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[09/22/22 - 11:36 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, September 22
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) -- The latest development news, culled from recent wire reports:

Looking to keep track of all the various projects in development? Click here to visit our signature "Devwatch" section. There visitors can view our listings by network, genre, studio and even development stage (ordered to pilot, cast-contingent, script, etc.). It's updated every day!


1923 (Paramount+) - Jerome Flynn has landed a role in Taylor Sheridan's latest series as Banner Creighton, "a hard-headed Scot with a brogue and the leader of the local sheep men." (Deadline.com)
DEAD BOY DETECTIVES (HBO Max) - Lukas Gage is slated to recur on the DC Comics series as Cat King, "described as a charming trickster and itinerant cat spirit, who takes keen interest in Edwin." He'll take over the role from Alexander Calvert. (Variety.com)
LA BREA (NBC) - Martin Sensmeier will recur on the new season as Taamet, "the leader of The Exiles, a dangerous group of people living in 10,000 BC. Taamet will become a feared adversary of the La Brea Survivors as Season Two unfolds." (Deadline.com)
MORE (HBO Max) - Christian Serratos, Veronica Falcón, Yvette Monreal, Georgie Flores and Ceci Fernandez have scored the lead roles on the drama pilot: "'More' follows the Lorenz family, a tight-knit clan of seemingly flawless Latinas led by mom/mastermind Leona (Falcón). The Lorenzes are the Vanderbilts or the Astors of the Instagram era. They pulled their way up from debt and obscurity to reality TV stardom and forged a billion-dollar mega-conglomerate not from oil or steel but from something more elusive and modern: Influence." Serratos will star as Londyn Lorenz; with Falcón as Leona Lorenz; Monreal as Rio Lorenz; Flores as Sydney Lorenz; and Fernandez as Vega Lorenz. Amy Chozick, Natalie Chaidez, Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter and Leigh London Redman are the executive producers for the Warner Bros. Television-based Berlanti Productions. (Variety.com)
MR. AND MRS. SMITH (Amazon) - Parker Posey and Wagner Moura are the latest to be cast in the Donald Glover/Maya Erskine-led series. No details about their characters were given. (Variety.com)
MRS. DAVIS (Peacock) - Chris Diamantopoulos, Ashley Romans and Katja Herbers have all scored roles on the top secret drama series. No character details were given. (Deadline.com)
SHELTER (Amazon) - The Harlan Coben series has cast Samantha Bugliaro as Ashley Kent; Narci Regina as Kitty, Mickey's mother; Alexa Mareka as Whitney; Manuel Uriza as Octoface; and Lee Aaron Rosen as Chief Ken Taylor. Additionally, look for the following actors to recur: Didi Conn as Mrs. Friedman; Missi Pyle as Hannah; Hunter Emery as Sunglasses Man; Antonio Cipriano as Buck; Peter Riegert as Allen; Adrienne Barbeau as Ellen; Stephanie March as Angelica Wyatt; and Kristoffer Polaha as Brad. (Deadline.com)





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· 1923 (PARAMOUNT PLUS)
· DEAD BOY DETECTIVES (NETFLIX)
· DEVELOPMENT UPDATE (TFC)
· HARLAN COBEN'S SHELTER (AMAZON)
· LA BREA (NBC)
· MORE (HBO MAX)
· MR. & MRS. SMITH (AMAZON)
· MRS. DAVIS (PEACOCK)





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