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[09/01/17 - 11:02 PM]
Development Update: Friday, September 1
Updates include: Syfy cancels "Dark Matter" after three seasons; Michael Cerveris cast in FOX's "Gotham"; and HBO passes on drama pilot "Mogadishu, Minnesota."

[10/14/16 - 11:36 PM]
Development Update: Friday, October 14
Updates include: DeWanda Wise set as lead in Netflix's "She's Gotta Have It"; Chuck Lorre to adapt "Bonfire of the Vanities" at Amazon; and Mark Feuerstein tapped for role in Netflix's "Wet Hot American Summer."

[09/29/16 - 11:39 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, September 29
Updates include: Cartoon Network's "Adventure Time" to sign off in 2018; Kristine Froseth to lead TNT's "Let the Right One In"; and HBO's "Mogadishu, Minnesota" reveals principal cast.

[06/06/16 - 11:24 PM]
Development Update: Monday, June 6
Updates include: Amazon, HBO settle on latest wave of pilot orders; Pierce Brosnan, Jacob Lofland both cast in AMC's "The Son"; and James Remar, Leven Rambin are bound for Hulu's "The Path."

[12/11/15 - 11:35 PM]
Development Update: Friday, December 11
Updates include: FOX passes on its "Urban Cowboy" pilot; Megan Neuringer to lead NBC's "Imaginary Friend"; and Zoë Kravitz is latest bound for HBO's "Big Little Lies."







MOGADISHU, MINNESOTA (HBO)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
12/11/15 - 9/1/17
STATUS:
previously in development (2017-2018 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
ordered to pilot
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
network passed on 9/1/17
DESCRIPTION:
family drama that grapples with what it means to be American among the Somalis of Minneapolis
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Elvis Nolasco as Liban
· Ezana Alem as Sameer
· Hanad Abdirahman Abdi as Ali
· K.C. Collins as Jamal
· Liya Kebede as Maryam
· Prince Abdi as Big Man
· Rif Hutton as Afrah
· Selam Tadese as Bisbaas
· Thea Sofie Loch Næss as Lacy
· Yusra Warsama as Hawo
CREW INFORMATION:
· Carolyn Strauss as EP
· Kathryn Bigelow as EP
· K'naan Warsame as CRTR/EP/DIR (Pilot)
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· no information is available