Mira Sorvino and NBC Search for Last Templar

Mira Sorvino by Paul Morigi/WireImage.com
Can Mighty Aphrodite crack the Da Vinci Code? Fresh from her Super Bowl-night turn on
House, Mira Sorvino has signed on to star in
The Last Templar, an NBC miniseries based on Raymond Khoury's best-selling novel (
shop Amazon), says
Variety. The Academy Award winner will play a Manhattan archaeologist who goes searching for the medieval Knights Templar, while Victor Garber (
Alias) costars as Monsignor De Angelis, who helps in the quest. Shooting begins next month in Montreal and Morocco.