"New Amsterdam" Star Lands In "Virtuality"

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is a star on the rise. Again. The Danish actor was the best thing about "New Amsterdam," Fox's broody and short-lived drama about a man given the power of immortality who chose to live as a New York cop. But "New Amsterdam" was killed off by low ratings (and maybe the writers strike). Now Coster-Waldau has been booked for another Fox production, the two-hour sci-fi drama "Virtuality," penned by "Battlestar Galactica" producer Ron Moore.

Apparently the backdoor pilot was set to start filming next month and lacked only a leading man. Coster-Waldau will be playing the captain of a starship whose crew whiles away a long journey played in advanced virtual-reality modules - like the holodeck on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" - and that's where the drama comes in.

Right: Coster-Waldau in "New Amsterdam."