Will Trent will have a new ADA in his cast when he returns for Season 3. Deadline exclusively reports that Gina Rodriguez will join the crime drama as Marion Alba. The character is described as “a confident, charismatic Assistant District Attorney new to Atlanta,” according to the description, via TV Line.
“After a first meeting with Will goes awry, the pair are surprised to learn they must team up to investigate a crime in Atlanta’s gang world.”
Gina Rodriguez joins the series after five seasons as the lead on The CW’s Jane the Virgin. More recently, Rodriguez starred in ABC’s supernatural comedy Not Dead Yet.
The network canceled the latter after two seasons in May 2024. Rodriguez’s Marion Alba joins the series after Will and Angie’s relationship ends in Will Trent Season 2 Episode 10, “Do You See the Vision?” in May 2024. Will arrested Angie for tampering with evidence in the Lenny Broussard case.
ABC renewed the show for a third season in April 2024. Will Trent Season 3 is not expected to premiere until 2025, when it will be part of ABC’s midseason lineup. It will air alongside new seasons of The Rookie and The Conners.
The show is based on Karin Slaughter’s best-selling books about Will Trent. Will Trent follows Ramón Rodríguez, who also co-executive produces the show, as Special Agent Will Trent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI).
He was “abandoned at birth and endured a harsh upbringing in Atlanta’s overburdened foster care system. Now, Will uses his unique perspective to pursue justice and has the highest exoneration rate in the GBI,” according to the show’s synopsis.
Will Trent also stars Sonja Sohn as Amanda Wagner, Erika Christensen as Angie Polaski, Iantha Richardson as Faith Mitchel and Jake McLaughlin as Michael Ormewood.
Liz Heldens, Daniel Thomsen, Karin Slaughter and Oly Obst are executive producers on the series.
