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[05/14/18 - 11:17 PM]
Development Update: Monday, May 14 - Upfront Notes & More
Updates include: FOX gives premiere dates for "9-1-1," "The Orville"; SundanceTV cancels "Hap & Leonard" after three seasons; and USA's "Suits" spin-off gets a title.

[03/14/18 - 11:07 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, March 14
Updates include: Sarah Jones to star in "L.A. Confidential" at CBS; Travis Tope, Melvin Gregg tapped for new season of Netflix's "American Vandal"; and Shea Whigham among latest tapped for Amazon's "Homecoming."

[03/08/18 - 11:52 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, March 8
Updates include: TNT cancels "The Librarians"; Jessica Capshaw, Sarah Drew to depart ABC's "Grey's Anatomy"; and Dermot Mulroney set for "Homecoming" with Julia Roberts on Amazon.

[02/22/18 - 11:19 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, February 22
Updates include: NBC flips time periods for "A.P. Bio," "Champions"; Taye Diggs cast in The CW's "Spencer"; and Bellamy Young to topline "False Profits" for ABC.

[02/20/18 - 11:42 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, February 20
Updates include: Jay Hernandez to lead "Magnum, P.I." reboot at CBS; Lauren Cohan to star in ABC's "Whiskey Cavalier"; and Walton Goggins to topline "L.A. Confidential" at CBS.

[02/09/18 - 11:25 PM]
Development Update: Friday, February 9
Updates include: Andy Ackerman, James Burrows and Gerry Cohen to helm sitcom pilots; "Stranger Things" to resume production in April; and Michael Dinner to direct "L.A. Confidential" for CBS.

[02/02/18 - 11:49 PM]
Development Update: Friday, February 2
Updates include: "LA Confidential" among four dramas ordered to pilot at CBS; Jesse Alexander to run Starz's "American Gods"; and FX passes on Damon Wayans, Jr.-led "Singularity."

[09/06/17 - 11:29 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, September 6
Updates include: Syfy axes "Blood Drive"; Jordan Harper brings "L.A. Confidential" to CBS; and Sarah Paulson to star in "Ratched" for Netflix.







L.A. CONFIDENTIAL (CBS)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
9/6/17 - 5/14/18
STATUS:
previously in development (2018-2019 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
ordered to pilot
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
network passed on 5/14/18; studio plans to shop elsewhere
DESCRIPTION:
small screen take on James Ellroy's noir classic novel-turned-feature, about three homicide detectives, a female reporter and a Hollywood actress whose paths intersect as the detectives pursue a sadistic serial killer through the seedy underbelly of glamorous 1950s Los Angeles
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Alana Arenas as June Christman
· Brian J. Smith as Ed Exley
· Mark Webber as Bud White
· Sarah Jones as Lynn Bracken
· Shea Whigham as Dick Stensland
· Walton Goggins as Jack Vincennes
CREW INFORMATION:
· Anna Fricke as EP
· Arnon Milchan as EP
· James Ellroy as BOOK
· Jordan Harper as CRTR/EP
· Michael Dinner as EP/DIR (Pilot)
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· CBS Television Studios
· Lionsgate Television