The project is said to be written by Dick Wolf himself as well as FBI: Most Wanted showrunner David Hudgins, Nicole Perlman of Pokémon: Detective Pikachu and Guardians of the Galaxy fame, and former CIA officer David Chasteen. The lead characters have yet to be cast.

It was probably inevitable that the worlds of FBI and CIA would eventually collide on a TV show from Dick Wolf, the king of crime procedurals. It is happening with FBI: CIA, a planted spinoff from Wolf’s hit CBS drama FBI,

"FBI" will merge paths with the CIA in a new spinoff series currently in development at CBS. The new series, titled "FBI: CIA," will air as a planted spinoff in an upcoming episode of "FBI," paving the way for a potential series order,