Rainn Wilson Joins 'Backstrom' Pilot On CBS

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CULVER CITY, CA - MARCH 16: Rainn Wilson arrives at 'The Office' series finale wrap party at Unici Casa Gallery on March 16, 2013 in Culver City, California. (Photo by Valerie Macon/Getty Images)
CULVER CITY, CA - MARCH 16: Rainn Wilson arrives at 'The Office' series finale wrap party at Unici Casa Gallery on March 16, 2013 in Culver City, California. (Photo by Valerie Macon/Getty Images)

Rainn Wilson is moving on from "The Office" to CBS in "Backstrom."

According to EW, Wilson, who played Dwight Schrute on NBC's "The Office" for nine seasons, will star in the drama pilot about a self-destructive cop who tries and fails to change his behavior. "Backstrom" hails from "Bones" veteran Hart Hanson and also stars Dennis Haysbert and Kristoffer Polaha.

Wilson was originally attached to star in a possible "Office" spinoff titled "The Farm," but NBC passed on the project and a portion of it aired as an episode of "The Office."

"We had worked really hard on it and I think created a really cool and different pilot," Wilson said in an interview with HuffPost TV. "But it was kind of a relief in a way, because it's time to hang up the old Dwight bad haircut and glasses and move on."

"The Office" airs Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET on NBC.

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