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[07/14/17 - 11:50 PM]
Development Update: Friday, July 14
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!
12 MONKEYS (Syfy) - Conleth Hill has been tapped for a two-episode arc as Bonham, "a world weary international law enforcement agent facing the last days of mankind." (EW.com)
DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS, THE (Amazon) - Kyan Zielinski has scored a lead role on the upcoming series as Liam, "the oldest of the three brothers, who's book smart and spends way too much time on his computer." (Deadline.com)
DESIGNATED SURVIVOR (ABC) - Ben Lawson is set to join the cast of the series as Damian Rennett, "an MI-6 operative who meets Hannah (Maggie Q) while posing as a Dutchman in Amsterdam. Their relationship begins with mutual wariness, morphs into competitiveness, and is complicated by an irresistible mutual attraction." (Deadline.com)
EXPANSE, THE (Syfy) - David Strathairn has booked a top-secret role - "a substantial character with a significant arc" - on the show's upcoming third season. (Deadline.com)
GHOSTED (FOX) - Blake McCormick has closed a two-year overall deal with 20th Century Fox Television where he'll serve as a co-executive producer on the studio's new comedy as well as develop new series projects. (Deadline.com)
GODS AND SECRETS (TBD) - Brigitte Nielsen has joined the cast of Adi Shankar's half-hour pilot, which was previously reported as in development at HBO but is now being independently produced. She'll take over "the villain role vacated by Mark Salling, who was indicted last year for receiving and possessing child pornography." Will Yun Lee, Kellan Lutz, Denise Richards, Jane Seymour, Jackson Rathbone, Edi Gathegi, Sharni Vinson, Derek Mears and Chaz Bono also star in the "super-secret passion project." Shankar and Stewart Yost are co-directing from a script by Shawn DeLoache from a story by Shankar. (Variety.com)
HIGHLAND (TNT) - Nisha Ganatra has been tapped to direct the Margaret Cho-penned drama pilot, which will chronicle what happens when two extended, dysfunctional Korean-American families who share the same patriarch must come together after tragedy strikes. As it turns out, the most reliable person in both families is the one who just got out of rehab. (Deadline.com)
LOCKE & KEY (Hulu) - Andy Muschietti (It) has signed on to helm the pilot for the comic book-turned-TV series. Mark Romanek helmed the previous effort for FOX in 2011. (Deadline.com)
MASTERMIND, THE (FX, New!) - The cable channel is developing a crime drama based on Atavist Magazine's Evan Ratliff's investigative series which follows "the illicit exploits of Paul Le Roux, a brilliant programmer and criminal cartel boss who becomes a Drug Enforcement Administration informant." 26 Keys Productions' Noah Hawley and Getaway Productions' Joe and Anthony Russo are set to executive produce the FX Productions-based hour with the latter duo attached to direct. (Deadline.com)
RAGE IS BACK (Syfy, New!) - Adam Mansbach's supernatural novel - set in 1987, as "a young graffiti crew copes with the murder of one of their members, investigating a connection to shamans of the past and making them masters of the urban underground who use coded language and symbols in spiritual warfare" - is being developed for television by the cable channel. Mansbach will co-executive produce the project with Danny Hoch for Universal Cable Productions and 3 Arts Entertainment. (Variety.com)
REUNION ROAD TRIP (E!, New!) - The cable channel is reportedly developing a new docuseries which "will capture an epic show reunion as the cast drives down memory lane, making familiar stops along the way - sharing stories, revisiting hot spots and catching up on each other's current lives." "Jersey Shore" will serve as the pilot for the series with Greg Lipstone, Simon Knight, Adam Greener, Emily Mayer and Lauren Stevens executive producing for All3Media's Maverick Television. (THR.com)
RIVERDALE (The CW) - Brit Morgan has scored a recurring role on the show's sophomore run as Penny Peabody, "a wily backroom attorney that the Southside Serpents keep on retainer in case of run-ins with the law. She prefers that her clients pay her with favors, not cash, as Jughead (Cole Sprouse) finds out when he seeks her out to help with his father." (Deadline.com)
RUSSELL SIMMONS PRESENTS: DEF POETRY (HBO) - Chance the Rapper is reportedly eyed to host a planned revival of the former HBO staple. The show last aired in 2007. (Deadline.com)
TRUST (FX) - Hannah New is the latest addition to the drama as Victoria, "the girlfriend of John Paul Getty II (Michael Esper), the father of the kidnapped teenager." (Deadline.com)
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[06/08/24 - 09:57 PM]
CBS Takes Home 6 Awards at the "51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards"
"Entertainment Tonight" was honored with two Daytime Emmys, including Outstanding Entertainment News Series, an award they have taken home five years in a row and nine times overall.
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[06/08/24 - 09:02 PM]
National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Announces the Winners of the 51st Annual Daytime Creative Arts Emmy - Creative Arts & Lifestyle Ceremony
The ceremony took place at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in historic downtown Los Angeles, and was livestreamed at watch.theemmys.tv and via The Emmys apps at apps.theemmys.tv.
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[06/08/24 - 09:33 AM]
The 51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards Posts Largest Audience Since 2020 and Up +39% from Last Year
Said event averaged 2.82 million viewers, posting its largest fast national audience in four years.
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[06/08/24 - 06:01 AM]
"Mermaid Magic" to Debut on Netflix This August
The series immerses us in the underwater world of Mertropia to follow the adventures of fearless Princess Merlinda and her inseparable friends Sasha and Nerissa.
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[06/07/24 - 02:16 PM]
"NBA Finals Presented by YouTube TV" Draws Largest Game 1 Audience Share Ever on ABC with 20.3 Percent and Quadruples Viewership vs. Rest of Television with 11 Million Viewers
Additionally, the audience share in the coveted 18-34 demographic - 49.6 percent - is the largest ever for an NBA Finals Game 1 on ABC.
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[06/07/24 - 01:48 PM]
Video: Paramount+ Reveals the Official Trailer and Key Art for the All-New Original Animated Series "Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," Premiering on Friday, August 9
The series is produced by Nickelodeon Animation and Point Grey Pictures, who brought audiences last summer's smash-hit Paramount Pictures film "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem."
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[06/07/24 - 01:44 PM]
Video: Prime Video Unveils New Title Sequence and Premiere Date for "The Legend of Vox Machina" Season Three
The third season will consist of 12 episodes, with three episodes premiering every week starting October 3 in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.
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[06/07/24 - 01:31 PM]
Video: "Exploding Kittens" - Hype Trailer - Netflix
The new animated series based on the best-selling card game premieres July 12, on Netflix.
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[06/07/24 - 09:45 AM]
"There She Goes," Feature-Length Romantic Comedy Starring Rachael Leigh Cook and Utkarsh Ambudkar, Starts Production in New York
The film centers on Molly (Cook) and Advay (Ambudkar), who as high school sweethearts seemed destined for their own forever until Molly landed a lead role in the quintessential '90s teen romcom, "There She Goes," and rocketed to stardom in Hollywood.
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[06/07/24 - 08:24 AM]
Video: Coming Soon "Follow Me" Season 2 - Official Trailer - Crackle
Each contestant brings their unique talents, backgrounds, and strategic approaches to success - as they engage in business-themed challenges throughout the Bethany Mota hosted series.
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[06/07/24 - 08:15 AM]
"Gremlins: The Wild Batch" Unleashes This Fall on Max
Returning series regulars Ming-Na Wen, James Hong, BD Wong, Izaac Wang, AJ LoCascio, and Gabrielle Nevaeh will be joined by an all-star guest cast to be announced at a later date.
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[06/07/24 - 07:31 AM]
"The Upshaws" Renewed for Final Season on Netflix
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[06/07/24 - 07:29 AM]
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In the weekly high-stakes culinary card game, host Eric Adjepong takes over the test kitchen after-hours with an exclusive invitation for three chefs to bring $5,000 to play across three hands of his underground culinary poker game.
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[06/07/24 - 07:14 AM]
Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson & Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano Rescheduled for Friday, November 15th
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[06/07/24 - 06:01 AM]
Video: "Sprint: The World's Fastest Humans" - Official Trailer - Netflix
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