Anthony Anderson Replacing Martin On Law & Order

Law & Order veteran Jesse L. Martin is expected to leave the long-running NBC drama after nine years says The Hollywood Reporter. Anthony Anderson is in final negotiations to join the series, filling the void left by Martin’s character, Detective Ed Green. Anderson will play a new detective partnered with Jeremy Sisto’s Cyrus Lupo. Martin will film one more episode of the Wolf Films/Univerasl Media Studios series, in which his character will be written off, sources said. The actor had signed on to do the first 13 episodes this season, with an option for more. Martin, who recently wrapped the feature Peter and Vandy, next is set to portray singer Marvin Gaye in the biopic Sexual Healing, which is expected to begin production in late April-early May.