Writer Kenneth Lin Inks Overall Deal With CBS TV Studios

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EXCLUSIVE: Writer Kenneth Lin has closed an overall deal with CBS Television Studios. Under the pact, Lin was co-executive producer on the third season of Star Trek: Discovery, with a premiere date TBD on CBS All Access, and also will serve as co-EP on the upcoming CBS drama series Clarice, a sequel series to Silence of the Lambs, in addition to developing new original series.

Lin is an award-winning playwright who has written for House of Cards (Netflix), Sweetbitter (Starz), and Warrior (Cinemax). He is currently writing the musical adaption of the film Farewell My Concubine with composer Jason Robert Brown. Lin is repped by attorney Tara Kole.

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