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[04/02/14 - 11:09 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, April 2
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC) |
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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!
DUTY (Comedy Central, New!) - Matthew Libman and Daniel Libman ("Happy Endings") have scored a pilot order from the cable channel for a new comedy about Kyle (Mike O'Gorman), "a former football star who loses everything and is forced to start anew by moving back to his hometown and taking a job on the local police force opposite his childhood best friend Lonnie (Gil Ozeri)." Sony Pictures Television is behind the half-hour with fellow "Happy Endings" alums David Caspe of Shark vs. Bear Productions and Jamie Tarses of FanFare Productions executive producing and the Libmans as co-executive producers. Also starring is Laura Steinel as Jamie, Kyle's old flame. (Deadline.com)
AND IN OTHER NEWS... - ABC has pushed the previously announced premiere of "The Astronaut Wives Club" from July 24 to midseason due to an expanding for the project (Deadline.com); Niko Nicotera and David Labrava have been upped to series regulars on "Sons of Anarchy" (Deadline.com); John David Coles has been tapped as an executive producer/in-house director for "House of Cards" (Deadline.com); Nickelodeon's "Sam & Cat" has been put on "permanent hiatus" a few episodes early (Deadline.com); HBO mainstay David Milch has extended his overall deal for another two years (Deadline.com); Jill Blotevogel has penned the pilot for MTV's small screen take on Wes Craven's "Scream" (TVLine.com); and Eddie McClintock will drop by the season finale of "Castle" as "a small town hustler who is infamous for his lying, cheating and scheming" (TVLine.com).
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