James Purefoy has joined the cast of Kevin Williamson'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'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's Ironclad - was considering four pilot offers, before finally settling on Williamson's project.
The Vampire Diaries director Marcos Siega will helm the currently-untitled pilot, which will be produced by Warner Bros TV and Williamson's studio-based Outerbanks Entertainment.
If picked up to series, the show's first season will run for just 15 episodes - the shorter running length being a condition of Bacon's contract.
Other drama projects in the works at Fox include a teen spy series from The Playboy Club's Karyn Usher, legal drama Guilty and Josh Friedman's action drama The Asset.
