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[06/26/26 - 11:44 PM]
Development Update: Week of June 22-26
Updates include: Michael Rooker, Chase Stokes board AMC's "Thunder Road"; "Hollywood Demons" lands third season at Investigation Discovery; and Peacock's "Ponies" among the latest cancellations.






GREAT WHITE, THE (DISNEY PLUS)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
6/26/26
STATUS:
currently in development (2025-2026 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
ordered to series
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
six-part series
DESCRIPTION:
(from Disney+'s press release, June 2026) "The Great White" centers on brilliant but disgraced barrister Alan Armstrong, who finds himself representing a dog on death row in a case that sends him on an unexpected path toward becoming, as the synopsis puts it, "a much better human being."
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Arlo Green
· Brigid Zengeni
· Dinasha Perera
· Eamon Farren
· Emily Barclay
· Hugo Weaving
· James Majoos
· Miranda Otto
· Sacha Horler
CREW INFORMATION:
· Alyssa McClelland as CO-EP
· Ange Betzien as CRTR/EP
· Angela Littlejohn as PROD
· Emile Sherman as EP
· Helen Gregory as EP
· Hugo Weaving as EP
· Iain Canning as EP
· Libby Sharpe as CO-PROD
· Liz Watts as EP
· Rachel Okine as EP
· Samantha Lang as EP/DIR (Pilot)
· Simon Gillis as CO-EP
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· See-Saw Films