 years, it’s Laurence Fishburne,” one insider said.
During his hiatus from the show, Fishburne also starred in a one-man play about Thurgood Marshall called ‘Thurgood.’
The Augusta, Georgia native was last seen on the big screen in 2010’s ‘Predators‘ opposite Oscar winner Adrien Brody. Fishburne will next be seen in Steven Soderbergh‘s thriller ‘Contagion‘ with Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Matt Damon, Marion Cotillard, and Sanaa Lathan.
