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[09/20/24 - 11:43 PM]
Development Update: Week of September 16-20
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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ABBOTT ELEMENTARY (ABC) - The show's six original cast members have renegotiated their contracts with Warner Bros. Television, all securing big pay bumps: Quinta Brunson ($350,000-$400,000 range per episode), Tyler James Williams ($250,000), Sheryl Lee Ralph ($250,000), Janelle James ($200,000), Lisa Ann Walter ($200,000) and Chris Perfetti ($200,000). Also receiving a raise is William Stanford Davis ($100K an episode), who was made a regular in season two. (Deadline.com, 9/19)
AMERICAN LOVE STORY (FX) - Ryan Murphy's latest "American Story" franchise, "which recounts the story of John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette," is still moving forward at FX. Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson remain aboard as executive producers. (Variety.com, 9/17)
ANNE RICE'S THE TALAMASCA (AMC) - William Fichtner has been cast in the series as Jasper, "a mysterious American who has quietly assumed control and influence over the Talamasca's London Motherhouse. Though his motives and methods are cloaked in shadow, his charm and righteous sense of purpose are as dangerous as the power he's pursuing." (Variety.com, 9/17)
BABY REINDEER (Netflix) - Emmy winner Richard Gadd has signed a multi-year first-look deal with the streamer. (Deadline.com, 9/17)
BEAST GAMES (Amazon) - A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of five unnamed contestants in the upcoming reality competition against YouTube star MrBeast and Amazon "alleging they were subjected to "chronic mistreatment," sexual harassment and more." (Variety.com, 9/17)
BOROUGHS, THE (Netflix) - The supernatural mystery drama has cast Jena Malone as Claire; Carlos Miranda as Paz; Seth Numrich as Blaine; and Alice Kremelberg as Anneliese. No other details were given. (Deadline.com, 9/19)
COLD CASE (REBOOT SERIES) (CBS) - The show's proposed revival "didn't make it past the deal-making stage." (Deadline.com, 9/18)
CRIMINAL (Amazon) - The comic book-turned-TV series has added Garrett Hedlund, Chris Diamantopoulos, Lawrence Kao, Kyle Bradley Davis, Aina Brei'yon, Robert Lee Hart, Katie Stevens, and John Pyper-Ferguson have in yet-to-be-revealed recurring roles. (Deadline.com, 9/17)
CRUTCH (Paramount+) - Kecia Lewis, Adrian Martinez, Braxton Paul and Finn Maloney are all bound for the Tracy Morgan-led comedy series. Lewis will play Antoinette, "Crutch's (Morgan) meddling sister-in-law who, much to his chagrin, has inserted herself as the de facto matriarch of the Crutchfield clan." Martinez then is Flaco, "Crutch's childhood best friend, most loyal confidant and general manager of Crutch's flooring shop. Fun-loving, optimistic and chatty, he is the yin to Crutch's yang." And Paul and Maloney are Lisa and Mase, "Jamilah's (Adrianna Mitchell) kids and Crutch's grandchildren. The 12-year-old Lisa is the conscience of the family who challenges her relatives to do the right thing - but is also 12 and thus has some preteen angst. Mase is 9 years old, curious and crafty, and serves as the default wingman for whomever is supposed to be watching him." (Deadline.com, 9/17; THR.com, 9/19)
DOCTOR WHO (Disney+) - Emmy Award winner Archie Panjabi has scored a top secret role on the upcoming season, believed to be the villain. (Deadline.com, 9/17)
FISHBOWL, THE (CBS, New!) - Nell Scovell has sold a new drama to the Eye about "a brilliant medical examiner overseeing a private room at the Manhattan morgue that investigates New York City's weirdest deaths." Aha Studios' Susan Rovner will also executive produce for CBS Studios. (Deadline.com, 9/20)
GET JIRO! (Adult Swim) - Brian Tee has scored the title role on the animated series, which "is set in a not-too-distant future L.A. where master chefs rule the town and people literally kill for a seat at the best restaurants. A mysterious sushi master named Jiro enters a bloody culinary war and begins to craft his recipe for revenge." (Deadline.com, 9/18)
HANDMAID'S TALE, THE (Hulu) - Timothy Simons will guest on the upcoming season in a yet-to-be-revealed role. (Variety.com, 9/17)
JONBENÉT RAMSEY (Paramount+) - Margo Martindale has signed onto the limited series as Nedra, Patsy's mother, who is "tough, blunt, outspoken, and unafraid to speak her mind." (Deadline.com, 9/19)
MONKEY BOY (Hulu, New!) - Joshua Allen Griffith has booked a new drama at Onyx Collective, which "follows an investigative journalist who discovers a connection between a political assassination in Central America and an unsolved murder in his hometown, the Latino enclave of East Boston, forcing him to confront a history of childhood trauma that he's been running from his entire life." The project is based on Francisco Goldman's Pulitzer Prize fiction finalist novel. Showrunner Ben Smith and Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance of Bassett Vance Productions will also executive produce for 20th Television, home of the latter's new first-look deal. (Deadline.com, 9/19)
NCIS: ORIGINS (CBS) - Mark Harmon's Leroy Gibbs will briefly appear in the prequel series' debut installment. (Deadline.com, 9/19)
ORPHAN BLACK: ECHOES (AMC) - The spin-off series has been canceled after one season. (Deadline.com, 9/18)
ORPHEUS PROJECT, THE (Amazon, New!) - Dee Johnson and Paul Keables have sold a domestic take on the Roni Yaddor, Ruth Weinberg, Gal Zaid and Michal Aviram's Israeli series "Metim Lerega" about "a group of young doctors saving lives by day and conducting dangerous experiments on themselves at night. While these experiments are helping them solve complex medical cases, they come at a dark cost, placing them at the center of a twisted conspiracy that crosses into death itself." Jack Tar Pictures' Marc Resteghini and Paper Plane Productions' Alon Aranya will also executive produce for Amazon MGM Studios. (THR.com, 9/20)
PLATONIC (Apple TV+) - Aidy Bryant, Kyle Mooney and Beck Bennett will recur on the comedy's second season. No character details were given. (Deadline.com, 9/18)
PRETTY LITTLE LIARS: ORIGINAL SIN (Max) - The streamer has canceled the spin-off series after two seasons. "While Max will not be moving forward with a third season of Pretty Little Liars, we are so grateful to our co-creators, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Lindsay Calhoon Bring, as well as the team at Warner Bros. Television, for reintroducing fans to this new iteration of liars who band together to fight the latest creepy villain terrifying Millwood," Max said in a statement. "Their unique and modern creative vision - combined with the immense talent of our cast and crew - gave the series a fun, horror-filled point of view that paid tribute to its original Rosewood roots." (Deadline.com, 9/20)
REVIVAL (Syfy) - Melanie Scrofano, Romy Weltman, David James Elliott and Andy McQueen are set to star in the Image Comics series adaptation. Scrofano plays Dana, "who is constantly having to prove her worth to a stubborn sheriff, who just so happens to be her father. And just when she is about to leave her small town for good, the events of Revival Day change that, instead sending her into her most important case to date." Weltman then is Martha "Em" Cypress, "the sheriff's younger daughter who, having led a very sheltered life due to a recurring illness, is still figuring out her place in the world. A world that for her in particular, is now turned upside down." Elliott is Wayne Cypress, "the longtime Wausau sheriff who is determined to keep his town and family as normal and safe as possible - a tall order when the dead return to life in the small town he's sworn to protect." And McQueen is Ibrahim Ramin, "scientist from the Center for Disease Control who has been stationed in Wausau to study the bizarre phenomenon that brought people back to life." (Variety.com, 9/18)
SISTERS-IN-LAW (ABC, New!) - Sherry Bilsing Graham and Ellen Kreamer have landed a multi-camera comedy at the Alphabet about "two sisters-in-law who are struggling to get along finally bond together when they are faced with a common enemy: a new third sister-in-law." The project, which has a significant penalty attached, hails from A+E Studios. (Deadline.com, 9/16)
SPIDER-NOIR (MGM+) - Lukas Haas, Cameron Britton, Cary Christopher, Michael Kostroff, Scott MacArthur, Joe Massingill, Whitney Rice and Amanda Schull are the latest to recur on the Nicolas Cage-led series. Character details are being kept under wraps. Lamorne Morris, Brendan Gleeson, Abraham Popoola, Li Jun Li and Jack Huston also star. (Deadline.com, 9/18)
TIME BANDITS (Apple TV+) - The streamer has canceled the film-turned-TV series after one season. (Deadline.com, 9/16)
UNTITLED AMANDA KNOX PROJECT (Hulu) - Sharon Horgan has been tapped as Amanda Knox's mother Edda Mellas in the series. Horgan's Edda Mellas is "Amanda Knox's (Grace Van Patten) desperate but optimistic mother. Their deep bond is challenged by Amanda's imprisonment, but Edda's unwavering love for her daughter propels her as she fights for Amanda's life." (Deadline.com, 9/19)
UNTITLED GERALDINE HART PROJECT (Max, New!) - Writer Eileen Myers and director Liz Garbus are spearheading a new drama for the streamer "which follows a legendary FBI agent who returns to her hometown on Long Island to clean up mob corruption and quickly finds that the rot is even deeper and darker than she thought. Before long, she finds herself facing down nefarious entities from all sides." The project is loosely inspired by Geraldine Hart's experiences as an FBI agent and police commissioner. All three will executive produce alongside Marty Adelstein, Becky Clements, Alissa Bachner, Dan Cogan, Nellie Reed, Anne Beagan and Stacy Sherman for Tomorrow Studios, Story Syndicate and Anne Beagan Productions. (Deadline.com, 9/17)
WATERFRONT, THE (Netflix) - The upcoming drama has cast Jake Weary as Cane Buckley, "Harlan's only son who has a complicated relationship with his father but never stops trying to do the right thing by his dad and can't seem to say no to him"; Melissa Benoist as Bree Buckley, "the intelligent and hot-tempered Buckley who formerly oversaw the fishery's finances and, like her father, has allowed alcohol to ruin her bright future"; Rafael L. Silva as Shawn Wilson, "a newly employed bartender for the Buckleys who is intrigued by the family and carries a secret that could upend the family forever"; Humberly González as Jenna Tate, "a journalist who leaves the city to return to Beaufort to tend to her ailing father"; Danielle Campbell as Peyton Buckle, "a proper Southern woman, built to sparkle"; and Brady Hepner as Diller Hopkins, "Bree's son who now lives with her ex-husband"; with Gerardo Celasco as DEA Agent Marcus Sanchez; Michael Gaston as Sheriff Clyde Porter; and Zach Roerig as Troy. Additionally, Marcos Siega will direct the first two episodes and serve as an executive producer. (Deadline.com, 9/18)
WHEN CALLS THE HEART (Hallmark Channel) - Melissa Gilbert is bound for two episodes of the upcoming season as Georgie McGill, who "shares a surprising past with one special Hope Valley resident." (Deadline.com, 9/14)
ZARNA (CBS, New!) - Zarna Garg and Darlene Hunt are set to team for a multi-camera comedy at the Eye about "a proud immigrant woman who's been raising her American-born kids on Indian values. But now that they're getting older, it's time for her to focus on her own American dream." The project is set up at Warner Bros. Television with Mindy Kaling and Jessica Kumai Scott of Kaling International; Howard Klein of 3 Arts Entertainment; as well as Kevin Hart, Bryan Smiley and Mike Stein of Hartbeat also executive producing. (Deadline.com, 9/18)
ZORRO (CBS) - John Hlavin is the latest to take a stab at the classic masked vigilante, which is now set up at the Eye: "In this contemporary take, a young Latinx woman discovers that her long-deceased father was the legendary hero Zorro. She takes on his masked persona to defend the desperate citizens of her Austin, Texas community from the wealthy forces seeking to exploit them." He'll co-write the script with Rebecca Rodriguez as well as executive produce alongside Robert Rodriguez, Ben Silverman, Rodney Ferrell, Howard T. Owens, Geoff Clark, Eric Bromberg, Jay Weisleder and John Gertz for CBS Studios, Propagate and Zorro Productions. Previously incarnations were set up at The CW in 2022 and NBC in 2019. (Deadline.com, 9/19)
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[10/31/24 - 02:31 PM]
NBC Will Groove Into the Holiday Season with "A Motown Christmas" Special Hosted by Smokey Robinson and Halle Bailey
The special will include performances featuring more than 25 Motown hits, performed by Smokey Robinson, Gladys Knight, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, and the Temptations.
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[10/31/24 - 02:15 PM]
ABC News Announces 72+ Hours of Coverage and Analysis of the 2024 Election with Special Programming on ABC, ABC News Live and ABC News Digital Platforms, Including the ABC News App, Hulu and Disney+
"World News Tonight" anchor and managing editor David Muir will lead the network's coverage.
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[10/31/24 - 01:16 PM]
BET+ Renews Emmy-Nominated "The Ms. Pat Show" for a Fifth Season
Additionally, BET Media Group also extended its overall deal with star Patricia "Ms. Pat" Williams.
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[10/31/24 - 01:00 PM]
It's Holiday Time at The CW! Celebrate the Season with Festive Programming
Highlights include the series finale of "Superman & Lois" (December 2); the return of "Children Ruin Everything" (November 29); and "Christmas with The Chosen: Holy Night" (December 15).
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[10/31/24 - 12:01 PM]
Video: "Squid Game" Season 2 - Official Teaser - Netflix
Heralding the return of the worldwide hit, a new chapter unfolds as Gi-hun comes back with an agenda, having given up on leaving for the US.
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[10/31/24 - 11:04 AM]
Bravo's "The Real Housewives of Orange County" Three-Part Reunion Begins Thursday, Nov. 7 at 9 P.M. ET/PT
Host Andy Cohen sits down with housewives Shannon Storms Beador, Heather Dubrow, Tamra Judge, Gina Kirschenheiter, Emily Simpson, Jennifer Pedranti and new housewife Katie Ginella to revisit the epic season that saw dramatic highs and staggering lows.
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[10/31/24 - 10:01 AM]
TNT Sports' "The Match: Superstars" Special Two-Night Primetime Event to Showcase Some of Biggest Names in Sports and Entertainment - Thursday, Nov. 21 and Friday, Nov. 22, on TNT & Max
"The Match: Superstars" will be headlined by iconic celebrities across sports and entertainment, including Bill Murray, Mark Wahlberg, Charles Barkley, Wayne Gretzky, Michael Phelps, Nate Bargatze, Ken Griffey, Jr., and Blake Griffin, competing from Breakers West Country Club in West Palm Beach, FL.
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[10/31/24 - 09:01 AM]
Video: Peacock Debuts Trailer for New Original Series "Eat Slay Love"
The series brings together Grammy-nominated singer Nivea and her girl gang - Eva Marcille, Tammy Rivera and London Hughes - as they journey through Vietnam to celebrate Nivea's 41st birthday and embark on new adventures.
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[10/31/24 - 09:01 AM]
HBO Releases First Look Images from the New Original Drama Series "It: Welcome to Derry"
The series will debut in 2025 on HBO and will be available to stream on Max.
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[10/31/24 - 09:01 AM]
Video: AMC Networks Releases Bewitching New Trailer for Season Two of "Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches" Premiering January 5 on AMC and AMC+
Starring Alexandra Daddario, Jack Huston, Harry Hamlin, Tongayi Chirisa and Alyssa Jirrels, the new season will debut Sunday, January 5 on AMC+ and AMC.
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[10/31/24 - 08:02 AM]
"Saturday Night Live's" 50th Season Continues with Back-to-Back Shows This November
Bill Burr (November 9) and Charli xcx (November 16) are on tap to host in the coming weeks.
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[10/31/24 - 08:00 AM]
CBS Presents "The Making of Gladiator II," A Primetime Special Featuring an Exclusive Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Paramount Pictures Film, Monday, Nov. 18 on CBS
This inside look offers unprecedented access encompassing all aspects of production, from the grand scope of the set - including reconstructing Ancient Rome - to characters, combat training, costumes, historical accuracy, scoring and more.
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[10/31/24 - 07:55 AM]
Multimillion Selling Pop Band Ace of Base Reveal Their Full Story to the Present in Documentary Series "Ace of Base: All That She Wants" Premiering in US Thursday, December 5 Only on Viaplay
This uncensored documentary captures Ace of Base's fascinating story - where grandiose pop dreams, charts and money collide with relentless adversity, performance anxiety and shattered friendships.
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[10/31/24 - 07:47 AM]
Peacock Announces January 9 Premiere Date for the Third Season of Emmy Award Winning Reality Competition Series "The Traitors"
The Emmy Award-winning competition-reality series returns for a third season with an all-new lineup of familiar faces, hosted again by the impossibly stylish and devastatingly witty Alan Cumming.
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[10/31/24 - 07:22 AM]
The CW Network Brings Shoppable TV to ACC Football in Innovative Partnership with Shopsense AI
Beginning November 2 with the Virginia Tech at Syracuse game, viewers will be able to shop game-day essentials and team merchandise directly from their mobile devices with technology powered by Shopsense's latest enterprise Commerce Operating System (Commerce OS).
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