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[09/15/21 - 11:52 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, September 15
Updates include: CBS to reconfigure "The Activist" competition series into documentary special; Krysten Ritter signs onto HBO Max's "Love and Death"; and Miles Fowler joins the cast of FOX's "The Resident."







DROP DEAD DAVE (CBS)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
9/15/21
STATUS:
previously in development (2022-2023 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
script
DESCRIPTION:
reboot of former Lifetime staple "Drop Dead Diva" in which when shallow, entitled, Gen Z lawyer Dave dies in a freak accident, his soul is transferred into the body of Rita, a successful but complicated Gen X attorney, forcing Dave to live as a woman and navigate an entirely new perspective on life, love and identity
CREW INFORMATION:
· Jamie Babbit as EP/DIR (Pilot)
· Jennifer Robinson as EP
· Josh Berman as CRTR/EP
GENRE(S):
· based on a tv series
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Osprey Productions
· Sony Pictures Television