TVLine Items: Jewel Staite's Blindspot, Jane Star Is Carmen Sandiego and More

A little bit of serenity is coming to Blindspot.

The NBC drama has tapped Firefly and Serenity vet Jewel Staite to guest-star in the April 26 episode as “a mysterious power broker whose allegiance is unknown to the team,” executive producer Martin Gero tells TVLine.

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The role marks a reunion for Staite and Gero, who worked together on The CW’s Canadian import The L.A. Complex. The actress’ other TV credits include The Killing, Stargate: Atlantis and Wonderfalls, as well as episodes of Castle, Legends of Tomorrow, Supernatural and Warehouse 13.

Gero broke the news of Staite’s casting on Instagram:

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Ready for more of today’s newsy nuggets? Well…

* Jane the Virgin leading lady Gina Rodriguez will provide the voice of Carmen Sandiego for a new animated series in the works at Netflix, Tracking Board reports.

* TNT has opted not to move forward with its pilot order for the TV series adaptation of Let the Right One In, written by Jeff Davis (Teen Wolf), our sister site Deadline reports. The project will be shopped by Tomorrow Studios to other networks.

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