Law & Order: SVU' alum Christopher Meloni getting his own spinoff series

Actor Christopher Meloni is set to reprise his "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" character on a new spin-off series. The 58-year-old actor played the role of NYPD Detective Elliot Stabler for the first 12 seasons of NBC's long-running legal drama.

"Law & Order: SVU" is currently in its 21st season. According to Variety, the yet-to-be-titled spin-off series will see Stabler heading the organised crime division of the NYPD. The project hails from Dick Wolf, who created the whole "Law & Order" franchise in 1990. It has received a 13-episode order from NBC.

Matt Olmstead, best-known series such as "Chicago Fire" and "Prison Break", is being eyed to write and showrun the series. Wolf will also serve as executive producer alongside Arthur W Forney and Peter Jankowski. Universal Television will produce the series.