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[04/09/21 - 11:30 PM]
Development Update: Friday, April 9
Updates include: Justin Timberlake to play Chuck Barris for Apple; Benedict Cumberbatch to lead Netflix's "The 39 Steps"; and Darren Star details the "Younger" spin-off project.







CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND (APPLE TV PLUS)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
4/9/21
STATUS:
previously in development (2021-2022 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
ordered to series
DESCRIPTION:
TV series based on "The Gong Show" host Chuck Barris's 1984 memoir, which made suspect claims that being the zany Gong Show host and creator of game shows like The Dating Game and The Newlywed Game was cover for his real job: CIA assassin who took out enemies of the state in the 1960s and 1970s
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Justin Timberlake as Chuck Barris
CREW INFORMATION:
· Chuck Barris as BOOK
· David Hollander as EP
· Jon Worley as CRTR/EP
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· no information is available