In this April 28, 2016 file photo, Christine Baranski attends "The Good Wife" series finale party in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File)
LOS ANGELES (AP) --
A spinoff of "The Good Wife" is coming to CBS' online video service.
CBS All Access said Wednesday that Christine Baranski will star in the new series. Its title wasn't announced.
The drama will pick up one year after the events in the finale of "The Good Wife," which aired recently on CBS.
"The Good Wife" spinoff will debut in spring 2017. It will be CBS All Access' second original series after a new version of "Star Trek," set to start next January.
Baranski, reprising her role as lawyer Diane Lockhart, will be joined by Cush Jumbo. The British actress played Lucca Quinn on "The Good Wife" starting last year.
New characters will be gradually introduced on the spinoff, CBS All Access and producer CBS Television Studios said.
Miramax co-founders Harvey Weinstein, left, and his brother Bob Weinstein, right, pose with "Sin City" co-director Robert Rodriguez, March 28, 2005 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello. File)
Jailed and disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein alleges in a new lawsuit that his brother, Bob Weinstein, and other executives at their now-defunct film company duped him into guaranteeing a $45 million loan in 2016, but diverted funds for their own personal use while setting the stage for his downfall.
Harvey Weinstein, 72, filed the claims Thursday in a long-running civil case in New York City involving a lender accusing him of defaulting on the loan. He is currently detained while awaiting a retrial on sex crimes charges in New York.
"Harvey Weinstein was deceived by those closest to him, and secured a $45 million dollar loan under the pretense of saving The Weinstein Company," Imran Ansari, Harvey Weinstein's lawyer, said in a statement. "While Harvey personally guaranteed the loan, others within The Weinstein Company enriched themselves and strategically undermined him, leaving him 'holding the bag' of debt while 'lining their pockets' when the company was in crisis."
Ansari alleged Bob Weinstein and others at The Weinstein Co. were in on a plot to position Harvey Weinstein for a downfall in an attempt to seize control of the company, which went bankrupt in 2018 as the sexual misconduct scandal surrounding Harvey Weinstein exploded.
An attorney for Bob Weinstein, Brian Kohn, replied with a brief statement Friday saying, "Harvey's allegations are entirely without merit," in an email to The Associated Press.
Former Weinstein Co. chief operating officer David Glasser, now chief executive of 101 Studios, known for its production of Paramount's popular series "Yellowstone," is also named in Harvey Weinstein's lawsuit. He did not immediately return a phone message left at his office Friday.