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There’s two pieces of news about The Equalizer today that fans might be excited about! The first piece of news is concerning the CBS hit TV series, starring Queen Latifah. Keep reading to find out more… Deadline is reporting that a potential spinoff could be in the works! The series is currently casting two new roles that will appear later this season in the 16th episode of the 5th season. The roles are a “a skilled younger female martial artist, weapons expert and criminologist with a secret origin story” and “an older male former top CIA operative.” The young female apparently will seek out Queen Latifah‘s McCall for help, while the older man used to work with McCall in the CIA mailroom. The guest appearances could turn into series regular options with the potential for a spinoff series! The second piece of Equalizer news comes from Denzel Washington, who stars in the film series movies. While the show and the movies are not connected, they are based on the same CBS series from the 1980s. Both Queen Latifah and Denzel portray McCall! Denzel today told Esquire he’s doing more films in the franchise! “I told them I would do another Equalizer, and we’re doing four and five. More people are happy about that—people love those daggone Equalizers. It’s about variety for me. I’ll sometimes say to myself, One’s for me, one’s for them. So for example, Othello: We’re doing it on Broadway and then a movie. That’s for me. But I’ve come to realize that the Equalizer films are for me, too, because they’re for the people,” he said. Find out about the character death that happened on The Equalizer series.
