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Chris Egan Takes the Lead in Poe

Chris Egan has been tapped to star in ABC's Poe, TVGuide.com has learned. Poe, a period crime procedural, centers on Edgar Allan Poe (Egan), who uses unconventional methods to investigate dark mysteries in 1840s Boston.

Natalie Abrams
Natalie Abrams

Chris Egan has been tapped to star in ABC's Poe, TVGuide.com has learned.

Poe, a period crime procedural, centers on Edgar Allan Poe (Egan), who uses unconventional methods to investigate dark mysteries in 1840s Boston.

ABC orders Pan Am, Edgar Allen Poe pilots

Chris Hollier (Alias) wrote the pilot and will produce along with Dan Lin (Sherlock Holmes).

As previously announced, Kevin McNally and Leslie Odom also star.

Egan, 26, starred in NBC's short-lived series Kings and the films Letters to Juliet and Eragon.