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[12/12/19 - 11:45 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, December 12
Updates include: Lulu Wang to spearhead Amazon's "The Expatriates"; Margo Martindale bound for Showtime's "Your Honor"; and Tim Hobert to pen "The Griswolds" TV series for HBO Max.

[08/22/18 - 11:49 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, August 22
Updates include: Hugh Laurie to lead HBO's "Avenue 5"; Kate Mara attached to star in "A Teacher," now at FX; and Sharon Horgan, Billy Magnussoen team for new Amazon series.

[10/09/17 - 11:28 PM]
Development Update: Monday, October 9
Updates include: Matt Ryan's John Constantine to visit "DC's Legends of Tomorrow"; Jo Miller exits "Full Frontal with Samantha Bee" at TBS; and Laura San Giacomo cast in TNT's "Highland."

[07/14/17 - 11:50 PM]
Development Update: Friday, July 14
Updates include: David Strathairn to recur on Syfy's "The Expanse"; Brit Morgan scores arc on The CW's "Riverdale"; and Hannah New joins the cast of FX's "Trust."

[05/17/17 - 03:19 AM]
TNT Orders Liz Sarnoff and Margaret Cho's "Highland" to Pilot
"Highland" will chronicle what happens when two extended, dysfunctional Korean-American families who share the same patriarch must come together after tragedy strikes.

[12/14/15 - 11:19 PM]
Development Update: Monday, December 14
Updates include: Kiefer Sutherland is the "Designated Survivor" for ABC; Javier Grillo-Marxuach to pen NBC's "Xena: Warrior Princess" reboot; and MTV gives series orders to three projects.







HIGHLAND (TNT)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
12/14/15 - 12/12/19
STATUS:
previously in development (2018-2019 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
ordered to pilot
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
network passed on 8/22/18
DESCRIPTION:
(from Turner's press release, May 2017) Turner's TNT has ordered a pilot for Highland, a scripted drama written and executive produced by Liz Sarnoff (Lost, Barry) and actress-comedian Margaret Cho (Margaret Cho: PsyCHO, Drop Dead Diva), who will also star. The pilot, which is inspired by Cho's personal history with substance abuse, is a co-production of Marty Adelstein's Tomorrow Studios and Turner's Studio T, with Cho serving as executive producer Highland will chronicle what happens when two extended, dysfunctional Korean-American families who share the same patriarch must come together after tragedy strikes. As it turns out, the most reliable person in both families is the one who just got out of rehab.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Laura San Giacomo as Sally Silverman Choi
· Margaret Cho
CREW INFORMATION:
· Becky Clements as EP
· Liz Sarnoff as CRTR/EP
· Margaret Cho as CRTR/EP
· Marty Adelstein as EP
· Nisha Ganatra as DIR (Pilot)
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Studio T
· Tomorrow Studios