Robert Wisdom and Q’orianka Kilcher are set to co-star in TNT’s “The Alienist,” the eagerly anticipated series based on the Anthony Award-winning, New York Times bestseller by Caleb Carr.

“The Alienist” is a psychological thriller set in the Gilded Age of New York City in 1896, a city of vast wealth, extreme poverty and technological innovation. When a series of haunting, gruesome murders of boy prostitutes grips the city, newly appointed police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt calls upon criminal psychologist (aka alienist) Dr. Laszlo Kreizler and newspaper illustrator John Moore to conduct the investigation in secret. They are aided by a makeshift crew of singular characters. Using the emerging disciplines of psychology and early forensic investigation techniques, this band of social outsiders tracks down one of New York City’s first serial killers.

Wisdom and Kilcher join fellow series regulars Daniel Brühl, who plays forensic psychologist Dr. Laszlo Kreizler; Luke Evans, who plays newspaper illustrator John Moore; and Dakota Fanning, who plays Sara Howard, a headstrong secretary at Police Headquarters.

Wisdom is set to play Cyrus, Kreizler’s valet, a man with a dark past who Kreizler has helped reform. Kilcher plays Mary, Kreizler’s mute maid with whom he shares a special unspoken connection.

Slated to premiere in late 2017 on TNT, “The Alienist” will be directed and executive-produced by BAFTA-nominated “Black Mirror” director Jakob Verbruggen. The series is a co-production of Paramount Television and Turner’s Studio T.

Cary Fukunaga, Eric Roth, Hossein Amini and Anonymous Content’s Steve Golin and Rosalie Swedlin all serve as executive producers.

Production will begin in early 2017 in Budapest.

Robert Wisdom just wrapped “Beasts of Burden,” opposite Daniel Radcliffe and Grace Gummer. Before that, he played a lead in “Live Cargo,” which premiered at Tribeca this year. Wisdom can also be seen recurring on HBO’s “Ballers” and was recently on “Flaked” for Netflix. On the feature front, he recently wrapped Warner Bros.’ “Unforgettable,” alongside of Rosario Dawson and Katherine Heigl. Prior to that, he was a series regular on ABC’s “Nashville,” starred on HBO’s critically acclaimed series “The Wire” and starred opposite Wentworth Miller on the third season of Fox’s “Prison Break.”