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[05/29/26 - 11:52 PM]
Development Update: Week of May 25-29
Updates include: Cooper Hoffman to lead in Hulu's "Durango"; Joanne Froggatt in final talks for "The Magnificent Seven" at MGM+; and Zac Efron attached to star in "Angel Heart" adaptation for HBO.







ANGEL HEART (HBO)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
5/29/26
STATUS:
currently in development (2025-2026 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
script
DESCRIPTION:
(from HBO's press release, May 2026) Based on the William Hjortsberg's 1978 novel Fallen Angel and the sequel thereto Angel's Inferno and the series will follow a down-and-out NYC paparazzi, who makes his living finding and photographing people who don't want to be found, who is hired by a mysterious man to find a missing woman. But the deeper he digs to find her, the more it looks like a group of powerful elites, and maybe something supernatural, are covering up the disappearance.
CREW INFORMATION:
· Alice P. Neuhauser as EP
· Harrison Kreiss as EP
· Joe Hipps as EP
· Jonathan van Tulleken as EP/DIR (Pilot)
· Kate Susman as EP
· Kevin Turen as EP
· Lorca Hjortsberg as EP
· Marc Toberoff as EP
· Max Hjortsberg as EP
· Stuart Manashil as EP
· William Hjortsberg as BOOK
· Zac Efron as EP
· Zach Baylin as CRTR/EP
GENRE(S):
· based on a feature film
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· A24
· Cut To
· Youngblood Pictures