LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) -- The latest development news, culled from recent wire reports:

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Jacob Pitts is bound for "Elementary" as "a brilliant and wealthy mathematician who assembles a team of his fellow math geniuses to help identify a killer that Holmes and Watson are tracking" (EW.com); Alicia Coppola will guest on "Criminal Minds" as "the head of a Morgellons syndrome support group who's willing to go as far as she can to protect group members privacy" (TVLine.com); Kyle Howard's Paul Van Dyke will return to "Royal Pains" alongside Danny Masterson as his brother, "a wealthy hedge fund manager who needs a kidney transplant but is reluctant to accept his brother's organ" (TVGuide.com); and Michael C. Hall is attached to star in a mini-series based on Stanley Kubrick's unproduced drama "God Fearing Man"(THR.com).