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[11/12/20 - 11:05 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, November 12
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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END, THE (Amazon) - The Akshay Kumar-led series, "an action thriller whose plot details are being kept tightly under wraps," is in pre-production with filming "due to start in early 2021 with a view to a premiere in the second half of the year." (Variety.com)
FRIENDS (HBO Max) - Matthew Perry took to social media with the news that filming on the proposed reunion special is now being rescheduled for the beginning of March. (@MatthewPerry)
LEVEL (NBC, New!) - Writer Sean Finegan and director Julie Anne Robinson have sold a new drama to the network which revolves around Charlie Hunt, "who has the most brilliant business mind in history, but after a jarring family tragedy, Charlie quit chasing profits and repurposed his unique skills to shut down villains who live above the law by making whatever they're doing an economic impossibility. He hits them where it hurts and levels the playing field for everyone else." CannyLads Productions' Kelly Pancho will also executive produce for Universal Television. (Deadline.com)
MODERN AUSTEN (The CW, New!) - Eleanor Burgess has booked a potential anthology series at the netlet that reimagines Jane Austen's beloved novels as six modern stories, "offering a kaleidoscopic look at love and family in our time of inequality and disconnection. Each season is a different novel, beginning with Pride and Prejudice, set in contemporary San Francisco." Homegrown Pictures' Stephanie Allain is also executive producing the project, which is set up at Warner Bros. Television. Gabrielle Ebron is producing. (Deadline.com)
PAINKILLER (The CW, New!) - Jordan Calloway is set to star in a proposed "Black Lightning" spin-off featuring his character, Khalil Payne, "a man ridden with the guilt of his troubled past from his former life in Freeland City, where, as a super-enhanced killing machine known as Painkiller he was both a member of Tobias Whale's gang and a weapon of Agent Odell and the shadowy ASA." The project will be seeded as a planted spinoff during the seventh episode of "Black Lightning's" upcoming fourth season. Salim Akil will write, direct and executive produce for Warner Bros. Television. Berlanti Productions, home to the network's DC series, however is not involved. (Deadline.com)
SHRINK NEXT DOOR, THE (Apple TV+) - Casey Wilson is the latest bound for the Will Ferrell/Paul Rudd-led comedy series as Bonnie, the wife of Rudd's Dr. Herschkopf. (Variety.com)
SLASHER (Shudder) - The horror anthology has found a third home, this time at streaming service Shudder. David Cronenberg is slated to star in a new eight-episode installment of the series, which began on defunct channel Chiller before moving to Netflix for its second and third seasons. Shaftesbury Films remains behind the project, with Aaron Martin, Christina Jennings, Scott Garvie, David Ozer, Thomas P. Vitale and Ian Carpenter executive producing. Adam MacDonald is directing the new season while Paula Brancati, Jefferson Brown, Patrice Goodman, Sabrina Grdevich, Christopher Jacot, Rachael Crawford, Jeananne Goosen, Sydney Meyer and Alex Ozerov are also among the principal cast. Production is underway in Ontario, Canada. (Deadline.com)
UNTITLED RIDDLE & SALAHUDDIN PROJECT (CBS, New!) - Diallo Riddle and Bashir Salahuddin have scored a put pilot commitment from the network for a multi-camera comedy which "follows a group of Black college students from blue collar backgrounds as they adjust to the culture shock of the Ivy League. Wanting to feel more 'at home' at the college, they find family by forming a doo-wop group." The duo will write and executive produce for Warner Bros. Television, home to their recently signed overall deal. (Deadline.com)
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[06/28/24 - 11:06 PM]
Development Update: Week of June 24-28
Updates include: Apple cancels "The Big Door Prize" after two seasons; Hulu pulls the plug on "The D'Amelio Show"; and Briana Middleton joins Callum Turner in Apple's "Neuromancer."
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[06/28/24 - 01:01 PM]
ABC News' Special Coverage of the CNN Presidential Debate Wins Across the Board, Outdelivering Broadcast Networks by Double Digits
For the 4th straight presidential debate, ABC News was the most-watched broadcast network.
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[06/28/24 - 12:38 PM]
"When Calls the Heart" Season 11 Closes as #1 Most-Watched Original Program on Entertainment Cable
What's more, the series was the #1 most-watched entertainment cable program every Sunday for 12 straight weeks with key demos.
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[06/28/24 - 10:33 AM]
Will Forte Joins Netflix's "The Four Seasons"
Forte joins previously announced cast members Fey, Steve Carell, Colman Domingo, Kerri Kenney-Silver and Erika Henningsen.
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[06/28/24 - 09:00 AM]
FOX Sports Films Announces New Original Documentary "Welcome to the J-Rod Show" Premiering Tuesday, July 16 on FS1
The film follows the inspirational journey of one of the youngest breakout stars in Major League Baseball (MLB), Julio RodrÃguez, also known to many of his fans as "J-Rod."
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[06/28/24 - 08:57 AM]
Discovery Channel July Programming Highlights
This July, "Shark Week" begins alongside premieres of "In the Eye of the Storm," "Contraband: Seized at Sea," and an all-new season of "Naked and Afraid: Last One Standing."
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[06/28/24 - 08:30 AM]
New History Series "Prison Chronicles" Premieres on Monday, July 29th
Every episode delves into the unique history of a specific prison, showcasing its wildest practices, infamous inmates, harrowing events, and ingenious escapes.
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[06/28/24 - 08:17 AM]
Dive Deeper Into the Story of Legendary Singer Amy Winehouse with "Back to Black" - Stream the Film Exclusively on Peacock July 5, 2024
The extraordinary story of Amy Winehouse's (Marisa Abela) early rise to fame from her early days in Camden through the making of her groundbreaking album, Back to Black, that catapulted Winehouse to global fame.
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[06/28/24 - 06:01 AM]
Netflix Debuts First Looks from "KAOS" Starring Jeff Goldblum as Zeus and Janet McTeer as Hera
The series will debut on Netflix on August 29.
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[06/28/24 - 12:15 AM]
Netflix Announces Cast for "Amsterdam Empire"
Jacob Derwig, Elise Schaap, Jade Olieberg, Jesse Mensah and Yannick van de Velde will join the previously announced Famke Janssen.
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[06/27/24 - 04:01 PM]
New Live-Action Series "Soul Mate" Stars Hayato Isomura and Ok Taec-yeon
Written and directed by up-and-coming creator Shunki Hashizume, the Netflix series is a heartfelt depiction of love and its complexities, including joy, pain, and unexplainable deep bonds.
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[06/27/24 - 12:43 PM]
AMC Networks Greenlights Untitled Jonathan Glatzer Series
The series is set inside the bubble of Silicon Valley, amid misguided corporate cultures, moony innovation labs and cutthroat private high schools.
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[06/27/24 - 12:11 PM]
Video: BET+ Original Series - "The Family Business" Season 5 - Trailer
Based on Carl Weber's book series, this show follows the Duncans, a seemingly upstanding family running an exotic car dealership in New York - but they're living a dangerous double life.
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[06/27/24 - 11:37 AM]
Video: WE tv Reveals Supertease for a New Season of "Love After Lockup" Premiering Friday, July 26th at 8PM ET / PT
The first of 10 all-new, must-see, 90-minute episodes premieres Friday, July 26, exclusively on WE tv and will stream exclusively on popular AMC streaming service ALLBLK the following Tuesday.
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[06/27/24 - 10:08 AM]
Ina Garten, The Iconic Barefoot Contessa, Re-Ups with New Multi-Year Food Network Deal
The deal includes new episodes of Garten's Emmy-award winning "Be My Guest" series in which she cooks and chats with friends, old and new, at her East Hampton home.
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