Criminal Minds: Evolution promotes Nancy Drew star for season 2
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Criminal Minds: Evolution has promoted Nancy Drew star Ryan-James Hatanaka for season 2.
Hatanaka, whose character Tyler Green was featured heavily as a recurring role in Evolution's last season, has been promoted to series regular for its second season.
According to Deadline, season 2 of the Paramount+ series, which serves as a revival of the long-running CBS crime drama, is currently in production.
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In season 1 of the revival, Hatanaka's Green, a former army intelligence officer, infiltrated a serial killer network which was created by Elias Voit (Midnight Mass star Zach Gilford).
For the upcoming second season, Tyler is set to be recruited by the BAU as a consultant on their latest season-long investigation where he will utilise his psychological operations training.
Joining Hatanaka for season 2 are returning cast members A.J.Cook, Joe Mantegna, Kirsten Vangsness, Aisha Tyler, Adam Rodriguez, Paget Brewster and Gilford.
Hatanaka previously starred in 8 episodes of the recently cancelled The CW show Nancy Drew where he played Detective Abe Tamura. He also starred as a series regular in Hallmark’s When Hope Calls and had roles in Chicago PD and NBC’s Nurses.
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One character who won't be returning for Criminal Minds: Evolution's second season is Josh Stewart's NOPD detective William LaMontagne.
The star, who first appeared in the second season of crime drama Criminal Minds where his character was married to Special Agent JJ Jareau, recently confirmed his exit from the role.
During season 1 of the revival series, which served as the 16th overall season of Criminal Minds, Stewart's character revealed that he had cancer.
When asked on Twitter/ X if he would be back for season 2 of Evolution, he said: "No, sadly, my days of playing Will LaMontagne Jr. are over. You guys have been the absolute best."
Criminal Minds airs on CBS in the US and is streaming via STAR on Disney+ in the UK.
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