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[02/28/22 - 11:24 PM] Development Update: Monday, February 28 By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC) |
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LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) -- The latest development news, culled from recent wire reports:
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BODIES (Netflix, New!) - Paul Tomalin has landed an eight-part series at the streamer based on Si Spencer's graphic novel, "which starts with a murder in Whitechapel. Four different detectives are trying to solve the murder in different time periods: 1890s overachiever Edmond Hillinghead, dashing 1940s adventurer Karl Whiteman, kickass female 2010s Detective Sergeant Shahara Hasan and Maplewood, an amnesiac from post-apocalyptic 2050, who brings a haunting perspective." Marco Kreutzpaintner and Haolu Wang are on board to helm the project for Will Gould and Frith Tiplady's Moonage Pictures with Susie Liggat producing. (Deadline.com)
DISCLAIMER (Apple TV+) - Oscar nominee Kodi Smit-McPhee has signed onto the Cate Blanchett/Kevin Kline-led drama series in a yet-to-be-revealed role. (Deadline.com)
FLATSHARE (Paramount+, New!) - The streamer has landed the London-set six-episode drama, which stars Jessica Brown Findlay and Anthony Welsh as Tiffany and Leon, "two cash-strapped twentysomethings who share a bed - despite having never met. They time-share a flat as she works during the day at a content-mill website and he spends nights working at a hospice. They get unexpectedly drawn into one another's lives, and an attraction begins to evolve backward." Bart Edwards, Shaq B Grant, Shaniqua Okwok and Jonah Hauer-King also star. Writer Rose Lewenstein and director Peter Cattaneo are behind the project, which is based on the novel by Beth O'Leary. Miriam Brent, Rory Aitken and Eleanor Moran of 42 will also executive produce for ViacomCBS International Studios. (THR.com)
PROBLEM WITH JON STEWART, THE (Apple TV+) - Former head writer Chelsea Devantez has signed an overall deal with 20th Television. There she'll develop new series projects for the studio on an exclusive basis. (Deadline.com)
WALKER: INDEPENDENCE (The CW) - Matt Barr has scored a lead role on the prequel series pilot as Hoyt Rawlins, "a gambler and an outlaw who lays low in the town of Independence. Cocky, confident, brash and a bit foolhardy, he's been having an on-again, off-again affair with rancher's daughter Lucia Montero - but after meeting Abby, Hoyt's wandering eye appears to have frozen in place. Well aware that Abby is a straight arrow, Hoyt realizes he might have a lot to learn from her, seeing someone who might help him step away from the life of an outlaw, taking a side for change to fight for truth, justice and the Texan way." Barr previously played the character's present day descendant, also named Hoyt Rawlins, in four episodes on the series last year. (Deadline.com)
WEETZIE BAT (Peacock, New!) - Sera Gamble has sold a potential drama to the streamer based on Francesca Lia Block's book which "follows Weetzie, her best friend Dirk, and their found family as they traverse the sparkling, dangerous, secret world beneath the surface of 1980s Los Angeles. Weetzie faces the deepest heartbreaks of life with a spirit of hard-won optimism and an unfailing knack for finding the magic hidden inside the ordinary. Weetzie has discovered something amazing: magic is real, and it is hiding in plain sight in the city of Los Angeles. Now, if she can find it, she can use it to get what she's always wanted: true love, a real home, and a happy family." Paul Shapiro and Greg Silverman of Stampede Ventures, Vince Gerardis and Hope Rieser Farley of Startling Media will also executive produce for Universal Cable Productions with Block, Chris Schelling and Liz Lippman as co-executive producers. (Variety.com)
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[04/17/24 - 11:00 AM] National Geographic Honors WW2 Soldiers of Color with Two New Specials Continuing National Geographic's 136-year record of giving viewers access to pivotal historical moments with new breadth and insight, the network will honor the contributions and sacrifices of overlooked Allied soldiers of color with two new specials on Monday, June 3.
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[04/17/24 - 10:02 AM] Paramount+ Announces New Episodes of "Behind the Music" to Premiere May 1 The new episodes profile Bell Biv DeVoe, Trace Adkins and Wolfgang Van Halen and remastered episodes feature 50 Cent, Bobby Brown, Ice-T, Milli Vanilli, The Notorious B.I.G. and Sinead O'Connor.
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[04/17/24 - 10:00 AM] National Geographic Unravels the Culture-Defining Stanford Prison Experiment and Its Controversial Legacy in "The Stanford Prison Experiment: Unlocking the Truth" (w.t.) From director Juliette Eisner, executive producer Alex Braverman and Muck Media, the three-part series unravels the layers of intrigue and controversy surrounding one of psychology's most debated studies from the past 50 years.
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[04/17/24 - 09:59 AM] Iliza Shlesinger Heads to Prime Video for Next Stand-Up Comedy Special The taping will take place at the Eccles Theater in Salt Lake City on November 2, and the premiere date for the one-hour special will be announced at a later date.
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[04/17/24 - 09:01 AM] Video: "Sweet Tooth" - Final Season - Official Teaser Trailer - Netflix Experience the final season June 6, only on Netflix.
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[04/17/24 - 09:01 AM] Apple Renews Globally Acclaimed, Hit Space Drama "For All Mankind" for Season Five and Announces New Spinoff Series "Star City" "Star City" is a propulsive, paranoid thriller that takes us back to the key moment in the alt-history retelling of the space race - when the Soviet Union became the first nation to put a man on the moon.
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[04/17/24 - 08:07 AM] First Look: Hulu Documentary Film "Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge" An unprecedented look at the non-stop life of a cultural luminary, the film launches June 25 on Hulu in the U.S. and Disney+ internationally.
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[04/17/24 - 08:03 AM] All-New Season of "Ghost Adventures" Returns Wednesday, May 15 on Discovery Channel This season documents some of the team's most haunting encounters yet, including sinister Skinwalkers and an unprecedented first-ever investigation of the iconic Los Angeles Hospital.
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[04/17/24 - 07:20 AM] "Live with Kelly and Mark" Celebrates One-Year Anniversary, Continuing Its Reign as Television's Number One Entertainment Talk Show The series has increased in Total Viewers by 3% year over year (2.288 million vs. 2.229 million).
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[04/17/24 - 07:07 AM] Global Music Icon Barbra Streisand to Release New Single for Upcoming Peacock and Sky Original Series "The Tattooist of Auschwitz" This will be Streisand's first ever recording for a TV series and will be released globally by Columbia Records on April 25, ahead of the series global launch on May 2.
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[04/17/24 - 07:04 AM] Video: Apple TV+ Debuts Trailer for Season Three of Global Hit Comedy Series "Acapulco," Starring and Executive Produced by Award-Winning Actor Eugenio Derbez "Acapulco" returns for season three with the first two episodes debuting globally on Wednesday, May 1, followed by new episodes every Wednesday through June 26.
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[04/17/24 - 06:01 AM] Hallmark Channel Announces That Production Has Wrapped on Lacey Chabert's 15th Hallmark Christmas Movie "The Christmas Quest" Kristoffer Polaha also star in the project, which is set to premiere later in 2024 as part of the network's 15th Annual Countdown to Christmas programming event.
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[04/17/24 - 05:03 AM] Time Reveals the 2024 TIME100 List of the 100 Most Influential People in the World TIME Studios and ABC to bring viewers inside the gala with "TIME100: The World's Most Influential People," airing Sunday, May 12, at 10/9c on ABC and next day on Hulu.
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[04/17/24 - 05:01 AM] Video: "One Hundred Years of Solitude" - Official Teaser - Netflix In the timeless town of Macondo, seven generations of the BuendÃa family navigate love, oblivion and the inescapability of their past - and their fate.
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[04/16/24 - 04:45 PM] 2024 WNBA Draft Delivers Largest Viewership Ever 2.45 million viewers on average tuned into Monday's event, peaking with 3.09 million.
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