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[08/22/25 - 11:06 PM]
Development Update: Week of August 18-22
Updates include: "Dexter: Original Sin" no longer returning for season two; Nicolas Cage in talks for HBO's "True Detective"; and ESPN shutters Colin Kaepernick documentary series from Spike Lee.







KATABASIS (AMAZON)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
8/22/25
STATUS:
currently in development (2025-2026 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
script
DESCRIPTION:
(from Amazon's press release, August 2025) Kuang's "Katabasis" is a fantastical academic satire that follows Alice Law, a graduate student studying Magick at Cambridge University, as she descends into the underworld to retrieve her deceased advisor, Professor Grimes, in order to get his recommendation to secure her future after graduation. Alice's academic rival, Peter Murdoch, decides to join her, and together they embark on a journey through the courts of Hell in search of Grimes.
CREW INFORMATION:
· Adam Docksey as CO-EP
· Angela Kang as CRTR/EP
· Ben Smith as EP
· Jeffrey Weiner as EP
· Mandy Safavi as EP
· R.F. Kuang as BOOK/EP
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Amazon MGM Studios
· Captivate Entertainment
· Kang & Company